The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-01-12
Barre Hunters Are
Drawing Blanks.
NO BRUSHES YET
Warmer Weather Is Most
Needed.

Barre, Jan. 11.-Hunting foxes in New
England in winter is much like a lottery.
There are more blanks than prizes, and
just now the Brunswick Fur Club, which
is holding its annual hunt here, is drawing
blanks-the prizes, it is hoped will come
later.
The second days hunt was practically
repetition of the first. Not a brush yet
graces the clubs headquarters, and not a
gun has been fired at fox.
The hunting conditions today were, if
anything, worse than those of yesterday.
The thermometer marked three degrees
below Zero and half gale blew over the
Barre hills and swept the open fields clear
of snow. The icy crust which remained
was as clean and slippery as a frozen
pond, and made the ascent of the hills as
hard as the descent was easy.
With such forbidding conditions no one
was in a hurry to leave the great open
fire which Landlord Harwood provided in
the hotel Office and it was o'clock be-
fore the more enthusiastic hunters took
the field
Just in the outskirts of the town, on the
grounds hunted yesterday, Master of
Hounds McGregor put in his rough-coated
Welsh hound, Marquis, l.. o. Dennison
cast off Peter and Boxer, and l.. &. Co
nant added Ben to the little pack. The
hounds quickly found track and carried
it through the woods at a good pace.
Some thought that a fox was up, but if
one was running he quickly had every
thing his own way when he reached the
open fields. No hound could carry a
track across those bleak stretches of ice.
and the momentary eXcitement-What lit
tie there was of twas quickly at an end.
Meantime, further to the west r. d.
Perry cast off Orator and Jupiter. Solo
mon Bennett put in Music and Roman, c.
Il. Taylor (who is one of the new arrivals
loosed Hunter, and Stedman Williams Jr..
completed the pack with Spider. The
hounds did their best and appeared to
have a fox, but they could do no better
than their mates in the first pack, and the
run was soon over.
All the hunters except Messrs. Bennett
and Smith reported promptly for dinner
and passed jolly afternoon at headuuar-
tefS, Gaping one good story with another
and enjoying themselves as only fox hunt
erS can
A brief business meeting Of the club
was held in the evening, with President
f; Kinney and R. D. Perry were appoint
ed a committee to select judges for the
coming field trials of the club.
Announcement was made that Mr.. Kin
Joslin speed and driving medal Dr.
Heffenser hunting medal, Mr.. Conant a
trailing medal and DR.. Pope q Derby
m meg +t for the field trials. These medals.
which belong to the club and are com
peted for annually, are well worth win
nins, and will doubtless draw to the trials
OF s9 the best of the fox hounds in the
eastern states '''0
After business was out of the way. Mr.
hnney entertained the club with an ex
tremeiy interesting account of his hunt
ing trip in Maine last fall At his camn
deer We're as plenty as gray rabbits are il,
barre and moose were by no means
time, and during the fall saw twelve, He
mad the satisfaction of killing one Of the
largest i,lg Of them and securing a remarka-
The prospects of better sport toroorro,,,
are not promising tonight but with a rise
IN the temperature there is certain To he
some some ia. last work, The club is not dis
ter luck before the hunt ends on E,riSsy
BRADFORD S. TURPiN.