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 horses in the Meadow City were brought into action. These included ten fine polo ponies and as many more saddle and running horses from the different driving schools in the city. Some of these horses were also great high jumpers and had taken prizes at the fairs. Their riders were men who were used to hard riding upon polo fields and cross country. An entirely new pack was secured for this venture. And, with a dozen dogs and twenty mounted men the cavalcade set off one bright morning about the middle of March to capture the Phantom Fox. It was really a great show of force for so small an objective. Each one of the hounds was four times as heavy as the fox, while the horses were eighty or ninety times heavier than he. Besides, the cunning of twenty men was to be matched against the cunning of one red fox. Truly it was an uneven battle, but the battle is not always to the strong. For several days before the celebrated hunt, heavy spring rains had been falling. The great river was full to its banks and in some places overflowed the