Evening journal., 1893-02-23
CHASING A LIVELY FOX.
First Free for All Hunt of the
Delaware Turf Club.
A THOUSAND PEOPLE SEE IT.

Hunters From Wilmington, Newark.
Ashland, Fairville and Chester County
Start From wawaset Park This After
noon. - Thirty-Eight Hounds in the
Chase.-Reynard Takes a New Course
But is Successfully Pursued.
The Delaware Turf Club had great
fox hunt to day. Everything was favor.
able to the chase from morning on and,
while the roads might have been in bet
ber condition, and the snow might have
been little scarcer, yet everything
could have been much worse. The
hunters who participated had long been
expecting the event and had their
horses and hounds in excellent trim for
run.
An advance guard Of the hunters met
at the clubs headquarters in the CAV
throp building at 10 o'clock this morn
ing, and after a social reunion started
out from Fourth and Shipley streets at
IL o'clock. These hunters, headed by
the veteran fanciers, Edwin Plankin.
ton Of Ashland, and Samuel Dickson Of
Fairville, made a parade up Shipley
street to Ninth, to Monroe, to Della
ware avenue, TO Pennsylvania avenue.
and out the pike to Wawaset Park.
Reynard Bites Hunter.
Here the thirty eight hounds, which
had been brought to the hunt from all
parts Of the surrounding country, were
imprisoned, all ready for the start The
fox had been brought from Fairville by
young Frank Dickson, and while be
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showed signs Of life and activity by a
vicious growl. He got sufficient freedom
to turn his head and then he bit young
Dickson on the thumb. His sharp teeth
pierced Dickson's thumb TO the bone and
he had to stop and attend to the wound.
Spectators at the Park.
When the Wilmington hunters reached
Wawaset Park there were fully 1, 200
people there waiting to see the start
They had come out in sleighs, carriages
wagons, on horseback aud in hacks
A majority of the spectators, how
ever, walked to the park Boys
and men had climbed on top Of all the
club houses and the trees in the neigh
borhood were full Of them A large
number of ladies had come out in sleighs
and carriages to follow along the pike
and watch the sport.
Some OF the Fox Hunters.
1 When the hunters lined up for the
start there were some fine running
horses in the lines From vii
mington were Daniel James, Jr., whipper
in; George G. Whiteman assistant; Rem,
Martin, DR.. II B. Ewes. DIR. Buckingham
Harry Woodman, George Ward
Martin Springer, Enos Whiteman, Loui
Fell, Joseph Morgan, Taylor e Goodley,
Fred Morgan, viii Goodley, Jim Phillips
William II. Alexander, Archie Reed. A,
Hickman.
Where the Hounds Came From.
James A. Wilson and Alexander Gregl
had come from Newark with five hounds
the Talleyville Club, under the Leadership
of Harry Guerney, William Beattie
Thomas Bullen and Frank Talley. will
6fteenshounds; Jefferis, Of Brandywin'
hundred. with ten hounds; William Ball
Ashland, with three hounds.
Reynard Runs Wild.
Frank Dickson released the fox from
the bag, after all preparations had beer
/ made for it to run out the west end o
, the park, at a few minutes before /,
o'clock The fox took a semi -circula
route to the left, however
and, after being turned b.
d the spectators and whipper in finally RAJ
e through the east fence, where a wild
? opening had been made by boys climbing
d over and breaking the boards This TEN
5 porariy discouraged the hunters bu
q they sent guard out to keep watch owe
. Reynard movements.
The little animal ran directly towar
J. Taylor Causes residence on Pennsyl
vania avenue, between Rodney an
Clayton streets. Thence it started on
bee line toward Bancroft's and, to th
{ hunters in the park, its little form fade
3 from view.
a ''Let Out the Hounds"
Then there was a general cry Of "LC
out the hOundsw and when the 70
:, had been running twelve minutes
the hounds were let loose frol
their pen. Both hunters an
I. hounds began to yell and it was di
, ficult to tell which were making tf
most noise. In fact some Of the ol
hunters had a yelp that so resemble
. that Of the fox hounds that IL was di
ficult to distinguish the sounds.
. The fox again came in view at - 4
lt o'clock and it was then making straigl
l. up the country toward Centreville. Til
rs was what the hunters wanted and u
le chase began in earnest. The hounC
a were about six minutes behind the fC
If when Reynard started on the up countT
run. At 1 o'clock the hunters, dogs an
fox all faded from view and the spect
tors began to wend their way homewarJ
q well pleased with what they had seen
i, the sport.
pa TESTING THE GOOD AND BAD.