Show m M H. I 4 Nature Study j OU Outdoor I t or l DUEll RED HED I POX FOX OX I Ily 11 A del li hello Heard Cunning sly ely crafty thieving 1 That I is what hat most people think of or ono one o of the handsomest an and J most interesting O oti ot or I Ilour i our lour 1 wild creatures But ninny many boys boyi ann annan annan an increasing number o of girls irl know that Brer Fox I Is slim graceful and agile that his fur is of a beautiful yel- yel ellow low reel Ish-reel long long- and thick that he lie has hasa a splendid brush for tor a tail taU and that his hiM dog like face Is handsome and in- in He lIe Is called is-called 51 sly and crafty J J r oJ I J. J I r J I I i t j f 11 oM H i 7 He s LOOI ClI f NU T TI ho he uses his wits anti and seldom eldom blunders I because o he is wonderfully wi wise e in Ir I woodcraft because he ht Is expert not nOI only in tracking his own game but in iii L aol avoiding in being tran trailed himself el No Xo I moro more a thief at heart healt than any in other wild thing thins that must provide for itself he lie robs robi hen roosts only because c there i he finds miraculously miraculous spread before i him more food tood than many da days days' hunt liuni would supply Some Seine of oC you Ou must have o seen Been Red ned Fox for he lives YeT very near tho tin farms north south east and west There Thero are still sUB men and women wh who consider it fine sport to mount their r horses and helped b by a pack of ot hounds I run down and kill kin one ono little fox which i is often first taken alive then set free for fot the thc chase Xo No doubt a number o of ot otI f boys are arc thrilled b by pictures of the red red- I coated fox hunters but the they timey will feel fec I differently when thc they realize how lacking lack lack- ing ing- ingIn In fair Calr pla play such sport is not t to mention its cruelty Even Een with all odds a against him hire Brer BreI TIed Ked Pox Fox sometimes e escapes am and often orten seems to enjoy enjo th the game him him- self in self in tho ho beginning at least least Ihen when i from some elevation he lie watches hi his S pur pursuers s for or he hc knoWs knoW's well how b to S double on his tracks an and J fool tool the madI mad mad- I ly rushing do dogs s and hunters Ho lIe knows know S ho how to confuse the trail b by sudden side sid jumps to high ledges edg s and b by taking h to the water where tho the dogs lose tb the e scent Next week tailed Red Hawk Hawl I Copyright l 1920 O. O by J. J II Millar I |