The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-01-03
Seventy-nine Crack Shots and Jack
May Participated.
WENT TO OXFORD, IDAHO
OVER THIRTEEN HUNDRED FAT
DUMMIES KILLED.
They Will Be Given to the Poor
Today-Two Accidents, Neither
Very Serious-Joe Enzensperger
Sees That His Game Is Sure Killed
Mr.. Service Leads Them All.

The charity rabbit hunt occurred yes
terday, about seventy-nine nimrods
and Jack May leaving on the Short
Line special at a. m, and arriving
at Oxford, Ida, 12O miles distant, at
S:35. The very best railroad service
was FURNISHED, the excursion being un-
der the personal direction of Travelling
Passenger Agent Herbert Ellsworth
Dunn. The good people of Oxford
turned out in force for charity and
hauled the passengers to the happy
hunting grounds. Then the thing be-
gan in earnest. The huntsmen killed
1889 rabbits and sage-hen, the lat
ter having been mistaken for a rabbit
by Pat Sullivan. The product Of
the hunt Will be distributed from
Myers grocery, 165 South Main street,
to the city's poor today.
There were but two accidents neither
of which was very serious. Mr.. Weide-
man walked out from a hollow just as
some one fired in his direction, and sew
eral of the shot took effect in his body.
They were extracted at once, and no
injury resulted.
d. E. Brockbank was less fortunate.
While unloading the rabbits at the de-
pot he struck his knee-cap against the
baggage car door and is likely to be
laid up for some time from the effects
of it,
Mr.. Service carried off the honors o.
the shoot, bagging seventy-three rab-
bits. Joe Enzensperger killed fifty
seven rabbits, shooting each one six
times. His shooting was the funniest
thing of the whole day. Joe shot every
rabbit that jumped out from under his
feet, and q blind man could have seen
that every shot was fatal, but not so
with Joe. He banged away again, and,
OF course, the charge moved the car
cas- foot or so. Then Joe thought the
creature was trying to run away, and,
'bang!" he went again. Again the
corpse moved, and Joe nearly collapsed
in his endeavor to reload the gun. At
ter four more shots at the same rabbit
the caddie came and took up the re-
mains in a duStpan. But Joe made
sure of his game, and wagered fle could
pick his rabbits out from the whole lot
without trouble whatever
Patrick Sullivan, who killed a sage
hen, volunteered to mount an old plug
that a small boy used for a pack train,
while the small boy ran on an Grand
He mounted bravely enough, but when
the boy shouted, There goes onei"
Pat fell right over the horses ears.
Some of the party are mean enough
to say that the horse had a sore neck
and that Pat sat forward a little too
far, but Fat declares he turned around
to see the rabbit
The day was cold, and the prospect
Of bottle of warm tea. was all that
saved two prominent young men, one
a dealer IN guns, etc, and the other a !
sage-hen destroyer. It happened this
way: Two pretty country lassies drove !
up in cutter and said, very sweetIy.
What luck, boys?" "All kinds" |
grinned the hunters. fastening to the !
sleigh. An extended conversation en- |
sued, and finally a dicker was made. !
the boys We're to trade three |
bottles of beer for a pint bottle of tea. !
warm, as was demonstrated by feeling |
the bottle. The trade was made ana |
the girls drove away. The bottle !
("tea'O was opened and found to con- |
tain simply hot water the ladies had |
put in the bottom Of the sleigh to keep |
their feet warm. When the story leaked |
put of course there was a horse laugh.
Everybody had a good time. and an
other hunt is pleasurably anticipated.