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BACKWOODS TO BORDER
Yorker was an enthusiastic wing shot, the rancher in-
sisted that he visit him on his West Texas ranch, and
hunt blue quail. He explained that he was away from
the ranch a good deal; but if the New Yorker wanted to
hunt when he was away the ranch foreman would be able
to look after him. The New Yorker accepted. He would
go to Texas and hunt blue quail at the first opportunity.
A little later the lawyer was able to get away for a
hunt. He wired the rancher, who answered that he had
to be away from the ranch, but that he had arranged
with his foreman to put the lawyer up, and that the
New Yorker was to hunt as much as he pleased.
The lawyer took a train for Texas, only to find when
he reached the lonely little town which was the railroad
point for the ranch, that there was no one at the station
to meet him. He went to the one little hotel which the
town boasted and asked where he could find a car and
driver to take him out to his friend's ranch. He was told
that there was a Negro taxi driver in the town who could
furnish a car. The New Yorker sent for the driver, and
asked to be taken out to the ranch. The Negro agreed
to take him, and when he learned that the lawyer
planned to hunt he volunteered his own services as guide
and services of his dog.
"Boss," he said, "it sure is a good thing you told me
you is going to hunt blue quail. Us will sure find them.
I'se got the best blue quail dog in Texas-the best blue
quail dog in the world."
The New Yorker declined. He explained that he
had brought his own dogs, that they were excellent, and
that he planned to work them.
"But Boss," the taxi man protested, "them is bob
white dogs. They don't know nothing about blue quail.
Now my dog is a blue quail dog. He's the best blue quail
dog in Texas-the best blue quail dog in the world."86
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Dobie, J. Frank (James Frank), 1888-1964. Backwoods to Border, book, 1943; Dallas, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc38306/m1/100/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Press.