FROM THE GAME RANGES. 



THE DIXIE CLUB. 



Town Creek, Ala. 



Editor Recreation : 



The abundance of red foxes, and the 

 pleasant conditions existing in North 

 Alabama, has induced representative 

 hunters, of several Southern states, to 

 participate there in an annual camp 

 hunt. North Alabama abounds in large 

 plantations, has numerous small creeks, 

 and enough timber and cover to insure 

 an abundance of foxes. The game is 

 easily started, and is frequently killed. 

 Sometimes the foxes go into hollow logs, 

 when closely pursued, but can be easily 

 dislodged if desired. The last camp 

 hunt, terminating September i6th,was an 

 exceptional success. Hounds of nearly 

 every strain were there, and some chases 

 were had which tested their speed and 

 endurance to the utmost. The hunters 

 present were so thoroughly convinced 

 that North Alabama was the best possi- 

 ble place to test the speed and stamina 

 of the American fox hound, that a club 

 was determined upon for that purpose. 

 The Dixie Red Fox Club was organized 

 September 16th, 1894, with 20 members. 

 The officers are : Dr. I. F. DeLong, 

 president, Rowland, Ala. ; W. J. Spears, 

 vice-president, Ingram Mills, Miss.; J. 

 Iverton Ewin, 2d vice-president, Flor- 

 ence, Ala.; Captain Jno. A. Turner- 

 Athens, Ala., master of hunt, and Jno' 

 H. Wallace, Jr., Town Creek, Ala., 

 secretary and treasurer. The membe-i. 

 ship fee is only $1. The expenses of the 

 club will be light. Members are desired 

 from all the States, and from Canada' 

 and all interested in the development 

 of the fox-hound are invited to corre- 

 spond with the secretary. The members 

 of this club propose to chase the red fox 

 on his native heath, and by a careful 

 system of judging, to arrive at definite 

 conclusions as to what qualities consti- 

 tute the best type of the American fox- 

 hound. Rowland, Limestone county, 

 Ala., the place selected for the first 

 annual meeting, in October, 1895, is be- 

 lieved to be the most favorable place 

 that could be found in the United States 

 for this purpose. Rowland is near the 



junction of the L. & N. and E. T. V. & 

 G. railroads, seven .miles north of De- 

 catur, and five miles south of Athens, 

 Ala. Arrangements have been made for 

 the accommodation of all members and 

 guests, at the low rate of $1 a day, and 

 good horses can be hired at $1 a day. 



Two stake races are offered ; an all 

 age pack stake, and a puppy race 

 for hounds under twenty months old. 

 Entrance in each $1.00 and purse 

 amount of entrance fees. A copy of the 

 constitution and by-laws of The Dixie 

 Red Fox Club will be sent to persons 

 desirous of becoming members, address 

 Jno. H. Wallace, Jr., Secretary, 



CHICAGO AND ELSEWHERE. 



B. W. G. 



W.J. Littlejohn, western manager of the North 

 British and Mercantile Insurance Company, and 

 Mr. Whittemore, of the Evanston Outing Club, 

 with several friends from the east, recently 

 made a raid on the geese and ducks of the 

 Dakota prairies. It was either too wet inside 

 of their private car, or the weather was too fine 

 outside, for good shooting. Their total score 

 numbered only about 200 birds. 



Ex-Mayor Henry R. Baker, Colonel Ray- 

 mond G. Mowrey and Thos. A. Jenckes, of 

 Providence, R. I.; Clinton J. Mills, of New 

 York, and others, have gone to the Black Hills, 

 in a private car, over the C, B. & Q. railway. 

 I have not heard from them since they left here, 

 but presume there will be little game in the 

 Hills by the time they return. 



I met Dr. J. J. Noll and wife, of New York, 

 in the Rockies, in September, and later on saw 

 them in St. Paul. They have usually been suc- 

 cessful in their western hunting, but in this case 

 their guide proved a failure. However, the 

 Doctor got a mountain lion. 



Mr. P. R. Woodford, of the Evanston Outing 

 Club, returned from the upper peninsula of 

 Michigan lately, and reports more deer and more 

 hunters than have been seen there for many 

 years. His party of eight got sixteen deer. 



D. A. Mudge, W. A. Hollabird and C. A. 

 Matthews, also of the Evanston Outing Club, visit 

 the Gay lord Club house in Wisconsin, every 

 spring and fall. They have just returned, but 

 owing to the non-export game law, had to leave 

 behind them six deer which they had killed. 



W. H. Bartlett and J. M. Allen, of Chicago, 

 have just returned from Wisconsin, where they 

 went in quest of ducks, but the fine weather 

 which prevailed kept all but a few of the birds 

 out of reach. 



