The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-26
one FOX FALLS
IN A DAYS HUNT,
Continued from Page H.

! the party started for the city Tony
was still driving far from the scene of
the hunt.
John N, Watson's Ben and w. S.
Morine's Nose got one up back of the
: farm house known as Kelley's place.
They trailed in front of the Lowell
place with three other dogs which had
been put in by Master of Hounds A. q.
Dodge. They got the scent and drove
off to the north and that was the last
seen of them. They were not in late
in the afternoon, when the hunting
party returned to the city.
Joe Beahn, Tom Davis Brad Nichols,
Tom kenniery and Charlie Steele hunt
ed after Max, a new purchase of Beahn
and Nichols. The dog started one up
early, but drove him off, so that the
hunters didn't get a sight of him.
Mr.. Steele won the prize for telling
the biggest fox story of the day. He
vowed positively he had seen a fox go
up banking. and so eager were the
hunters that dozen dogs were at once
put on that bank to find the scent.
They secured around for many min
utes without being able to find it, and
the hunters began to think Mr.. Steele
must have been mistaken. When they
pressed him on the point, he said it
might have been a pug dog. The hunt
ers called off their dogs and said things
under their breaths.
William Brigham of Shrewsbury, who
is not member of the club hunted
north of Bond hill on his own hook
and knocked one down. The kill has
nothing to do with the Worcester Fur
company. He is not member, did not
hunt with the party and did not report
his kill. If he had no attention would
nave been paid to it, and it will not
be placed on the score board.
Albert Gray lost a beautiful chance
Tor shot by the Impotence of farm
er Who was hunting on his own hook
but who was in the midst of the fur
company hunt. Mr. Gray had a posi-
ton in runaway to which a pack of
hounds were driving a fox with merry
cry, which showed they were close on
Reynard. Mr.. Gray was getting ready
for shot when the farmer appeared
IN the runaway. Mr. Gray told the man
the hounds were driving that way and
suggested that. he screen himself SC the
fox could not see him. The man did not
4 take the advice, and the animal saw
him as he stood in full view in the
/ centre of the runaway. The animal
turned off. He was too far away to
get shot at him.
Inc party composed of AIessrs.
4 Beahl, Davis, Nichols, Steele and Ken
! niery was Joined late in the afternoon
by Fred Bucklin. When the hunt was
over they decided to try for few birds.
/ Ihey got two cartridges, and Tom
Davis BOWED over rabbit They had
rare sport with a "rube" who didn't
I think them much as marksmen. lie
yentured the remark that they couldn't
4 hit his hat if he threw it in the air.
They thought they could. and they pro-
/ ceeded o prove that they could
Each man drew his shell loaded
with bird shot and substituted shells
loaded with double and single b shot
/ Beahn suggested that he throw the hat
/ nigh in the air, so as to give them a fair
i chance. Five double-barrel shotEuns
/ and one pump" in the hands of Fl ed
1 Bucklin We're trained on the hat whe1.
! the rube' tossed it. Each of tire Eve
/ pulled both barrels, and Mr.. Buclllin
] got three shots from his pump maxi
! ing IL tnat were fired. The NUMBER
/ was rnlucky for somebody. Whether
i they hit the hat or not could not be
4 proved afterwards. There was no evil
| dence that they had. There wasn't
enough hat left to form evidence. II
went W. and, like the brick, it stayed
up. After the fusilade. not trace Of
! the hat was seen anywhere
The hurting party split up after din
ner at the Shoemaker's. All gathereI
/ there at noon, and after lunch sepa-
/ arated again on the lookout for foxes S.
| The barge started for the city shortly
before O'Clock, but many of the hunt
ers had started before that time Thcy
came home singly and in small parties
! When they got home many made a
i change Of attire for the evenings ban
/ quiet but the majority retained their
! hunting dress and sat down to the ban
! quet IN the same clothes.
There was little formality about the
/ 6G Ne
! early The time was set for O'Clock.
but half an hour before that hour more
! than a score were talking over the ex-
| periences of the day as they gathered
in the lobby Of the Bay State house 1t
was few minutes to when the com
pany gathered in a parlor upstairs and
marched to the dining room. Hon. J.
| X. Thayer led the way, escorting Mayor
! Dodge, special guest of the evening
Steere's orchestra was stationed in
the northwest corner of the dining
room and played several selections dur
ing the banquet. The guests and Off
GERS Of the club sat at table extended
across the hall. while the other diners
occupied three tables running the
length of the room. Hon. John r.
Thayer occupied the seat of honor at
the head table, sitting facing The Spy
man. To his right and left were
grouped the guests.
The after-dinner exercises were live
ly and entertaining. Mr. Thayer opened
with a few remarks in which he said
the Worcester Fur Company is now
one of the old organizations of it's
kind. He said he was glad to see such
a large number of hunters out The
hunt was not as successful as some
! the club has held, if success is meas
! ured by the number of pelts brought
back, but he styled it a magnificent
| success, as there was good running,
| and a day of enjoyment He directed
the attention of the members to the
custom Of naming the grounds of the
second days hunt at the conclusion of
the dinner and asked for a sugges-
ton. c. w. Walls moved the hunt be
in the Asnebumskit grounds, and it
was carried without dissent.
Mr.. Thayer paid compliment to
Charlie Steele, who said he had seen
a fox run UP bank and got a score
Of hunters and half as many dogs to
work He said the man who started
that story is "a keen, complaisant sill
ver-tongued fox story teller" Mr..
Thayer promised a better hunt today
than yesterday. He said that could be
done, as 1t could not be worse, and
likened his position to that Of the devil
who has nothing. to lose and everything
to win.
In telling Of the difficulty he had in
getting Mayor Dodge to attend, he said
he told the mayor the Worcester Fur
Company has been represented for 10
years in congress and will be repre-
sentel fer 10 years more and the mayor
must attend if he wanted to keep in
touch, so he could have the third 10
years.
Mayor Dodge said. in opening, he dis
agreed with Mr. Thayer regarding the
hunt. He said he considered II a for
tunate htrnt. 1t was fortunate for the
foxes, ana if Mr.. Thayer lost three doss
sucb rs hf, 11eifallv oxvne If xvae f5ytt,