Harnessing the howls; Handlers nurture the nature of their throaty coonhounds.(SPORTS)

From: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) | Date: August 3, 1997| Author: | Copyright information

It was not a pretty view from the treed raccoon's perspective: mauve tongues lolling, drool flying and long ears flapping, three bluetick coonhounds leaped and scrambled and embraced the oak tree with their front paws all the while giving out hearty, nonstop howls - "rooh ahrooo roh."

Fortunately for the young raccoon hissing and growling in a wire mesh cage hung in a tree, it was just practice and she would soon be set free.

The hounds - Slick, age 6, Victory, 11, and 2-year old Windsor - are owned by Marilyn Le Blanc and Leon Swing of Bradford, Minn., and they were ...

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