The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-01
Huntsnen Anxious
for the Opening of
the Season.
REYNARD is GAME OCTOBER 2.
The Season Promises to Be
Unusually Lively
for Hunters.

Monday, Oct 2, the law is off on the
foxes. and the local nimrods will be
out in force with their dogs and guns
looking for the wary Reynards. The
woods and brush will echo with the
shots of the hunters. and the mellow
tongueing of the hounds will be the
signal for the foxes to get themselves
and their coveted brushes out of sight
Of the eagle eyes of the local shooters.
and members of the Worcester Fun
Company.
The members of the Worcester Fur
Company have shaken off the lethargy
that the winter usually brings on the
club. and its hustling president, Hon.
John r. Thayer. has issued call for
a meeting to select a date for the an
nual hunt, Oct. 3. The meeting viii
come on the second day Of the season.
and will give the hunters out the open
ing day a splendid chance to tell Of
their shots, and the number of pelts that
they are fortuf de enough to bring back.
with them.
Then will come the annual field trials.
of the Brunswick Fur Club. Follow
ing the Brunswick trials win come the,
annual two-day hunt Of the Worcester
Fur Company. and then the two-dayf
hunt of the Westfield Fur Club of
western Massachusetts. The star event
of the season will be the fourth annual
field trials of the National Fox Hunt
ers' Association, which will be held at
Stellie Springs, KY. Taking all these
events together. there is prospect of a.
season full Of 1iare sport for the fox
hunters of this heighborhood.
"A visit to the haunts of the fox hunts,
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the season. They are getting their
dogs and shooting irons in shape and
fitting out with necessary articles for
the furtherance of the sport. This
season promises much and the local.
hunters say that this sort of weather is
ideal for hunting. The foxes are re-,
ported to be in abundance, and instead.
of decreasing, have added to their num-
bers the past year.
Those who are about in the woods
and brush report that the sly reynards
are over-bold and do not show either
respect or fear for the huntsmen. They
are exceedingly venturesome, allowing
beautiful shots for the game hunters
and causing the latter's finger to itch
end make him long to send a charge
into Master Foxs hide.
The great numbers of foxes is due to
q great extent to the stringent yet I'M
written laws of the hunters of these
parts. The members Of the Worcester
Fur Company would taboo a hunter who
would shoot a fox before the first of
October or later than the first of March
aad would look down with scorn upon
those who would deign to trap, poison
or dig out foxes. In fact the ONLY out.
door sport Of New England does not
seem to show any danger of going out
Of existence, but instead increases from
year to year. 1t was only a dozen
a " h1,r tare Of &c
city could be counted by the dozen, but
now they number nearly 300, with $50
of that number being members of the
Worcester Fur Company.
The list of members shows that the
most prominent people of the county
are counted among its numbers. The
list includes:
Charles A. Allen, Horace Adams, G.
f. Austin, Fred M. Andrews, George
B. Appleby, Fred B. Allen. Harry W..
Aldrich, Arthur o. Allen, James Bige-.
low, A. S. Ball, f. D. Butler. s. c.
Buchanan, Ledyard Bin. John F. Bart
lett, Lyman A. Baker. L. j. Burdette,
L. B. Barney, George Bates. Arthur E.
Brown e. j. Bates T. H. Blair, George
z, Bacon, William II. Bliss, j. H. Baird,
Fred Buckln, o. NJ Bah, William H.
Burns O. A. Benoit, W. n. Boylston,
Barry NJ. Boardman E. L. Burlington,
Edward E. Bill, F. E. Belding G. w
Barnes, George E. Brigham. John w
Bird A. r. Benoit. George H Cutting,
George B. Cutting. W. c. Capron S. d.
Charles. e. H. Cate. Simeon 3. Chaad-
Ter, G. B, Caldwell. w. r. Dean, George
;. Davis, A. G. Dodge, e. B. Deliver
joseph Dearden, James NJ. brennan. c.
g. Dodge, Harold w Dodge, F. w.
Eddy, Q. E. Eldridge, H. W. Eager,
David N. Earle, Austin Estabrook VIII
nam n. Estabrook. II. p. .Enlery, James
e. Fuller, Alvin Fisher, Waldo B. Fay.
Edward j. Furness, j. e, Fuller Jr.,
Charles f. Forehand, A, w Clifford e.
". Gill, DR.. H. II. Gabeler, H L. Gu
lick, DR.. +. A. Hatch. BENJAMIN Hol-
den, f. B. Hayden. r. J. Hill Frank
Eartwell. Albert Hobbs w j. Har-
.ington. w. B. Hero, c. d. Hicks. Dr.
s. p. Holbrook, F. p. Harrington. C. G.
1ihbara F. L. Houghton, George Hatch,
G. H. Howe, DR.. c. E. II. Higgins. F. ].
Hathaway, N. S. Harrington. O. B. Hol-
den, w r. Hagar. c. Arthur Hanson.
larry Howard, A. w. Hunt. Z. j.
Heslor, L. F. Fierriek. Charles A.
Hutchinson, William S. Hinman Fl. M
Ingraham, "A. L. Joslin. o. r. Joslin.
]. 2. johnson, B. F. Jackson. Herbert
L. Jillson, r. S. Knowles, "A. b. f. Kim
ney, B. D. King, H. l.. Kingsley, Benja-
min Knight, B. d. HENDERSON, H. L.
kingsbury, Fred D. Libbey. Frank NJ .
Lamb y. Lenoir, William Lawrence. j.
Metcalf.
Robert A. Mason. Jerome Marble. IT.
A. Mefiitt. Arthur c. Moore, A. 3. May
nard, Edward Moulton. e. r. Mitchell.
George Mcclellan, W. S. Mourine
Charles #. Mann, John Mullen II. q.
Newell J. Raymond Newton, W. s.
Perry, A. H. Perry r. D. Perry,
Charles Pierce Dwight z. C1app, Otis
E. Putnam F. c. Prentice, G. j. Rugg
Milton Rand. George W. Roraback, R.
w. Robinson, Charles I. Rice, Charles
Z. Rogers, e. Russell. Stephen B. Ran
dali, Charles H Steele, A. Seaver. Her
bert H. Sibley, George B. Sanford, AL
bert Sykes ]. N. Stanley Byron
Stewart, Samuel Smith. William II.
Sawyer. E. T. Smith. Frank stone.
Frank Sivret, Everett w. Smith A. A.
Sibley. w. x. Stebbins DR.. Nj d.
Scanlon, John r. Thayer, Webster
Thayer, w. L. Taft Bradford S. Turpin.
Arthur A. Taft. e. P. Vail. A. w.
Walls. F. r. Warren, John N. Watson,
G. w. Walls, Paul Wheeler,
= z Williamson, George H. Waite,
w H. Wyman. j. H Walker,
Guy c. Whidden, e. r. Whitaker. o.
b. Wood L. G. White, George Walker
George F. Wall. Nell F. Wood, Ever
EFT L. Walling, w. NJ Walling, Jas. H
Wall. John W. White.
The Brunswick Fox Club field trials
for dogs is usually held at Barre, ano
five or six Judges are chosen to award
the PRICES. after judging the abilities
Of the different dogs that are put Il
work. The judges are enabled to see
shat each dog does. they being mount.
ed on horses and can follow their ev.
cry movement.
The fourth annual field trials of tht
National Fox Club at Stellie Springs
KY. viii be attended by the past pres.
ident OF that organization, A. B. #
Kinney. Of this city Mr.. Kinney i,
nbw one Of the two vice presidents o.