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Show FOXHOUNDS CHASE WOMAN. Scent of Fur Tippet Causes Pack to Follow Her. HARRODSBURG, Ky.. Feb. IS. A well-known well-known woman who lives nenr TathamV spring had a most novel and-exciting experience ex-perience a few days ngo. Sho went to bpringflold to do some shopping. While thcro she made-a purchase of Home furs of the rcynnrd variety. She was rath'cr ,lato in returning to her home. That day several lovers of the chaso from tho edges of Mercer and Anderson counties had Joined In for a big fox hunt. When she was In a few miles of homo sho .heard tho baying of tho hounds In tho distance. She was at first attracted by the resonance reso-nance or melody, which was beautiful at a distance, but later,, by a. few momenta, she began to bo apprchenslvo lest the Ihounds camo across her path. Presently the anxious dogs woro pursuing' closely tho buggy In which sho was. drivings Be-.; Ing alone, sho began to bd frightened, and a little laf sho was greatly alarmed, for the can .es. almost Infuriated, because be-cause of the near approach of what they thought was tho victim of their chaso, overtook her. Sho drove faster and faster, fast-er, but the swiftness of the dogs exceeded exceed-ed that of the horse, and they made strenuous efforts to get Into tno buggy, and Mrs Curd kept them out of the ve-hlclo ve-hlclo with much difficulty. Several . of tho hounds wero injured by; falling, and tho wheels of tho buggy running over them. After a most exciting drlv and almost exhausted from Xoar and. her efforts ef-forts to keep the dogs fr6m her buggy, Mrs. Curd renched home, whero her husband hus-band succeeded In driving tho hounds away It was explained that tho faithful dogs were turned from tho orlglnaL trail by tho smell of tho furs In the woman's possession, and that tlicy were coming across tho road when she was driving near them. |