The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-26
ONE FOX FALLS
IN A Days HUNT.
Worcester Fur Company Men
Have Rare Sport.
HUNTED over BOND HILL.
w. S. Morine Secures the Only Pelt of the
Day, Although Many Were Drawn
Into Holes Banquet at the Bay
State House Closes the
Days Program.

and had about % to look after. The
number was smaller than had been ex-
pected, but, as it turned out way SUI
ficiently large, Foxes were not run
ming yesterday. None of the hunters
could explain the reason. Whether 1t
was the warm weather that drove them
to their holes, or whether it was on ac-
count of the moonlight nights, which
enable the animals to prowl about all
night, so that they are too tired to run
in the daytime, the hunters were at
reason, the result was the same
jail along the line. The foxes refused
to run, but were driven to their covers
in short order by the dogs. The hunt
ers were thus prevented from getting
shot at any of them
The fox that was killed was lIn ex-
ception. She wasn't more than 20 rods
from ner burrow when the charge of Il
shot tunlbled her and saved the COM
pany from shut-out.
The first fox started was put UP on
Green hill and was not started by the
company proper, o. M. BAH and Harry
H. Rose went to Green hill while the re-
mainder Of the party were on their way
| to the Shoenlakers. Mr.. Ball knew there
| WAS a fox Oh this hill and Mr. Rose ac-
lcompanied him to get a crack at it. Mr..
Ball had his dog Grover and Mr.. Rose
! took his hound Pelter along. In a short
time they started the fox and gave him
| a merry chase for about 20 minutes
when they drove him into his hole. The
hunters followed the baying of the dogs
and discovered them at the burrow.
They called off the animals and Joined
the remainder of the hunting party.
The only kill of the day was made in
about an hours hunting. w. S. Morine
dropped the animal. Arthur G. Dodge
and c. A. Peterson were near at hand
when he made the kill at long range
The trail was scented by Mr.. Dodge's
little beagle Exile. Mr.. Peterson's Rover
and Mr.. Gates Drover were in the pack
that drove the fox before the gun Of
Mr.. Morine.
w. r. Shaw of WestfieId got crack
at the fox and knocked him down. The
animal was coming at him head on and
that he hit her was shown by the abb
sence of her front teeth which his
double shot knocked out. When he
shot at the fox she was coming from a
ledge on the northeast side of Bond hill.
He knocked her down with the first
barrel. but missed her clean with the
second, and she shot off.
The hounds found the trail shortly
before o'clock and were working on it
20 minutes. 1t was discovered by Mr..
Dodge's beagle Exile near stone wall
that runs along the foot of the hill and
near the ledge. She carried it along the
side of the stone wall for distance and
then on top of the wall for few rods.
The trail led to the ledge. After the
hounds had been working about 20
minutes they started up the fox in the
ledge. They were so close on her that
they sighted her and she jumped for her
burrow Mr.. Morine was standing on
top of the ledge when the hounds sent
her past on the jump. She was a long
ways off, but he decided to chance it.
She was going like a streak OF
creased lightning humping for a record
The first barrel knocked her on her back
but she had lots of life in her. as was
shown by the way she made her legs
go. Mr.. Morine put second charge into
the struggling animal as quick as he
could>pull and the only pelt of the day
lay under him. He scrambled through
briars, sliding down the ledge on his
face which was severely scratched. He
secured the coveted trophy, however
Mr.. Dodge and Mr.. Peterson were
near at hand waiting for the dogs to
drive the fox to them, but Mr.. Morine
stopped her career before she got with
in gunshot. DIR. Higgins and John 7.
Way of Westfield were near by. being
across the road from where she was
killed
Walter N Wallin of Auburndale got
a shot at a fox, but it was at long
range and he didn't hit it. He was in
a party composed of John M. White OF
Sutton, Frank Hoyle of Sutton. Henry
F. Rice, A. B. b. Kinney and Everett
L. Wallin of Providence. They had an
excellent pack of dogs. Mr.. Kinney
had his two hounds Keno and Duke in
and with them was Marksman, owned
by Col. Roger Williams of Lexington
Ky. The latter was entered in the tri-
ais at Barre last week and was kept
over for the hunt at Col. Williams re-
quest. Besides those dogs there were
Logan, Guess, Belle X, Sam and Spot
of the White-Kinney pack, and Ever
EFT l.. Wallin's Rock and Walter N
Wallin's Checker b. The pack was
put in at Cushing's swamp and soon
had a fox running. Mr.. Wallin was
near Rocky pond when he got the shot
The dogs drove the fox back of the
schoolhouse situated near that place
and through some scrub oak to the
east. Mr.. Wallin saw the head and
tail bobbing and let go. He didn't have
much of mark and scored miss.
The dogs drove the fox away from the
grounds and nothing more was seen og
dogs or fox for hours. Mr.. Wallin'a
dog Checker B. didn't return with the
rest of the pack and was missing whoa
the party returned last evening.
q. 7. Whitaker's Tony did clever
work during the hunt. Early in the
morning he started one but the fox
took to his hole quickly. Late In the
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