The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-09
Two Were Killed Thursday and
the Other Four Yesterday Al
though but Four PeItS Were
Brought in by Club Members
ONE REYNARD DROPPED
BY AN OUTSIDER
Another After Being Mortally
Wounded Jumps Over Preci-
piCe and CraWIs Into a Hole to
Die--Forty Hunters Enjoyed the
Sport Yesterday

There are six less foxes roaming the
hills of the north of Worcester than
there were Thursday morning when the
annual fall hunt of the Worcester Fur
Company was opened. This is the
greatest sport ever enjoyed by the
members of the company and their
friends and the few who were not too
tired assembled at the headquarters
of the company last night to talk 1t
over and tell how it was all done.
Two of the foxes were killed Thurs
day and four fell before the guns OF
the hunters yesterday but the COM
pany scores only two kills because one
fox was killed by an outsider after he
had been started by the company
dogs and a second got away after he
had been wounded to the death and his
lifeless carcass is now lying among the
rocks in the ledge of the East Ridge,
He was filled full of shot by l.. j. Fay
and fell in heap but picked himself up
and ran for distance that carried
him to the edge of the ledge. He fell
into the ravine and crawled into hole
to die because the trail of blood he left
behind showed the hunters he was done
for.
The lucky men who scored kills yes
terday were A. B. f. Kinney and c. A.
Peterson and the brushes they brought
home showed their aim was true.
The hunt yesterday brought out a
big crowd for secord day and among
the lot were some on horseback, the
latter including William A. Lytle, Mas
ter Fred Lytle, Congressman Joseph II.
Walker, Leander #. Herrick and G. w.
Walls, their presence adding consider
ably to the picturesque feature OF the
hunt.
The big party left the Bay State
House after d $50 O'clock breakfast
yesterday morning with threatening
weather but only few drops of rain
fell and the moisture was just enough
to make it easy following for the dogs.
The grounds around the Shoemaker
were reached about 7 o'clock and the
dogs had hardly been released before
their music began to stir the hearts
of the hunters who spread themselves
around what they thought were likely
places for the foxes to break cover.
In few minutes after the doge We're
let go at the foot of Mud Pond Hill,
they struck a trail and followed the fox
around Sewell Hill three times before
Reynard cut loose toward Boylston.
Where the electric road strikes the state
road, a party consisting of Salem d.
Charles, e. H. Cate and c. A. Peter
son was stationed and before the fox
realized 1t he was in bad company for
foxes, he went down before Mr.. Peter
| sons gun.
In the meantime the main body of the
hunters was doing business along the
south side of the East Ridge where a
fox was started and chased in front of
Mr.. Kinney's gun in Cushing's swamp.
The fox will run no more.
The fox that was shot by l.. j. Shay
ran into the gun near the ledge back
of Flagg's place and as has been told
he got away to die after several holes
were put in him.
The fourth fox was started by the
dogs Of the company and their music
kept the party waiting until a shot
rang out and soon after a stranger
came along with dead fox.
The sun dried up the grass about the
middle of the forenoon so 1t was de-
cided to call off the hunt and the hunt
ers wended their way to the Shoemak-
er's where o. M Ball had lunch wait
ing and l.. T. Houghton opened box
of cigars in honor of his Kill Thursday.
Although only 20 signified their in
tention of taking part in yesterdays
hunt a party of 40 followed the dogs
yesterday, among them being the fol-
lowing:
Judge Huber Clark of Willimantie,
CT; Salem d. Charles Of Boston, Joseph
II. WalkeT, JOnn II. IHdyeIt GeOIBe r
Booth, DIR. Alfred r. Rockwell Chaun-
cey Goodwin, ]. ]. Coburn, William A.
Lytle and Master Fred Lytle, A. w.
Ewell, DIR. Charles r. H. Higgins, H.
L. Guick, L. f. Herrick, Everett L.
Walling of Woonsocket, r. l., Frank N
Hoyle of Sutton, c. A. Peterson, H. L.
Houghton, II. T. Rice of Sutton, A. L.
Buzzell of Woonsocket, II. L., H. d.
Millett E. G. Billiard of Boston, Fl. l..
Burgess. c. w. Dodge, David M. Earle,
A. 3. Austin Of Petersboro, N. H.,
Charles c. Duren of Groton, f. T. Siv-
ret of Groton. w. r. Dean, J. II.
Baird Of North Orange, L. T. Hough-
ton, ]. F. Goodwin. c. w. Doten, /. j.
Shay f. H. Cate of Lunenburg, E. T.
Whitaker, Harry c. Rose, c. E. Perry,
of Leicester. r. w. Trask of Leicester,
NJ. S. Snow Of Leicester, o. M. Ball.
George H Waite Of Leicester, ]. H
Locke, Charles b. Daniels, J. A. Tay-
lor, c. L. Waite, George S. Stowe, E. e.
Sanford, A. A. Sibley of Leicester, Ar
thur G. Dodge. C. w. Walls, Dwight
p Jackson, Tyler Newton, Charles
Steele, Benjamin Brown.