VOL. XIV, NO. 10
SATURDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 4, 1911
FIVE CENTS
SANDY, RED FOX AND FLEET
Forewarned He Heeded Not and Over
Confldence Was His Undoing
Twice Outdistances Hounds, But
Clever Double Doesn't Work and
Sight Dace Cuds Cliase
SANDY, red fox and
fleet, had things pretty
much his own way
hereabouts. The chick
ens and ducks at the
Poultry Farm were
plump and juicy, the
days balmy, the nights
warm. A haven it
seemed in contrast to the bleak north
which had once been his home. .To be
sure,tbe serenity of things was disturbed
somewhat by the appearance of many
hounds and the familiar norn, but Sandy,
like all of his kind, only regarded them
with noble scorn. From time to time
news of the havoc wrought among his
gray brothers, gathered in nocturnal
ramblings, should have forewarned him,
but this did not even elicit sympathy,for
why shouldn't a gray fox be caught if
he persists in wasting strength in twist
ing and doubling, when he should strike
for the distant hills?
And so Sandy went his way rejoicing,
confident, unconcerned. Then in the
graydawn,there came to his alert ears the
baying of dogs. Down the swale it wound
and up the hillside to the poultry yards,
and Sandy vaguely recalled as he lay
in his snug bed, that there was a certain
familiarity in the route as associated
with the night just ended. Then the
sound swept down to the point where
Sandy had entered cover, very carefully
hiding his tracks by walking down
stream, and swung away to the north.
"Thought so" soliloquized Sandy, clos
ing his eyes again, just as the music
shifted. Then a pause and the sound
moved down stream. "They'll never
find me," thought Sandy, and his cun
ning eyes narrowed as he waited for the
dogs to pass.
Pass they did, but quickly back
they came and one keen nose came in
contact with a spot Sandy had touched
ever so lightly, on his way to secret
cover. A wild cry told the story and
for a less confident fox it would have
been the alarm signal, but still Sandy
lingered. Then an answering chorus
warned him that it was only a question
of time and regretfully he rose,stretched
hiimelf and waited, poised for the first
spring. A few minutes later the fore
most hound sighted him and with a mag
nificent leap and a defiant whisk of the
tail, Sandy darted away, a tantalizing
"catch me" in his manner. Then tiring
of play Sandy laid out for distance, van
ishing on wings of the wind, and not un
til Little River was reached did he pause,
muddle his trail at the waters' edge,
swim up stream,cross and sink to rest, in
a nearby swamp, confident that the race
was won, conscious that his work was
good.
meditated, the persistent baying bore
down upon him and he leaped away,
swinging in a wide circle towards the
starting point, but the speed was not
there and try as he would, nearer and
nearer came the ominous baying, and
nerving himself to a supreme effort,
he left the hateful sound behind again,
but even as he paused the wind bore it
down to him.
Then scenting danger, Sandy played
his best card. Galloping down an old
road he doubled quickly back, log-hop-
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Presently Sandy heard the hounds at
the river, he expected that ; but when
the voices took the trail again half a mile
up stream, he felt annoyance. Nearer
the pack came and Sandy moved on,
vaguely conscious that things were not
turning out just as he expected. Once
more a wild dash left the music far be
hind. Once more a pause1 to cover the
trail and slink to cover, but while he
ped across to an adjoining cover and wait
ed for the dogs to sweep past, thus open
ing an avenue to safety, a run back to the
impenetrable swamp, its cool, refreshing
waters, and safety. Spread out like
a fan the pack came, on they swept and
Sandy's shrewd lips curled; but alas,
too soon, for at that moment the right
tip of the fan touched one of Sandy's
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MIDWINTER CHAMPIONSHIP
First Annual Tennis Tournament Rounds
Out Full Week of Keen Flay
Interest of Big Ctallerj Centers la
Final Which Irving C. Wright
Wins from Ilenry C. D ridge rs
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ssi THE first annual Mid
winter tennis tourna
ment rounded out a full
week of keen play, the
interest of big galleries
which followed play
centered in the final
g of the Men's Singles,
in which Irving C.
Wright of Boston, met Henry Clark
Bridgers of Tarboro, N. C, from whom
he won handily 61, 61, 62. In
the semi-final Mr. Wright defeated Fred
A. King of Northboro, Mass., 6 2, 6 3,
and Mr. Bridgers won from Howard
Bissell of Buffalo, 64, 6 4. In the
second round Wright met F. H. Norton
of Brooklyn, whom he defeated 6 2,
6 3 ; Bridgers, Thaxton Eaton of And
over, whom he defeated 6 0, 6 2 ; Bis
sell, R. W. Nalle of Richmond, whom he
defeated 6 4, 6 4 ; and King advanced
on the default of Paul E. Gardner of
Chicago. In the first round Wright de
feated II. E. Avery of Detroit 62, 61 ;
Bridgers, Hammet Norton of Brooklyn,
68, 61, 64; Bissell, E. B. Aymar of
New York, 61, 62; Nalle, E. F.
Cheney of Grand Rapids, 60, 60;
King, Guy Metcalf of Providence, 6 4,
61 ; and N. S. Hurd of Pittsburg, de
faulted to Eaton, R, H. Fullerton of
Chillicothe, to Norton, and Paul D.Ham
lin of Chioago, to Gardner.
In the Women's Singles final, Mrs. C.
F. Hager of Lancaster, Pa., defeated
Mrs. R. C. King of New Canaan, Ct.,
75, 6 4. In the semi-final, Mrs. Hager
defeated Miss Ethel Check of New York,
06, 60, 63, and Mrs. King won
from Miss H. M. Shannon of Buffalo,
61, 6 2. In the first round Mrs. Hager
defeated Mrs. II. W. Brower of Plain
field, 61, 64 ; Mrs. King, Miss Bar
bara C. Lewis of Philadelphia, 86, 63 ;
Miss Check, Miss Marjorie L. Weller
of St. Catherine, 61, 60; and Miss
Shannon, Miss Eleanor Boyd of Boston,
62, 36, 62.
In special Mixed Doubles, Mr. E. B.
Aymar, and Miss Barbara C. Lewis,
were the winners of the final from Mr.
and Mrs. R. C. King, 62, 63. In the
semi-final Mr. Aymar and Miss Lewis
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