The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-20
The Running Contin.
ued at Barre
Yesterday.
FUN Fer THE SHOTGUN SQUAD.
Not Enough Work to
Warrant a De-
cision.

Barre, Oct. 19.-The running of the
all-age and derby stakes in the annual
fox hound trials of the Brunswick Fur
club was continued here today. Dame
Fortune provided for the occasion a
beautiful Indian summer day, far bet
ter fitted for a basket picnic than a
fox hunt. The morning was clear and
still, The ground was soaked with the
rain Of yesterday, and when the sun
came up in a cloudless sky and beat
down with unreasonable strength, it
killed the scent effectually on the hill
sides and made it decidedly catchy and
bad in the lowlands
The majority of the hunters made
the trip to the starting point, near the
Conner farmhouse in the Morse Brook
section, in barges. The hounds were
cast off at $50 and made pretty pic
ture as they
RACED AWAY TO THE SOUTH.
They were decidedly riotous at first
and drove a bunch of heifers to
neighboring farmhouse. No harm was
DONE and the pack quickly settled
down to business. A promising trail in
the lowlands at the brook was carried
along at a good pace, and when the
fox stole away he was viewed by
Master of Hounds McGregor and DR..
Nichols. The pack hustled him to the
westward, a dozen or twenty hounds
making the air ring with their cry.
A half hour later Williams marks
man, McGregor's Dandy, Mawhinney's
Echo and one or two other hounds
jumped a second fox from the Morse
brook swamp. They carried him across
the Petersham road and ran him far
to the west for couple of hours till the
falling scent made them abandon the
chase.
At o'clock both packs were driving
sharply and the prospect of a good
days sport was excellent. But half
hour later the large pack had lost or
driven their fox in, and was
SECURING THE COUNTRY
in search of another, but without re-
suit. A third bunch of hounds among
whom were Williamson's Shine and
Dora, Bragg's Tiptoe Eli, Deals Ben
Jr., Bragdons Dare, CampbelPs
Kinney and Walkers Lewis
made little diversion about
the same time by trailing tow
ards Sherman hill For time it was
thought that they had a fox uD, but if
they did he was soon lost, for the music
ended at the brook.
Meantime the shotgun squad was
having a lot of fun on Sherman hill in
the vicinity of Rum rock. PerryS Or
ator had fox up and going early in
the morning. He played prettily and
was seen a number of times before he
came within gunshot. A party of la
dies was on the runways, and Orator
showed his loyalty to his mistress by
giving her the first shot. Unfortunate
ly she missed The fox then ran to
Messrs. Choate, Cashier and Fred
wellington in turn but they were all
too polite to hurt the lady's feelings by
doing that which she had failed to ac-
complish. The five shots passed harm
lessly into the blue ether of heaven.
The fox then lay down and died.
The hot sun was by this time getting
in its work, and the scent was mo-
mentarily growing worse. second
fox jumped by
THE IRREPRESSIBLE ORATOR
was quickly lost, some of the trial
hounds barking to him. A little later a
fox was seen on the hill, but though
the hounds We're put on within ten
minutes they could not carry the trail.
The hunt was now practically over,
though few of the hounds made an
attempt to drive in the large swamp
Will NIUE VI N6SS Success. Inc Udy DIS
a whole was an unsatisfactory one
The judges decided to run the follow
ing hounds tomorrow, as they had not
seen enough work to warrant a de-
cision in the derby: In the derby
Thayers Ranger Pope's Sylph and
Akerman's Duke; in the all-age, Kin
ney's Keno and Duke, Joslin's Ben Hur
and Callie, McGregor's Dandy Stone
bridge kennels Car, Pope's Bal,
Deals Ben Jr., Williamson's Shine
Williams Marksman, Campbelps Kin
ney and Walkers Lewis, Mawhinney's
Echo, Thayer's Ranger, Bragg's Tiptoe
Eli and Gafney's Sport.
The trials will be completed tomor-
row and the judges decision given in
the evening. A. B. F. Kinney's Keno
and Duke are still missing, not hav-
ing been found since Wednesdays race.
Among the late arrivals are Mr.. and
Mrs. o. M. Ball of Worcester. who fol-
lowed today's hunt in carriage.