The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-21
FOXHOUND TRIALS.
o. T. Joslin's Sallie
Won American
Field Cup.
A. B. F. KINNEY'S HARD LUCK.
His Two Dogs Were Lost
Before the
Contest,
A. B. F. KINNEY'S HARD LUCK.

Barre, Oct. 20-The fox hound trials
of the Brunswick Fur Club were COM
pleted today, and the highest honors
of the hunting season of 1899 fall to o.
F. Joslin of Oxford With his fox
hound Callie he won three beautiful
silver medals and the American field
cup. This handsome challenge cup
represents the championship for the
year, and to win 1t is the highest honor
of the fox hound world.
The Norton @. Pope memorial cup,
which is annually won by the hound
doing the best trailing and driving and
showing the greatest speed, was award
ed to Capt. B. P. Williamson of Green
Harbor, for the excellent work done by
his July hound, Shine
The R. D. Perry cup, which repre-
sents the highest honors in the Derby,
was carried off by c. NJ. Akarman of
Portsmouth, N. H., with Duke This
good hound also won the Derby medal.
The trailing medal was won by Walk
er's Lewis, owned by L. w Campbell
Of Woonsocket, r. l., and the endurance
medal fell to Marksman, Roger D. Will
liams' fine hound from Lexington, Ky.
The fourteen hounds remaining in
the all-age and Derby stakes were cast
off for their final run this morning at
6, just west of the golf links. They
swung into the pines and then into the
swamp, apparently as fresh as on Tues
day morning. There was not a gutter
or lazy one in the whole lot, and the
speed with which they covered their
ground made the horsemen put spurs
| to their steeds and the footmen sprint
to the best of their ability to keep with
in hearing of the pack The hounds
kept well together, and gave a fine ex-
hibition of trailing which was partic-
ularly acceptable to the judges, who had
| but little chance to see them on cold
track during the week.
| They finally jumped their fox, and
with wild rush swept through the
| fields to the north, and then into wood
| land near Moose brook. While they
! We're in cover, the scent was excellent,
| but in the open the track was carried
along slowly and with great difficulty.
| Reynard soon found this out, and, lead
| ing away towards Sherman hill, quickly
left his pursuers in the rear.
By this time the rain, which had
threatened early in the evening, was
coming down in a steady drizzle, and
the hunt still went on. A number of
foxes were seen and probably four or
five were started, but there was little
of that furious driving in which all
fox hunters rejoice. By II the hunt was
at an end.
A. B. F. Kinney has had more than
his share of ill luck during the week
His Kentucky hounds Keno and Duke,
which were entered in the all-age
Gt Ia J1rnp On
and were not found until this after
noon. AS they had not come under the
eyes of the judges, they were, of course,
shut out from all chance of a prize.
They had, however, been hard at work,
and the Williamsville hunter who found
them said that he had heard them
driving on both Wednesday and Thurs
day.
Hon. John R. Thayer's crack hound,
Ranger, who was to have run in the
derby today, was not at hand when the
hounds were started this morning
There are three prizes in the derby,
and as only three hounds remained in
the stake after the wedding out process
of the last three days, Ranger was sure
of a prize. He had, however, been
Withdrawn by Mr. Thayer without the
consent of President Joslin or master
of hounds McGregor, and under the
rules of the club no prize could be
awarded to him.
The final awards of the judges were
posted this afternoon and are as fol-
lows Derby stake-1, Akerman's Duke
2. Pope's Sylph; s. Hiffenger's Sonnet
All-age stake, hunting class-1, Joslin's
Callie; Q, Williams Marksman; 3, Will
iamsons Shine. Trailing class-1,
Campbell's Walkers Lewis; 2, Deals
Ben Jr.: 8, Williamson's Shine. Speed
and driving class-1, Joslin's Callie 9,
williams Marksman; 8, Williamson's
Shine. Endurance class--1, Williams
Marksman; 2. Campbells Walkers
Lewis; 8, Joslin's Callie Tonguing
class-1, Deals Ben Jr,; 2, Campbell's
Walkers Lewis; 8, Joslin's Collie.
Callie is a native wild goose fox
hound by Joe Forester Jr., out of
Wild, and is years and months old
Shine is a July hound, years old, by
Grant out of Shiney. He has been
placed in the speed class at these trials
before. Duke, the derby winner, is Is
months old and is by Boisterous. out of
Drewey
The club has decided to hold it's win
ter met here in Jsnuary. The exact
date will be announced later. Most of
the hunters returned home on the late
trains this afternoon.
Bradford S.