The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-11
A SINGLE SHOT.
Barre Fox Hunters Fared
Badly On Opening Day.

Barre, Jan. 10.-The tenth annual winter
hunt of the Brunswick Fur Club began
here today. Hotel Barre, where the club
Is making its headquarters, is well filed
with representative crowd of New Eng
land fox-hunters. Among those present
are: A. f. Joslin, the president of the
club; A. B. L. Kinney of Worcester, who
brings with him the foxhounds Sam, Tom
and Carl of the Kinney-White pack; r.
D. Perry of Phillipston with Orator and
Jupiter w. s. and A. II. Perry of Prince
ton, L. A. Smith of Weston, L. T. Conant
of Waltham with Ben. Charles c. Gragg
of Bedford, A. B. McGregor of Middle
ton with Marquis, an imported Welsh
hound, ana Dandy; II. FL. Sibley of OK
with Music B. and Roman. L. o. Denni-
son of Waltham with Peter, Stedman Will
liams, Jr., of Baldwinsyille with Spider,
w, B. Stone of Waltham with Boxer, s.
r. Mills of Needham and George T. Carr
OF Holiiston.
1t was just 6 o'clock when the horn
sounded, and scarcely an hour later the
party left the hotel for the hunting
grounds, northwest of the village. The
thermometer stood at zero, but fortu-
tense cold was not hard to bear. The icy
crust was covered with just enough snow
to hold a fox track, and the hunters had
not gone a quarter of mile from the no.
tel before signs of Reynard were found
in abundance.
Scent, however, lay badly-in fact, in
the, early hours of the day there seemed
to be none at all Orator. Jupiter Mar
quis Dandy and Spider were cast off to-
gether, and, though they all stayed out
well at their, work, they were unable to
find fox. Now and then there was bit
OF music that raised the dropping spirits
of the hunters, but it soon died away, and
resulted in nothing. BY nine O'Clock the
wind began to blow. and the icy blast cut
re knife: rousing camp fire, built
the lee OF some pine woods, proved an
traction to many Of the party, and here
icy spun yarns and waited in vain for
e cry of driving hounds.
Meantime, further to the west, Music
Roman, Peter, Sam, Tom, Carl and Boxer
were cast loose. They worked to no bet
tel. advantage than the first pack, and
failed to make start. The hunters who
hre, and II. Fl. Sibley, with his celebrated
close-bored qua, provided rabbit which
was roasted over the embers. This was the
only shot fired during the day.
Among the last men to return to the ho-
tet tonight, We're A. 3. F. Kinney and
most of the hunters had set out for head
Quarters fox was jumped by pack OF
seven mounds in swamp by Moose brook
scent lay fairly well, and for an hour OF
more they enjoyed a good run. Mr.
Joslin would undoubtedly get a shot. had
not an enthusiastic farmer shouted tc
him to look out for the fox" REWARD
turned Sharply back and escaped and soon
after the hounds were caught off and
brought home. As a fox hunt the day was
not q success, but New Enga fox-
hunters arenot, easily discouraged, and
with rise in the temperature every one
IS anticipating great sport The number
or fresh tracks seen today show that
there are plenty of foxes here, and the
Ihe clqp hounds are known to be as good
as thebest. The meet will close ON Friday
night. ~ i'''S
Among the arrivals today is George
Brooks of Concord Mr. Brooks is rs wears
this year. He is as enthusiastic as The
youngest man here, and will be in the field
tomorrow. N''O i-9Ao
BRADFORD S. TJJRPIN