Word: packs
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Dent sent five slugs in the general direction of one-time Lieutenant GovernorHenry H. Denhardt, Democrat. One bullet pierced Mr. Denhardt's lung. Worker Dent said a friend of Denhardt's had taken a shot at him the day before, that he was saved only by a pack of election cards in his pocket...
...small rabbit which lives on the Westbury, L. I. estate of Mrs. John S. Phipps was sore disturbed one day last week. It became aware that it was being pursued by a pack of hounds. The hounds were the Aiken Beagles, a well-bred pack of 14 couple owned and hunted by Mrs. Thomas Hitchcock, famed horsewoman and mother of polo-playing Thomas Hitchcock Jr. Behind the hounds rode Mrs. Hitchcock and a granddaughter, eager for a morning's sport. Presently, the Phipps rabbit became aware that it was no longer being pursued, that the hounds, far behind...
...Wildcat freshmen, with Quimby 35 yards ahead of the pack, were victorious with 29 points, against 45 for Harvard, 86 for the Big Green, and 88 for M.I.T...
Captain Hallowell, although he has been prevented by examinations from running during the last four or five days, had little trouble in leading the pack over a three and three-quarter miles flat course to turn in a time of 17 minutes and 33 1-5 seconds. C. B. Currier '32, who has not practiced with the team regularly during the 1930 season staged a surprise by placing fourth, and J. W. Putnam '33 showed up well as the eighth Crimson runner to finish...
...hunters, have contributed largely to the expedition's game catch. Most are foxhounds. Others are foxhound-bloodhound crosses. Two are fox terriers. Value of the hounds against jungle beasts was moot when the expedition left the U. S. last winter. The late Paul Rainey had used a pack successfully in Africa many years ago. But Theodore and Kermit Roosevelt when they went to mid-Asia for Ovis poli found hounds useless on cold desert plateaus. On the other hand David Newell, Floridan organizer of the Matto Grosso pack, had confidence in U. S. dogs' abilities...