Western field (1907) (14598536018)

Identifier: westernfield101907olym (find matches)
Title: Western field
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Olympic Club (San Francisco, Calif.) California Game and Fish Protective Associations
Subjects: Olympic Club (San Francisco, Calif.) California Game and Fish Protectice Associations Sports
Publisher: San Francisco
Contributing Library: San Francisco Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: San Francisco Public Library



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. Thehigh-pitched voices of the dachshunds wereheard; they chased some game in the oppo-site direction, but the deep-mouthed setter washeard coming toward me. I knew somethingbig was up from the furious way he wasbarking, and presently there jumped over andout of the brush a deer. I saw it was an olddoe; for a moment she stood, then with thedog in close pursuit she kept on running alongthe thicket toward me. I let her come within30 yards then banged at her, knocking herdown. The dachsels were after a nice old buck,who got away over the hill, passing within WESTERS EIELD
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THE r.IC/FJC COAST MAGAZINE 157 30 yards of our captain ; this gentleman knewthe buck, he had wasted many an hour duringthe Summer in a futile attempt to bag thatwily old fellow with his pretty set of horns;and now he could have easily knocked himdown. Me was, however, not after the veni-son, but after the horns, so he let him alone.Nothing else was shot in this drive. It was nearly one oclock when we metnear the meadow in a sheltered place in theforest; a big fire was started, the rucksacksv\;ere unloosened. There was a free exchangeof gpod wine; pipes and cigars were lit; withjoshing and explanations for misses and alike conversation so dear to the true sports-man the hour quickly passed, when our leaderurged us on to some more hunting. But neither boys nor dogs wanted to workany more in the afternoon; the sky had be-come almost black, the thick frost on grassand brushes made work very hard for dogsand drivers, besides it became dark very earlythat day, so at 4 p. m. the hunting was