The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-19
RAIN DROPS FELL
Scent Was Poor and
Hunters Sought
Shelter.
ONLY A few FOXES SEEN.
John R. Thayer Spends
Day Visiting His Con-
stitnents.
ONLY A FEW FOXES SEEN.

Barre, Oct. 1S-Not since Noah gath
cred his brace of Kentucky hounds in
the ark and took soundings over the
spot where Sherman hill now rears its
head, has it rained harder than it did
today. The outlook for good weather
was unpropitious when the long line Of
sportsmen who are gathered here for
the fox hound trials of the Brunswick
Fur club left headquarters at $40 this
morning. AS the magnificent pack of
80 hounds, representing all the best
strains in the country was lined up
preparatory to the starting signal, rain
began to fall
The hounds went off with a rush and
had hardly got well away when the rain
came down in bucketsful The hounds
kept on, but the ardor Of the great ma
jority of the hunters was for the time
effectually quenched. They made a
| break for the neighboring barns, and
for the next three hours found what
amusement they could in impromptu
| vaudeville and story telling.
| Hon. John R. Thayer, who had led
I
| starting point, did not care to SILVER in
| the shed with other unfortunates, but
| grasped the occasion to call upon some
| of his constituents. AS he sat beside
the warm fire with nothing in the house
too good for him, more than one of his
| fellow-hunters wished that he, too,
might be elected to congress on the
| democratic ticket.
! Meantime, quite unknown to the
| nh hiIy1 for
doing work well worth witnessing, even
| at the expense Of a drenching. Just
after the cast-off at the Rowell farm
so well known to all field trial men, the
pack divided, some swinging off to the
east and others to the south Within
| ten minutes two foxes were afoot. The
| first was jumped from an alder thick
! ct near the lumber piles by Shine and
| Dora, Capt. Willianson's July hounds.
The particulars of this chase are I'M
known. The second fox was put UP in
! the pines and with dozen hounds at
| his heels, all screaming with excite
ment, led away for the Moose brook
district.
The rain was now falling in torrents.
and how the hounds could carry the
trail under such conditions was a mys-
terry. Reynard crossed the Petersham
road and near the Conner farm house
flung off the pack for a moment. In
searching for the lost trail the hounds
put up another fox, and the pack di-
vided.
With two foxes running, there was
plenty of excitement for Judges Prouty
and VanDorn and DR.. Heffenger, who
were the only spectators of the early
work near Moose brook. Rain had no
terrors for these three gentlemen, and
drenched to the skin they kept with
the hounds till the chase ended
Both foxes crossed the brook, but one
was soon lost and the hounds united
on the other. For some time he played
hide and seek with the hounds and
judges. Three times he crossed the road
close to the Blair farm house, but he
could not throw off the pack aid at
last went to earth in Richs hill. It was
lucky for him that burrow was near
for the last time he was seen the pack
were running by sight and closing rap
IDLY on him. Many hounds were in the
great chase, but the killing pace was
too much for some. and they fell ont
before the finish. Those in at the end
We're Williams Marksman, CampbelIs
Kinney and Walkers Lewis, Pope
Bal. Stonebridge kennels Car, Joslln's
Ben Hur and Collie, Bragdon's Dare.
Williamson,s Georgia Mawhinneys
Echo, and Deals Ben, Jr.
Inc judges held meeting this after
seen enough of the work of the Derby
hounds to decide upon their merits.
Part of them, however, who had no
chance of winning were spotted out
Those remaining in the stake are Thav-
er's Ranger, Heffenger's Sonnet, Ponies
Sylph, Nichols Doris, Williamsons
Georgia and Akermans Duke. These
hounds will run with the all-age entries
tomorrow, and it is expected the same
territory will be hunted that was the
scene of today's sport After the rain
of today scent is expected to lie we'll
and the clubmen are looking forward
with great expectations to tomorrow's
work. II is expected that the Derby
will be finished and the judges decision
given.
Solomon Bennett and L. w. Camp
bell returned home tonight Late arri
walls are w. H. Smonds, Bedford: Mr.
and Mrs. c. L. WELLINGTON. f. s. Cost
ner, f. D. Wellington, Walter H. Smith
Waltham: e. ]. Hill. Phillipston.
In addition to the three foxes started
by the trial hounds. a fourth was mt
up by the hounds of the shooting CON
tingent. Nobody. however, got a shot
Among the few who had the good for
tune TO see fox today were A. b. F.
Kinney and o. F. Joslin Thev were
riding along the Petersham road when
REWARD nearly ran them down. If the
former hunter had had a SCOOP net he
thinks he could have taken him in.
Bradford S. Turpin.