Show HUNTING ON HORSEBACK a I 1 I 1 i gow st huberts day Is celebrated in in germany 4 starting the gamo tho costumes and the chose chase how the naro hare fools ilia his pursuers asoo I 1 BERLIN oct 5 1890 among all pleasures enjoyed by tho be a ton in germany there Is probably nono none note cultivated or favored than b hunting 1111 ting on hors horseback eback and there Is no other pleasure existing which requires moro co courage ability and strength boiler better lyo eyo and a stronger land hand orl girl tino in england where everybody li owning ti a good horse ts Is more lond fond of 0 it oven even than ot of racing tho thil sport pread all over the continent of europe ud iid Is nowadays or ong of 0 the chief pleasures of high life it only takes place in fit the fall all in tho months ot of october and november tho the principal hunting day buff the 3rd ard of november tho the d daiy diy ly ot of st et rubertus hubertus tho the patron saint of all tho the huntsmen huntsmon hunts men laws about hunting aro are borr strict in germany making tho the season a short ono and it ills Is doubtless this I 1 that tbt swells nell tile tho attendance the place tor for tho the meeting Is generally the open country in the middle of a fair terrain clear cicar of woods which would hinder tho the work of the hounds jus 43 well lar jl I 1 I 1 1 c N r A W I 1 1 V 5 V W I 1 L 0 ig T a 1 t 1 lt E 14 lr J 1 rik 1 A 4 caf f 11 A E 1 4 klic anz j r nw am 8 A n A la A arl 1 45 I 1 r e a kt r v A ir 1 a Z f 3 ap gg 1 I 4 4 i Z 5 11 I 1 0 za 1 I 1 Z I 1 2 amt Z 1 ap 6 P J i r I 1 11 11 I 1 j ZW 1 ji f 1 19 1 ID P ar I 1 a 5 1 I 1 11 I 1 tr I 1 I 1 I 1 ai 4 ara ve 1 t 1 n Is IV 7 1 1 I 1 y 1 it wet r 1 I 1 4 40 0 4 ma va V J fp 7 N Q to 1 I 1 kra WP L r w asi q maa q wi diw P 4 it 7 a I 1 ask Z wr i 11 i lay JUST TITE START is good riding tile tho timo time for beginning la is generally nen orally about noon halt half an hour or so before the meeting tho the game la Is brought to tho the place of 0 rendezvous in a either a stag or a boar about I 1 ayears 3 years old caught the day before in moot the iha gayno game parks paresis sis Is usually selected it still retains all its wild strength find and swiftness and in case of old boar its ferocity y this is done to avoid I 1 riding around before finding game gama and losing precious hours in england where they hunt the lot fox tho the sport la Is parted marred by tho the difficulty and uncertainty of finding tho the quarry by that time thi the hounds hound sare are tired I 1 the hunters bunters arrive all dressed in red 1 debats coats and high hats or velvet caps tho the red coat Is absolutely do rigueur for deydy every gentleman rider except tile the officers who are to ride in their I 1 uniforms thus malting making tile the scone scene a very I 1 lively one ladies join coin the sport for it I 1 Is consid considered erect now quito quite the thing tor for them bliem and many a timo time a fair lady has been the first to reach the hallalf Hal lall this fashion has been introduced by the I 1 empress ol of austria who though ft a grandmother la Is still the finest I looking coking woman on the continent sho she has declared that a good ride with the hounds Is esthe the finest pleasure she ever had and even today to day she enjoys nothing better now the monte arrives led by tho the master ot abo hounds ho he and his two attendants also in red bugles around shoulders and whip in their hands 1 the hounds are descendants of tho the best I 1 english stock every hound Is white while with black and white spots it Is s perfectly marvelous to what extent of understanding der these hounds get under the calef ill training ot of their master and his two attendants every signal riven given by 1 the bugle every word ol of their trainer they understand just as well as a human being and they obey probably much bolter better I 1 f tho the training is hard and requires much time and pati cuco 1 A well trained pack of thirty to forty 1 14 lounds lounda will work as systematically as ak 4 lay men could they will jollow a tragic once given to then with all tho the steady edor and a haro hare or any other animal crossing their rath path will not even bo be looked at they always work together on never vor going 0 in g away from each other i farther than couple of yards your correspondent correspond enaid had often tho the opportunity tho the royal military biding Aca academy denly in hanover next to I 1 the royal acuto in potsdam the best in germany I 1 at signal the hounds are put on the track of tho the stag loudly barking they I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 k I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 IF I 1 J I 1 I 1 I 1 tin START atra a off closely followed by the riders inow bow tho the sport begins the pace Is a I 1 rood one ona I 1 from role tho the very start very every ob Is taken flying hero a ditch there 4 A wall wait or a hedge the hounds always with blood in their eyes and every muscle straining 5 every now and ana then a younger bound MR leave ills his comrades attracted by ari an othor path or ono another her quarry but 1 I quickly lie ho Is driven back with the heavy even small email rivers do not stop tr hunters right through they go and though perhaps r nany many of the riders especially specially ally in the bo beginning ginnIng of 0 tile the season 1111 1 hack back exhausted tho the great majority keep on in each try trying ing to bo be first in roah lg the allot where re tho the stag slag will bo be 11 P nally itally stopped the tha excitement grow lt inso tho stag 1 in s tired the iloilo hounds are closing ailing in a last jump over the ditch till and lie ho win will bo be in the power of his enda 1 I abut ho he Is 19 not conquered 01 ol ct i 1 racing ills his adversaries ho he defends rids hii hi life lin woo ano to iho tho hound bound who comes athin alln tile 1110 reach ot of hla powerful lionia horns fla bo be hurled through the air hlll ill be ills his j kand with broken ribs he will land and r f n feet te claMay avi fly hut but this only can nap hap I 1 t pen dill to an all inexperienced hound tn III lila ills I 1 j I 1 alist nt the result of 0 tile the magnify ut Iral tra ning laing will show itsou itself and atad tha J I 1 1 older hounds tho the veterans will not run the chanco chance of being thrown in ill tile the ilir carefully avoiding tile tho lc blows blow they will saizo tile stags sings cars find and AO ind bring his head to tile tho ground thus mulling hint him defenseless but they I 1 I 1 py I 1 t I 1 T j it k I 1 1 I t 1 leh I 1 1 A I 1 71 I 1 2 iu if lz 4 r A ai i 1 I 1 K 40 4 A YR 4 av 4 i I 1 za 1 i t r W 1 CROSSING tire STREAM will never try to lac lacerate crato or mutilate lato their victim they hold him fast until tho the first gentleman rider ai arrives rive who ho liris lifts tho the animals left latt hind leg in tho the air thus carrying away the honors of the day as it becomes also his duty to toast at tho the following lunch ill his majesty tho the emperor tho the royal master of all tho the huntsmon huntsmen hunts men the tha gentleman highest in rank tit in tile alio company then kills tho the stag with a quick stub stab iu in tile tho nock dock and the bugles sound tho the hallalf Hal lall tho the final signal for tho the chase Is over at tho the Hill lali every gentleman has to ralso raise his right hand and call out Ifal lidil A gentleman breaking this sacred rule and raising his hand band with tho glove on will bo be heavily fined and subject to no end of jokes after tho the tho the curie is held and tho the intestines of tile tho dead animal are distributed to the hounds as their well earned fee every gentleman receives a little piece of green to wear in his hat or coat and all ride aldo home condrat congratulating elating each other on tho the good s sport port they had special interest is felt fell concerning those hunts in which members of tho the royal family take part those meetings always taff place near potsdam in where a beautiful chateau especially built for these purposes receives the hungry and abig thirsty ty ili hunters 1 liters tho the young emperor W am II 11 1 before mounting on the throne was alwais to bo be seen at these meetings iio is iii a fine hunter and accomplished complis hed rider and now ills his cousin and brothern brother jn law irinco frederick leopold who married a sister of the empress some time ago represents tho the emperor to his groat disgust conot bo not having time now to join in ills favorite sport the hallalf is illustrated from a photograph of ono of those footings moo tings where a field of sixty or more Is not considered uncommonly largo large before closing this let lei us u say a few words about another very interesting I 1 I 1 it I 1 acas 4 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 bior I 1 I 1 OUT sport scarcely scar coly known though except in the large plains of hungary the hare hunting with deer or greyhounds grey hounds these hounds are about the quickest runners known and two of them are arc donsi considered dered enough tot for good sport As soon as a haro hare Is found and they are abundant in the largo large estates of tile tho hungarian magnates the hounds are let loose and with their terrific speed the ilie little littler hare would probably have small chance of escape 0 were it not for a very clover clever trick which ho he always uses when the hounds are about to catch him ha be stops suddenly blotting them run by as ag they can not control themselves so quickly and before they are able to come W ta a standstill oft ho be goes like an arrow in fit another direction I 1 thus gaining a lead of 0 a couple of II 11 undred hundred yards again before his adversaries are able to start after him this trick houses ho uses over and over again and ft a single hare will keep these hounds busy tor for a good halt half hour before he is exhausted and finally succumbs this sport gives Im immense alonso tun fun and tho the hungarian Hur garian arian gentlemen moun mounted tod on their ii lii horses indulge in it nearly every oscr day M |