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THE START AT SUNRISE 
HIGH GROUND IN FOX HUNTING 
With Some Notes on Horses and Hounds 
BY GEN. ROGER D. WILLIAMS 
(Author of “Horse and Hound,” etc.) 
HE sport of hunting 
~, wild animals upon 
<| their native heath, 
whether with hound 
or gun, is the natural 
recreation of man. 
Love of hunting in 
its different phases is 
one of the strongest characteristics of 
the human race, the principles of which 
were instilled into our remote ancestors 
and rightly inherited by us, and he who 
has once tasted the sweets of fox hunt- 
ing is its devotee for life. The system 
having once absorbed the love of the 
chase it can never be eradicated. To 
real sportsmen, however, the mere kill- 
ing of the fox is no gratification—the 
excitement and pleasure of the chase 
and the health giving exercise are its 
chief attractions; besides there is no 
sweeter music on earth to the ear of the 
hunter than the harmony of the tuneful 
chorus of eager hounds in full cry, 
blending with the mellow horn. Fox 

hunting is not only a recreation and 
amusement, but a science and an art in 
which but few ever attain proficiency. 
It is one of the few sports that are not 
more or less tainted with professional- 
ism. It eminently encourages compan- 
ionable qualities in man, is conducive to 
health and good fellowship. Courage, 
skill and perseverance are all the out- 
come of excitement and ardor engen- 
dered by the chase and are qualities that 
should be encouraged and fostered in 
every man. 
Mr. Henry Watterson in his address 
to the home-coming Kentuckians at 
their recent celebration in Louisville 
paid an eloquent tribute to Virginians 
in which he said :— 
“They came, the Virginians, in their 
homespun in quest of homes with their 
warrant, their rifles; their payment the 
blood of heroes.” 
What a grievous oversight Mr. 
Watterson is here guilty of! They 
brought with them, and as much a part 
