Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 February 1910 — AFTER FOUR YEARS OF MISERY Hunting Truffles as Sport. [ARTICLE]

AFTER FOUR YEARS OF MISERY

Hunting Truffles 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-assorted sporting companions can hardly be imagined. The truffle grows underground. Pigs are particularly fond of these delicacies and, guided by the seent, 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.