Oct. 20, 1894.] 
FOREST AND STREAM, 
S4B 
THURSDAY. 
Third Bound. 
Southern Belle— Frank Green,— The first slip was to a 
short course of about 200yds., which the judge very properly 
decided was no course. The points scored were nearly equal 
through the course, and the curve followed by the rabbit 
made the test most imperfect. On the next rabbit Frank 
held possession for nearly a mile, beating Belle almost point- 
less. The rabbit went to earth. 
Rendezvous ran a bye with Rachel. It was a most pun- 
ishing, long course, in which the former got two severe falls, 
which undoubtedly impaired his performance in the next 
course. Rachel got one hard fall. 
Deciding Course. 
Frank Green— Rendezvous.— After the run-up Frank 
showed a pronounced superiority in speed and cleverness, 
winning easily. 
Frank Green won first, Rendezvous second and Southern 
Belle third. 
Thus ended a pleasant meeting, remarkably free from ac- 
cidents considering the dangerous character of much of the 
riding. There was but one fall, and that was a hard one. 
On the first day, while riding at full speed, Mr. A. C. Brad- 
bury's horse fell. Aside from a badly lamed shoulder and a 
severe shaking up no injury was done. 
The Huron brass band serenaded the winners, closing a 
pleasant event in music. B. Waters. 
"Old Hurricane." 
Editor Forest oyrvd Stream: 
Several fox hunters arranged to have a fox hunt on the 
morning of Sept. 1, and they offered me the use of a splen- 
did mule and cart to drive to the hunting grounds, some 
ten miles from Olive Branch, Miss., about eighteen miles 
from Memphis. 
When Dr. D. and I alighted from the train at 5 o'clock on 
the evening of Aug. 31, t he mule and cart were waiting, The 
Doctor was not expected, but a horse was soon saddled for 
him and we were speeding on the road to Shinfox Crossing, 
the camping ground. 
Three hunters joined us with several hounds, and others 
with their hounds from this side of the creek preceded us. 
The hunters and hounds from the other side of the creek 
dropped in, until the 9 o'clock supper found about twelve 
fox hunters, and nineteen and a half couple of hounds, ready 
to devour the repast. Lights were ordered out at 10 o'clock 
and the hunters proceeded to find the soft side of 12in. 
wooden benches, or sprawling full length on the school- 
house floor, sought the fickle goddess — sleep. I tried to bal- 
ance 2121bs. on a bench 12in. wide, but Morpheus was 
frightened away by the continual talking of those present. 
If there is any such thing as transmigration of souls and 
those present could select where theirs would go, there 
would be twelve additions to the hounds; indeed they did 
not wait until death; they are followers of Minerva and 
make a good pack. They gave tongue all night, the trail 
never got cold, many never closed their mouths; their tails 
have the true hound character in size; their bristles were 
often raised so their hats fell off at the mention of some other 
fellow's hound leading theirs. They had good noses, too; 
one, next day, said a skunk smelt like an opossum. 
It, was J. Payne's blue dog Alabama, that was going to 
make monkeys of all the others in the pack, or Powell's 
Pert, the Nancy Hanks of the pack, or Rover, the lemon and 
white dog, was going to set the grass afire with his speed, if 
he did not sulk and refuse to run, which he was sure to do 
if another dog jumped the fox before he did; or it was Lyle 
R. Payne's red dog that was going to carry a search-light 
and pilot the pack from start to finish. Spears, Dexter, 
Hunter and others were not going to surrender their reputa- 
tion as champions to any new rival. All owners had finished 
a long chapter on the merits of their favorite hounds — none 
had demerits, when the writer dropped an unexpected bomb 
in their midst that caused them to be silent for awhile. I 
quietly asked what dogs caught the fox and led the pack at 
the great run they had at Byhalia, Miss., a few weeks ago. 
They did not dream I had heard of the run. The facts are, 
many of those present with the same unbeaten houhds, were 
to have a race after a noted fox near Byhalia, Miss. Some of 
the Byhalia boys, hearing when the meet was to take place, 
and where the hounds were to commence, sent a man on oue 
of their best horses to drag a large beef bone over the 
grounds. He started one hour before the race and ran the 
horse and dragged the bone for three hours, and then dropped 
the bone in the creek bottom. Most hounds prefer to run a cur 
or beef bone to a fox. When the hounds struck the scent of 
the beef bone they were off like a tornado, their owners hav- 
ing to ride like demons to keep in hearing, which they did. 
"And they hollered until I thought their throat, 
Would bust wide open at ev'ry note. 
The poor hounds were run to a frazzle and when they 
came to where the bone was left, they shut up and com- 
menced to fight and munch on the bones. Each owner, 
claiming his dog made the catch, rode rapidly to where he 
expected to see the hounds pulling the fox to pieces.' They 
were horrified to see the hounds fighting over the bones, and 
the anathemas of the hunters were so great they shook the 
acorns from the trees. If it is known to the owners who 
playtd the beef bone trick on them, there will be a scrapping 
match at Byhalia. In this case silence would indeed be 
golden. 
Three o'clock came and weary at heart and sick at soul I 
jumped to my feet with a yell! This exclamation brought 
the crowd to their feet; but with a yawn I remarked I was 
dreaming. We then commenced preparing for breakfast 
and feeding the horses, mules and hounds. 
The man of great wealth measures his pleasures by what 
they cost. Some of the New York Four-Hundred's pack, 
horses and trappings are imported at fabulous prices; the 
hunters they ride cost thousands, and the maintenance of 
these hunts is very expensive. I see that at a hunt held at 
Geneseo, N. Y.. the other day, more wealth was present than 
there is in the whole city of Memphis. There were men at 
our hunt that keep from one to three hounds, willing in 
camp to sleep or try to sleep on the soft side of a plank, and 
have no other incentive but the pure love of the sport and 
whose cup of bliss would be full if they could only see their 
favorite hound lead the pack. The mounts, instead of being 
costly imported hunters, were horses or mules of the plow. 
I rode the boss mule for a fox chase; when his running mate 
McCargo's riding horse, was in front, the mule would be 
close to the horse's heels or die in the attempt. You had 
only to sit in the saddle and let him go. If a rail fence was 
reached he would give a few twists to his tail and make an 
onslaught on the fence; no rail fence could stand it and you 
would follow the fence, if not up to the trick. He would 
discount any gambler playing straddles. If following his 
running mate, he would straddle without swerving, if in his 
way, a sapling one could make four rails to the cut from. 
I never met with but one accident on him; that was when 
we rode into a yellow jackets' nest. It took two hours for 
the other boys to find me and two hours more to dig me out 
of a mud hole, and my wife a week to be sure it was I. The 
limbs of the trees hit me upper cuts, jabbed me in the side, 
pummeled my back blue, closed both eyes, and I needed some 
figleaves or something else when found. 
Breakfast over, horses and mules were saddled. The 
morning star, that glorious harbinger of the approach of an- 
other day, now sent out its brilliant rays, and the horn 
sounded to saddle; the dogs were uncoupled and the horses 
were soon mounted. I have been for many years a great 
advocate of form in racehorses, bird dogs, hounds or any tiling 
where speed and endurance cut any figure, but I never saw 
so many hounds show up in better form, and all seemed 
ready and willing to make this the race of their lives. We 
had only a half mile to ride to reach the "Hurricane 
grounds," so termed from the fact that a hurricane passed 
through there some years ago, leveling all the timber for a 
space of three miles square. Here the foxes lie up during 
the day in the jungle of young growth of bushes or briers 
too thick to ride or walk through, except in the roads, and 
too thick in many places for hounds to run with any speed. 
The fox, being smaller, can get through faster and with 
more ease than the hounds. We hoped'to jump "Old Hurri- 
cane," so named from his place of living. Some of the 
hounds were mere puppies, and would run anything from 
a grasshopper to a bear; others were reliable foxhounds 
if no cur dogs or beef bones were around. As soon as we 
reached the creek, which is in the center of the "Hurricane" 
grounds, the "trashgang" commenced giving tongue on 
coons, rabbits, minks or anything else they crossed. 
Mr. Spears, with several reliable hounds, was to draw the 
cover, and Mr. R. Payne, with several other good hounds, 
was to draw the sedgelarids adjoining, where the fox was 
apt to feed at night on the numerous rabbits that infested 
the sedge and fields. Mr. Payne ran up against laud-owners 
armed with double-barrel guns when he came near their 
cultivated lands, the farmers telling him their crops were a 
dead- line and no hounds could cross over alive. About forty 
boys and as many bounds had run over the crops in the same 
locality a short time before. The farmers were informed we 
were the Old Guard and not a blade of their crops would be 
injuren, as no boys were along, and with this assurance we 
were allowed to proceed ou. 'the hunt. 
Payne's dogs soon had a cold trail, Spears's a hot one, and 
in ten minutes a jump. The race was now on. The "trash- 
gang" and all the other dogs but two were harked to and were 
driving the fox for all he was worth. Oue of the two dogs 
refusing to go in was the lemon and white, already men- 
tioned, the other was a bachelor's pet — the "Boy" he called 
him. The pack sent the fox scudding to where we were 
sitting in the road. The owner of the lemon and white dog 
failing to hark him in commenced to ride him down, but the 
dog ran through a wire fence and saved himself. This acted 
like a charm in forcing the dog to the pack, and when once 
in he led the others for quite a time, and ran throughout the 
race. 
The owner of the "Boy" could neither whistle nor holler, 
though he tried to do both, and seeing that riding the hound 
down worked so well in the other case, he tried to do the 
same with the "Boy," but the mule he rode was such a good 
friend of "Boy," he refused to go on thehound. "Boy" soon 
joined the pack and his mouth, unlike its owner's, could give 
tongue, and like some of the owners during the night, he 
never seemed to close it after he once got in the race. 
Each hunter chose a different location to see the run, and 
the hounds and fox were often viewed, the former never 
being out of hearing long at a time. Their cry was like the 
waves of old ocean. A wave of music would come with a 
great roar, then another great wave, then the fox would 
carry the hounds along the creek and the sound almost died, 
away; but, like a cyclone, it would burst forth again as they 
ascended the bank and came nearer to us. The fox would 
take a cast and draw the hounds out of hearing for a few 
minutes, when presently you would hear the faintest sound 
as they drew toward us, the music increasing in volume as 
the hounds came nearer and sweeping by like a hurricaue, 
their cry soon became fainter once more, until it was only 
the echo one heard. The hounds would come on as if they 
were going to drive the fox over us in the road; the fox 
would swerve by to one side, and the hounds' eyes looked 
like great balls of fire, they were so fiercely in earnest. 
The fox carried his brush like a thoroughbred — at a slight 
elevation above his back; his great leaps were as light as a 
ghost's; his red coat had the sheen of burnished gold as he 
ran up the creek's side, his eyes dancing with cunning and 
he seemed to be in the heyday of happiness, as he pricked his 
ears to hear how far the hounds were behind. Then he ran a 
log, leaping so far off the far end of it that he seemed to have 
wiugs. The music now came floating in from the pack in 
great billows that overwhelmed all other sounds; the fox 
came gliding through the brush and ran across the road like 
a flash; hi3 signal of distress had not yet been hung Out. 
The hounds came in by ones and twos and threes, a dozen 
bunched — none of those bunched could shake the others, and 
no hunter was allowed to holloa until the hounds had passed 
him. The fox is keeping to the meanderings of the creek, 
disdaining the logs, then he lifts himself up and, like a 
feather blown across the creek, lights running on the oppo- 
site bank. The hounds continually shift leaders. Now it is 
Alabama, who in turn surrenders to Pert; she lets the lemon 
dog forge ahead and snaps at his tail in rage as he passes. 
Lyle, Payne's dog, now sets sail to the front and overhauls 
the leaders as if they were at a standstill. Then the little 
black and tan, Dexter, and his brother Morgan, the latter 
with wide open mouth, now have a driving run for the front 
and the leaders melt before them like snow before a July 
sun. They run as if coupled together, and the sly dog fox, 
now distressed, is looking at this or that log to see if it has a 
friendly hollow, as he knows there are many around. Dart- 
ing in a sink hole in the creek bank he is lost to view. The 
hounds coming up commence digging for him, the horn is 
sotinded, the signal the race is over, and the hunters assemble 
at the hole, where a council of war is held. The foxes being 
too scarce in this section to dig out and kill, the hounds are 
whipped off and the owners commence telling where they 
saw their dog lead the pack. Only one owner, R. Payne, saw 
another dog in front of his when they passed him, though 
others saw his dog Lyle leading as often as any other dog. 
The run settles nothing. Each owner thinks his hound 
the best. The dreary ride of ten miles back to-Olive Branch 
now commenced. The fiery rays of the sun seemed to melt 
hunters, horses and hounds. The latter as they trot along 
the road drop at every spot of shade, their tongues loll out 
and it takes several toots of the horn to induce them to 
resume the weary, hot, dusty march back home. Some may 
think they can catch "Old Hurricane," but the boys of 
DeSoto county, Miss., will bet all the mules they own, if run 
at night, that he can neither be caught nor holed. After the 
crops are marketed they will cover all the cash the other side 
want to put up, and you can break the couuty if you kill or 
run him to earth. P. H. Bryson. 
Memphis, Sept. 4. 
National Fox Hunters' Association's Trials. 
The National Fox Hunters' Association, of which little 
has been heard lately, has not gone to earth as many had 
supposed, but is still in the running. The initial meet of the 
association will take place Nov. 19 at Olympian Springs, Ky. 
The stakes are: The Derby, for foxhounds under eighteen 
months of age, entry fee $5, divided as follows: 50$ to first, 
30% to second and 20% to third. 
The Champion Stake, for all ages, $5 entrance fee, divided 
as above. The winning of this stake also confers the club's 
title of champion. 
It will be remembered that we gave some particulars of 
the rules di-awn up by this Association, but as they differ 
somewhat from the general run of such rules we therefore 
print them in full, and fox hunters who intend entering 
their hounds should give them careful attention, a3 it is 
the intention of the Association to fully carry out their pro-' 
visions so as to insure an orderly and well-conducted meeting: 
Rule 1.— No nominations can be taken or entries made except by or 
through a subscriber who shall be a member of the club, and thereby 
"becomes responsible for said entry. 
Rule 2. — The entrance money must in all cases acoompany the nom- 
ination. No entry shall be valid until fee is paid in full. 
L Rule 3.— The number of entries from any one kennel or pack Efcall 
be limited to six. The age of a dog shall he calculated up to and 
inclusive of the first day of the hunt. 
Rule 4.— Subscribers must file with the secretary the names of the 
hounds he intends starting, on or before 9 P. M. of the day preceeding 
the trial. Every hound entered at any trial held under thpse rules, 
must have been the bona fide property of the person' making such 
entry, ten days before closing of entries. The entries must clearly 
identify the dog by name and, if known, its date of birth, name of its 
sire and dam and the name of its breeder; should any of these partic- 
ulars be unknown to the exhibitor, it must be so stated on the entry 
blank. Every hound entered must be registered in the N, F. H. Assoc- 
iation stud book. The cost of such registration is fifty cents and the 
penalty for non registration is disqualification and the forfeiture of 
entry fee and prizes won. Any subscriber taking an entry in a stake 
and not prefixing the word ''names" to a hound which is not, his own 
property, shall forfeit that hound's chance of the stake. He shall also, 
if so requested, deliver in writing to the secretary, the name of the 
bona fide owner of the hound narked by him. 
Rule 5.— If any subscriber sht aid eater a hound by a different name 
from that in which it last ran in public, without also adding the late 
name of the hound— said hound shall be disqualified. A castrated dog 
or bitch shall be barred; any such running shall forfeit any and all 
prizes won. 
Rule G.— Objections or protests to any hound must be made in 
•writing to the committee, and accompanied by a deposit of $10, which 
shall be forfeited if the objection is not sustained by the committee. 
Should an objection be made which cannot at the time he substan- 
tiated or disproved, the hound may be allowed to run under the pro- 
test, the club retaining his winnings until the objection is either with- 
drawn or decided. Should he be disqualified, the others shall be 
placed the same as If he had not been in the stake. 
Rule 7.— The committee or club may refuse any entry they may 
think proper to exclude ; and no person who has misconducted him- 
self in any manner in connection with dogs, dog shows or dog trials, 
or who is a defaulter for either stakes or forfeits in connection with 
either thereof, or for money due under an arrangement for division 
of winnings, or for penalties for infraction of rules, or for any pay- 
ment required by a decision of the club, shall be allowed to compete 
in any trials that may be held under the auspices of this club. 
Rule 8.— No entry can be withdrawn without consent of the com- 
mittee. Party so offending may be debarred at future trials or penal- 
ized at the discretion of the club. 
Rule 9 —The president shall appoint a field trial committee of three 
from the members of the club, one of whom shall be an officer of the 
club and chairman of said committee. It shall be the duty of this 
committee to be present throughout the meeting and to have entire 
control and charge of same, and see to the proper enforcement of the 
rules and regulations; all objections, protests and disputes arising, to 
be submitted to and acted upon by them. An appeal to the club from 
their decision must be made in writing, accompanied by a deposit of 
$35, which will be forfeited if their decision is sustained by the club. 
The committee shall select the master of hounds and appoint the 
necessary field stewards. The committee shad order the hunts and 
have power to call off same after consultation with the judges. 
Rule 10.— The owner, his handler or his deputy may bunt a hound, 
hut it must be one or the other. When the owner has deputed another 
person to handle him he must not interfere in any manner, nor will he 
be allowed to ride to hounds. 
Rule 11.— Riders to hounds shall be limited to the handlers with 
entries in that particular hunt, at the end of which they shall retire 
until their hounds again come into competition; the judge, the M. F. 
H., flag steward and memhers of the press, who obtain permission 
from the committee. 
Rule 12.— The M. F. H. shall have charge of the hounds in the field. 
He shall give the handlers any information they need as to direction, 
to enable them to keep within reasonable distance of the hounds. He 
shall instruct handlers and outsiders not to cnnverse with, or in hear- 
ing of the judges about the work done or merits or demerits of any of 
the competing bounds. It should be his duty to report any and all 
infringements of this rule to the. committee. The offender shall be 
subject to a fine or expulsion from the grounds, at the discretion of 
the committee. He shall ride to the hounds and shall direct the 
handlers and assist the judges in every proper way possible. It shall 
be his duty to notify by conspicuously posting in camp the night 
before, the hour and place of starting on the following day. He shall 
also call the hunt off when officially notified to do so. He shall care- 
fully examine all hounds entered, and if any are affected with con- 
tagious diseases, or any bitches in season, he shall promptly report 
same in writing to the committee, who shall officially notify owners 
or nominators, and bar same from the trials. 
Rule 18.— The field stewards where practicable, should be sworn in 
as deputy sheriffs, They shall be held responsible for the proper con- 
duct and behavior of spectators and participants, and shall see that 
spectators are kept at a proper distance from, and do not interfere 
with the hounds participating. They shall also see that there is no 
detraction of property. They shall report to the committee through- 
out the day for instructions. 
Rule 14.— The flag steward shall, if possible, keep both hounds and 
spectators in view, and by a series of flag signals notify the field stew- 
ards of the general direction of the hounds. He shall also act as asais- 
ant to M. F. H. in directing and calling off the handlers. 
Rule 15 — There shall not be less than three or more than five judges, 
who shall be ( elected by the officers of the club. They must not be in- 
terested directly or indirectly in any one of the hounds, and must be 
hunters of large fox hunting experience and capable of closely follow- 
ing the hounds. They shall be subject to the general rules of the club 
and report for duty each day to the committee. They shall have the 
fullest discretion consistent with the rules in determining the merits 
of the dogs. Should an appointed judge be unable to fulfill his en- 
gagement or become disabled, the committee shall have tbe power to 
fill the vacancy, or not, in such a manner as they see fit. Judges are 
requested to select a reserve award in case one of the winners should 
be disqualified, the prize may not fail of being awarded. The judges 
shall continue the running from day to day until a majority ot them 
are satisfied. Their final decisions shall be rendered in writing to the 
committee. They cannot recall or reverse them on any pretext what- 
ever after being so given. If any person openly impugns the decision 
or actions of a judge, on the grounds or in the camp, he may be fined, 
in the discretion ot the committee, nnt more than $25 or less than $5. 
No person shall attempt to influence a judge's decision either before, 
during or after a race. If the party so offending is a member he shall 
be expelled from the club; if otherwise, he shall be fined and sent 
from the meeting. 
The handler hunting a dog may speak to and urge him on in a 
proper manner, but he shall be cautioned twice by the judges for 
making unnecessary noise or disorderly conduct, and if after such 
caution he continues to so offend, he may be ordered from the field. 
Should a handler ride over or purposely interfere with an opponent's 
hound, the owner of the hound so ridden over or interfered with shall 
have the privilege of saying which one of the offender's entries shall 
be barred, or shall have the option of selecting at the end of that par- 
ticular hunt one of the offender's hounds, which will remain in the 
stake, and he shall be entitled to claim one-half of said hound's win- 
nings, if any. 
A hound that fails by action or note to work fairly on a trail, and 
runs "cunning" to get an advantage, shall be discounted in the discre- 
tion of the judges 
A hound left on "a jump" or thrown out "on a loss taken off," shall 
not be penalized if it works diligently to "get in," and succeeds in a 
reasonable time. 
A hound "thrown out" and "coming in" and refusing to hunt or 
"go in" to others in full cry, shall be marked and barred. Should the 
pack become separated the judges must divide and carefully note the 
work of each pack, and immediately upon reassembling individually 
report work noted. 
A hound lost during a run and not returning until the trials are 
partly or wholly finished, shall be given credit, provided ihe judges 
are satisfied that he has been running. Testimony of interested 
parties not to be taken on this point. Any person allowing a hound 
to get loose and join in the chase shall be fined not less tban $5. If 
the loose hound belongs to an owner of one engaged in that particular 
chase, such owner shall forfeit one-half of his winnings, if any, unless 
be can prove to the satisfaction of the committee, that he had not 
been able to take up his hound after finishing his last chase. 
No hound shall be eligible to compete m trials that has been hunted 
or kept within a radius of fifteen miles of the ground hunted, within 
three months preceding the trials. 
When two or three hounds, similar in appearance, are drawn to 
hunt in same pack, if the, judges so desire, 'tbey may have different 
colored collars placed upon each. The M. F. H. selecting collars for 
the purpose. 
Tbe entries in a stake shall be numbered and divided into packs con- 
taining not over eight each; said division shall be made by drawing 
lots under supervision of the judges. When possible, a kennel or 
owner should not have? more than one hound in each pack. After the 
first round the judges will order such hounds as they elect to run in 
the following rounds. Judges have the privilege at any time during 
the trials, to order any hounds (except those that have been barred!) 
"in" again, but if said hounds bave not been hunted as often and as 
long as those with which they are to compete, tbey shall run a bye, 
sufficient In the minds of the judges to equalize their work with f heir 
competitors. The judges shall make their decision upon the uniform 
principle that the hound showing tbemost aptitude and ability to find, 
trail and catch a fox, is the winner. T, e principle is to be carried 
out by estimating the work done upon the followiug scale of points: 
Points,— Hunting 80, trailing 20, speed SO, endurance 20, giving 
tongue 10, judgment and intelligence, 10—100. 
Roger v. Williams, Chairman Committee. 
