The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-09
Prominent Citizens Pass a Part Of
Their Sabbath in Lively
Chase, in the Heart Of the City,
of a SLY Fox
A. B. F. KINNEY TAKEN
FROM CHURCH TO HUNT
Mr.. KinneyS Tame Fox Discover
ed on the West Side and Track
ed to Harvard Street-Reynard
Cornered After a Bout With
Chester w. Doten

Sunday morning fox hunt in the
heart of Worcester, with Reynard cap
tured alive. made yesterday an impor-
tant one in sporting annals. the attack
on Reynard was not planned and no
weapons were used, churchgoers con-
sidering it a duty to corner the Slip
perlest fox that has been sighted this
winter.
Wednesday morning a tame fox that
A. B. F. Kinney has had in ms Darn
at Westminster Street for the pur-
pose of acting as eXterminator of rats,
got away, the barn door being opened
when Reynard was cavorting around
without a leash The fox, nine months
old. and exceedingly risky, shifted the
frosty air and streaked away. since
that time he has been wandering about
the city.
Yesterday morning Chester w. Doten
received a telephone message from 81
Cedar Street announcing that Reynard
had been sighted in the act of perchlns
on a barrel and summing himself. MI
Doten and his brother, DR.. A. T. 10
ten, ambulance surgeon, began the
hunt for Reynard, while a. b. f. Kin
ney. who was attending church. was
being notified. -,
George d. Webb and other we'll
known men had sighted the fox ana
the party got on a warm trail at once
Reward was started in backyard
and the scent led over neighboflnB
lawns and through yards in the rear OF
Cedar Street residences Through
wards the fox got to Harvard street,
the hunters following a few minutes
behind The trail was easily followed
through the snow, but Reynard APP
peared to be widening the gap between
himself and the hunters.
In half an hours lively run, the foX
was lost after circlng a house seVeral
times. The window In the second sto-
nv of a residence opened and woman
peered anXiously out and asked tne
meaning of the hunters visit to her
back yard. Then she whispered or q
strange animal that had slipped INTO
the barn with stealth that was chill
producer to the watcher,
After several full grown men had
wriggled through an aperture less thah
foot wide, the scene of the hunt was
transferred to the interior of the barn.
where REWARD had secreted himself
Chester w. Doten, a skilled and non
ored member of Worcester Fur Com
pany acted as guide and he led the
hunting party to covered box stan
/ behind a pile of blinds, stored for tho
winter.
The fox bounded out and sought an
other corner. MI Doten prepared a
! Assoc and the lariat was swung sew
eral times before the fox was caught
| in its folds Then the most strenuous
| part of the hunt was inaugurated
/ REWARD had plenty of fight in him
l. and although a tame fellow there had
/ been a liberal addition to his cunning
bv his educational facilities in Mr.
| ISinney's barn, and yesterday the FOX
was out to show all his finer qualities
When the rope was drawn in. Mr.
| Doten thrust his right hand forward
intending to clutch the fox by the nape
of the neck. Instead Reynard sunk
three teeth in Mr.. Doten's right
thumb. There was cessation Of hos
/ tilities. and Reynard was allowed more
/ liberties with the rope while DR.. Doten
was dressing the wounds Another at
tempt to get the fox under control re-
suited in a greater sacrifice of human
! flesh on the part of Mr.. Doten, Rey-
nard grinding his teeth on Mr.. Doten'
left arm, While other members Of the
party were discussing, in spirited
fashion, the habits of tame and very
wise foxes, the Doten brothers got to-
gether again for repair work.
The FOX was cOOped up III poA
provided by Mr.. Kinney and a wagon
| conveyed the sly fellow to his home
in the Kinney barn. Mr.. DOten's name
is not on the list of those having Kills
to their credit as members OF Worces-
ter Fur Company. but it's said that his
name will be added to the list today
and an explanatory note will say;
mo gun. no powder, did Chester need
IIa rave HE own flesh the fox to feed
And by kindness won Sir Reynard
away
From trail that was laid on the
Lords own day.
No sportsman so true, so worthy OF
fame
The deuce with the rules; here goes
his name