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Show , Driving Into Nets. In tho old days ovory southern gentleman gen-tleman had his net for quail. Tho drlvo was an event In tho county. Our youth of to-day may novcr enjoy such sport. In the propor season tho neighbors neigh-bors woro Invited. All camo on horseback, horse-back, for whllo quail ,wlll rlso from tho approach ot a dog or man, they will run along tho ground ahead ot a gentle horse. Much 3klll was required to drlvo a covey Into tho not. As many as 30 horsemen would form a semi-clrclo semi-clrclo and slowly, patlontly, silently mako tho round-up, all driving toward tho common centor, yet from one general gen-eral direction only, and thnt always against tho wind. Tho net had beon set facing tho wind, An impatient man on a fractious horso might destroy des-troy tho work of holt a day by flushing flush-ing entlro coveys." |