Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-10-27
A nOOsIER FOX HUNT.
The Peculiar Way Adopted by
the People of Indiana to Rid
Themselves Of supernuOus
Foxes,
New York Herald.

INDIANAPOLIS, IND, October 20.
| see by recent issues of the Herald
that the sportsmen in the East are
discussing the methods of fox hunting
with certain sensitive people who
claim that fox hunting is cruel
Perhaps these sensitive people would
prefer the adoption Of the Indiana
method Of fox hunting as being less
cruel and certainly affordiDg sport for
a larger number Of persons than can
possibly take part in a fox hunt in the
East. The season of tho year has
hardly arrived yet during which fox
hunts are INDUCED in all over the
State. Still l have heard Of several
hunts, aud the season when once fairly
opened promises to be a lively one.
At present the Hoosiers are too busy
with their sorghum and other crops,
but as soon as the first snow is on the
ground the humiliation Of foxes will
begin, and will continue untillthe early
spring when the state Of the fields and
the busy times of the farmers put a
stop TO the sport. / attended a fox
hunt in the southeastern part of the
State some time ago. The hunt took
place in Franklin county. The farm
ers in that place had been bothered a
great deal by the depredations Of foxes
aud SO var was declared. The first
thing necessary for a successful fox
hunt is 10 pay visits to the various
newspaper Offices in the county. In
Franklin county, Of which Rrookville
is the the county seat, there are three
newspapers, and each Of these was in.
duced tc urge the people to a gen
eral assembling for the purpose Of dis.
posing Of the foxes. For several weeks
the newspapers published the line Of
march, the place where the foxes
would be called upon to surrender
and such other particulars as are nee.
essary to the successful carrying out
Of the scheme. The interest Of the
newspapers In this project will appear
later In the description Of the hunt.
In the fox hunt OF which / am writing
the villages Of Brookville, Metamora,
Peppertown and Hamburger took
part. Metamora lies about four miles
to the north Of Brookville, Peppertown
lies several miles west Of Meta.
mora and Hamburger severals miles "a
the southwest Of Peppertown, so that
the line from BrOokYille TO Hamburp
ran in a northwesterly direction. This
was the field to be secured for foxes
The whole hunt had been placed in
charge Of a general who had an,
pointed a number Of marshals who
attended to forming the lines. The
hunt started at ] o'clock in the after.
noon. At this time most Of the meu
and many children had left their vii.
lagos and formed q line which ex
tended all around the field. Thus the
people Of Brookville divided them.
selves into two sections, each COM
manded'by a marshal. One section
left Brookyille and proceeded q
Metamora, forming a line to a point
half way between Brookville and Met
amora. The men and children were
placed from Eve TO six yards apart
The other section Of hunters from
Brookyille stretched out to a point
half way between Brookville and
Hamburg. The other villagers pur
sued a similar plan and at | o'clock oil
the lines were in order. The weapons
used by the army Of hunters CON
sisted Of tin pans aud tin horns. The
plan on which the hunt is carried on
is that. foxes run away from any noise