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followed closely by the hounds, while each gay cavalier and 
lady with shout and halloo, dashed after the pack. The 
deep-mouthed beagles, with their music, led off after the 
rabbit, but were soon left behind by the fleeter greyhounds. 
With long and graceful leaps they stretched over the plain, 
at first loosing ground on the rabbit. But the greyhound’s 
bottom is the hunter’s sure reliance. As they ran they 
gained upon the frightened, flying game, which ran without 
the hope of reaching a covert, out on the open prairie, its 
only home. Faster and faster the greyhounds followed, 
with outstretched necks, gaining at every bound, until they 
seemed fairly to fly. 
The riders followed with shouts, led off by Roving Bill, 
who, with hat off and flowing hair, was all animation. 
With keen, shrill whoops he urged on the pack, and was 
answered in the rear by the beagles, that followed more 
slowly but surely in the track, while the riders of the chase 
were scattered in confusion over the plain. The hounds 
were gaining; nearer and nearer they approached the rab- 
bit. Its ears were thrown back; with desperate leaps it 
plunged, in the vain hope of escape from its inevitable 
doom. 
A leader of the pack dashed forward and with a bound 
leaped upon the game. A sharp struggle, a wailing cry, 
and all was over. The chase was ended. The riders came 
galloping up at intervals until all were in at the death. No 
further notice was taken of the poor rabbit. The deer 
hounds coming up with savage growls claimed what they 
evidently considered their prey, while the greyhounds 
yielded in lordly disdain. 
Roving Bill: ‘‘ Well gents, we’ve had a right smart chase 
of it, run nigh on to five miles; ’twas almost equal to a 
regular fox chase. What next? Shall we have another 
chase, or go home and get ready for the fandango?’” All: 
‘The fandango, the fandango, by all means;’’ and engage- 
ing our partners for the dance that evening, we rode at leis- 
ure back to the village, well pleased with our morning’s 
sport. Sometimes five or six rabbits are killed before the 
sport is over. A fandango invariably concludes the day’s 
fun. 

CENTRAL NEW YORK POULTRY ASSOCIATION. 
AWARD OF PREMIUMS. 
(Continued from page 167, No. 11.) 
CLASS XXI—MISCELLANEOUS. 
Best Improved Incubator, Jacob Graves, Boston, $10. 
Exhibition Coop, Branson & Hurley, Utica, $2. Coop for 
Hen and Chickens, W. M. Dimmick, Hubbardsyille, $2. 
SPECIAL PREMIUMS. 
1. Largest and best display of Fowls and Chicks (not less 
than twenty varieties), G. H. Warner, New York Mills, 
$50. 3. Best collection of Asiatics, $15; 2d, $10; G. H. 
Warner, New York Mills, and Seward Merry, Ilion, tied, 
and each received $12.50. 5. Best collection French Class, 
G. H. Warner, New York Mills, $15. 7. Best collection 
Dorking Class, G. H. Warner, New York Mills, $15. 
9. Best collection Spanish Class, A. Leach, Utica, $15. 
11. Best collection Games, J. Y. Bicknell, Westmoreland, 
' $15. 12. Second best collection Games, Alfred Gray, 
Trenton Falls, $10. 13 Best collection Game Bantams, E. 
P. Howlett, Syracuse, $10. 17. Best collection Pigeons, 
W. OC. Harte, Clinton, $5. 19. Best collection Cage Birds, 
George Weber, Utica, silver cup. 20. Best display Mink, 
Henry Ressegue, Verona, $10. 21. Best display Live Fish, 
Seth Green, Superintendent of Fisheries, $10. 22. Best 
display Dressed Poultry, Jones Brothers, Utica, $5. 28. 


Westmoreland, $5. 
Best trio La Fleche Fowls, G. H. Warner, New York 
Mills, $5. 24. Best trio Light Brahma Chicks, Seward 
Merry, Ilion, $5. 25. Best trio Dark Brahma Fowls, C. H. 
Townsend, Utica, $5. 26. Best trio Dark Brahma Chicks, 
G. H. Warner, New York Mills, $6. 27. Best trio Buff 
Cochin Chicks, Seward Merry, Ilion, $5. 28. Best trio 
Buff Cochin Fowls, Seward Merry, Ilion, $5. 29. Best trio 
Partridge Cochin Fowls, Seward Merry, Ilion, $5. 30. Best 
trio Partridge Cochin Chicks, G. H. Warner, New York 
Mills, $5. 381. Best trio Black Cochin Fowls, G. H. War- 
ner, New York Mills, $5. 82. Best trio Black Cochin 
Chicks, G@. H. Warner, New York Mills, $5. - 33. Best 
trio White Cochin Fowls, F. H. Loucks, Salisbury Centre, 
$5. 84. Best trio Houdan Fowls, Edward Warr, Utica, $5. 
35. Best trio Houdan Chicks, Edward Warr, Utica, $5. 
36. Best trio Creveceur Fowls, N. A.. Fuller, Glen, $5. 
37. Best trio Crevecceur Chicks, E. T. Batsford, Utica, $5. 
39. Best trio Silver Gray Dorking Chicks, G. H. Warner, 
New York Mills, $5. 40. Best trio Dominique Fowls, O. 
Howland, Auburn, $5. 41. Best trio Plymouth Rock 
Chicks, A. Leach, Utica, silver goblet. 
White Leghorn Fowls, J. Y. Bicknell, Westmoreland, 
$5. 44. Best trio Golden Sebright Bantams, G. H. War- 
ner, New York Mills, $5. 45. Best trio Black Spanish 
Chicks, O. R. Babcock, New Hartford, $5. 46. Best trio 
Golden Spangled Hamburg Chicks, J. Y. Bicknell, West- 
moreland, $5. 48. Best pair White Game Fowls, W. R. 
Dudley, Augusta, $5. 49. Best pair Derby Game Fowls, 
John Fulton, Gloversville, $5. 50. Best pair Irish Gray 
Game Chicks, John Fulton, Gloversville, $5. 51. Best pair 
Duckwing Game Bantams, E. P. Howlett, Syracuse, $5. 
52. Best pair Black-breasted Red Game Bantam Fowls, E. 
P. Howlett, Syracuse, $5. 58. Best Black-breasted Red 
Game Bantam Chicks, E. P. Howlett, Syracuse, $5. 55. 
Best pair Black-breasted Red Game Fowls, J. Y. Bicknell, 
Westmoreland, $5. 56. Best pair Black-breasted Red Game 
Chicks, J. Y. Bicknell, Westmoreland, $5. 57. Best Hou- 
dan Cock, Edward Warr, Utica, $2. 58. Best Bronze 
Turkey, pure breed, George Vandervear, Port Jackson, pair 
Rouen Ducks. 59. Best six Light Brahma Cockerels, sew- 
ard Merry, Ilion, $5. 60. Best six Light Brahma Pullets, 
Seward Merry, Ilion, $5. 61. Best Partridge Cochin Pul- 
let, G. H. Warner, New York Mills, $5. 62. Best Part- 
ridge Cochin Cockerel, Seward Merry, Ilion, $5. 63. Best 
display Light Brahmas (not less than six trios), Seward 
Merry, Ilion, $10. 64. The heaviest Goose, J. Y. Bicknell, 
Westmoreland, $3. 65. Best Canary Bird, William Dunn, 
Utica, bird cage. 68. Best Houdan Pullet, Edward Warr, 
Utica, $5. 69. Best trio Brown Leghorn Chicks, A. 
Leach, Utica, $5. 71. The heaviest Cock, Seward Merry, 
llion, $2. 72. Best trio White Dorkings, G. H. Warner, 
New York Mills, $5. 73. Best display Houdans (not less 
than four trios), Edward Warr, Utica, $5. 74. Largest 
and best bred Bronze Turkey Gobbler, George Vandervear, 
Port Jackson, $5. 75. Best Black Spanish Cockerel, G. H. 
Warner, New York Mills, $2. 76. Best trio Duckwing 
Games, C. H. Warren, Verona, $5. 77. Best trio Colored 
Dorkings, R. P. Wolcott, Holland Patent, $5. 78. Best 
trio White Leghorn Chicks, A. Leach, Utica, $5. 79. Best 
pair Game Bantams (other than Black-breasted Red or 
Duckwing), E. P. Howlett, Syracuse, $5. 80. Best trio 
Golden Spangled Hamburg Fowls, Johnson & Hague, 
Utica, $5. 82. Best pair Rouen Ducks, E. N. Kelsey, Dur- 
hamville, $5. 83. Best pair Aylesbury Ducks, G@. H. War- 
ner, New York Mills, $5. 84. Best trio Plymouth Rock 
Fowls, A. Leach, Utica, $5. 85. Best trio Dominique 
Chicks, J. Y. Bicknell, Westmoreland, $5. 86. Best trio 
White Cochin Chicks, J. Y. Bicknell, Westmoreland, $5. 
87. Best trio Silver Spangled Hamburg Chicks, William R. 
Hills, Albany, $5. 88. Best Dark Brahma Cock, Edward 
Warr, Utica, $2. 89. Best Dark Brahma Cockerel, G. H. 
Warner, New York Mills, $2. 90. Best White Cochin 
Cock, F. H. Loucks, Salisbury Centre, $2. 91. Best White 
Cochin Cockerel, J. Y. Bicknell, Westmoreland, $2. 
92. Best Black Cochin Cock, G. H. Warner, New York 
Mills, $2. 93. Best Black Cochin Cockerel, G. H. Warner, 
New York Mills, $2. 94. Best Black Spanish Cock, G. H. 
Warner, New York Mills, $2. 95. The heaviest Hen, N. 
A. Fuller, Glen, $2. 96. Best Game Cock, J. Y. Bicknell, 
97. Best approved Incubator, J. 
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