The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-10-30

tramping about, it was an ideal one
for the dogs, and the conditions for
following were perfect during the en-
tire day. 1t did not really rain during
the day, but off and on a fine mist fell
and there WAS no time when the
heavens were not leaden. The grass
and bushes We're uncomfortably wet
and the hunter who pushed through
them without rubber boots was not
happy, unless he had plenty of Nen-
thusiaSm or the dogs We're very near
1t was bit chilly and uncomfortable
riding, but it was not cold tramping
about, and as one kept dry, it was not
a bad day to be out.
Friday the sport was lacking, but
good cheer and sociability made up the
deficiency Yesterday there were hard
~ hunters enough to be Sociabe but
there was so much music that no one
missed companionship AS a result of
the days sport, President John r.
Thayer brought home two foxes and
O. NJ. Ball had a pocketful of fur that
he knocked from a fox that he did not
kill. Every man in the field was on the
alert during the hunt, and many either
saw foxes or had them pass close to
them.
Taken as hunt. pure and simple, it
was day that it will have an import
ant place in the clubs history. Had
the weather Deen Dne. there WOuiu no
doubt been a very large attendance,
and in any event there would have
been plenty of sport for the territory
hunted over seems to be trimming with
foxes With three going and perhaps
six at one time there must have been
something in the woods. One thing is
pretty certain, that all the foxes in
that vicinity have not been killed off,
as they evidently have around the
.'shoemakers." and before the season
ends many sly fellow about there will
bite the dust or, to speak literally, dead
leaves.
a The hunters did not congregate in
groups as is their wont on fine days
when the sport is dull. Driving about
over the grounts, 1t was almost inn
possible to find any one and it seemed
strange, for the hills on all sides We're
singing with the music-good music.
too. The foxes played about on the
hills a long time before they struck out,
and seemed to avoid the roads and
favorite runaways, so that to be in the
vicinity of the sport the sportsmen
were obliged to plunge into the covers
and were soon lost to sight Oeca-
sionally a couple of hunters would be
seen moving along the road or brown
Jacket could be discerned on the. hill,
but as a rule the grounds seemed de-
serted and well they may for hardly
more than a score Oh men were sud
toned about the big territory.
THE start from the Bay State was
somewhat delayed, owing to the non
arrival of hunters and dogs. and when
The barge left, at 6 80 it contained but
Ave men and two dogs namely, Harry
Pose. with Pelter; Will Morine. with a
hound Nose; o. M. Ball. A. f. Bennett
and A. r. Taylor
In the meantime. John White and
the NValling boys had gone on ahead,
ana Jota r. Thayer was on the
g.o,Inds with his hounds. w r. Dean
and cant. Barney Williamson, with the
latter's dogs, were also in the field. g..
! w. Barnes, in company with Uncle
Nathan Harrington, had put in a
hAbo,,nd. and Hon Ledyard Bill of Pax
Aon was out with his dog Arthur
"A ko1a,s had also unleashed dog. Da-
M. Earle was out with his friend,
Austin. from Peterboro, and'among
iers IN the field We're f. H. Cate of
nenburg, George Waite of Leicester,
semi Dearcen. A. A. Sibley.
fine barge party stopped this side of
stone house and put the dogs in
Sc to Frank Buckley Smiths home.
IL minutes they had fox going,
ich they took north along the hill
lie IN grand style. When they
ached the gap in the hill, the dogs
narrated. each driving a fox. One
Aft bn along the side, and the other
stSnr I'M % the ridge About this
me q third hound, evidently enc Of
WILLIAMSBURG, came in with third tx.
Ind all gradually worked Off
forthward. Captain ''Pelter either
an in or lost his fox and
rare. back. but Mr.. Morine's dog