New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-10-14


Divided among twenty members this involves an
expensc of about s165 a year each for the simple
maintenance OF the pack But each member must
have at least two hunters and 4 he Is ambitious 10
shine as polo player three or four ponies IN an-
ditjon These with the necessary grooms and stable
attendance, round up into bill OF expense large
enough to satisfy the most ambitious. Tho hunt ng
season is short one, opening about the hist Oh
October and rarely lasting later than the first OF
December During this period two runs week are
the rule usually on Wednesday and Saturday after
Moons The larger part Of the year tho hounds are
inactive and receive special attention beyond
proper care and feeding. For month or two before
the opening of the hunting season the pack Is taken
in hand for training The simple Diet of vegetables
and cereals Is changed for one Of horse flesh This
is fed to them sparlngly, one meal day at
nghtfall being all that Is allowed. Tho
huntsman, or the master Of the hounds,
takes the pack out for two hours exercise daily from
6 to a. m At first gentle runs over smooth country
are INDUCED 10. AS the animals improve in condl-
ton, the exercise becomes moro vigorous and the
country over which they taken roughcr until at
the day appointed for the opening meet each hound
is perfect specimen of training
The popular notion OF hunting meet Is hap
hazard race after fox or a drag, without particular
direction or aim. Nothing IS further from the fart
The huntsman and master decide on the course and,
fixing the DO mt for the throw-o" study the route
bag IS used until the open country Is reached, gen
orally about onethrd OF the course, and al that
poin the fox IS Liberated, being generally given fifteen
III nutes healwav. Tho day following the meet, The
officials gain 60 over the course and sppeisc inc
wrath OF the farmers whose fences have been bOken
and lands damaged. making such just and equitable
payment Of damages as Is necessary. ms Item
alone for the last year aggregated over 5000
Tho Essex County Hunt Is especially fortunate IN
its membership. All In the full vicor OF early
manhood and there few Obsi iclcs In tho county
about tie Oranges that can daun. thcm. Perhaps
the most brilliant rider Is Charles 4 Ecckscher, who
Is noted for always riding straight TO tho hounds
ard as being the plrckest man in the hunt. Other
good riders are Douglas Robinson, Ir, Charles Ire
John Dsllctt IT. and Charles and Emil Pier The
master of tie hounds F. r. Thcbaud, must not be for
gotten. lie Is clear cool headed and always to be
iOnud well up at tho finish
of the hunters with impartial regularity, bui these
minor accidents only servo as the spice OF what
otherwise would be monotonous and tame The iiold
OF opcra lions Of tic Essex County Hunt j. year by
year contracting owing to the steady lnltodrciion
Of The barhed-wlre fences. the one obstacle That
cross-country rider falls 10 respect, and Il Is
Only question OF lcw years whom hunting IN Es-
sex County viii become extinct The hunt has ar
ranged tho following schedule OF runs for October:
Wednesday, October II, in Upper Montclar Saturday,
October 90. I'm Summit Wednesday, October -, In
PoseIand: saturday, October 81, in Whippany
and on Wednesday. October 81 In Caldwell. All
runs will legu at 3 rs Z.