Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 February 1910 — Hunting Truffies as Sport. [ARTICLE]

Hunting Truffies as Sport.

Quite apart from the interest of fungi to the naturalist the temptation cannot here be resisted to refer to a method of procuring one kind of fungus, which might take rank among the minor sports. This is the fashion, originating in France, of procuring the truffle by the aid of swine and hounds. More ill-assortfed sporting companions can hardly be imagined. The truffle grows underground. Pigs are particularly fond of these delicacies and, guided by the scent, will discover them by rooting in the earth: After the discovery of the truffles the dogs are employed to beat back the pigs and prevent them from devouring the spoil. And‘every quality dear to ihe sportsman of skill and judgment is needed to control and obtain the desired result from the efforts of a herd of swine and a pack of hounds. —London Outlook.