Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1905-03-23
The Hunters Meet and Adopt
Suitable Resolu-
ton.
SKETCH OF THE CLUB.
An Organization That Has
Been in Existence For
90 Years.

on Years.
More than 60 years ago there was
organized ''The Christian County
Hunting Club"
Among its members were such
names as Messrs. A. Gabe Long,
Jesse McComb, Dudley Jeffries, M.
j. Thomas, Elijah Cravens and
others.
In those days deer and turkey
were plentiful. The camp and hunt
was located north of Hopkinsville
in what is known as the pond
River" country. Taking horses,
wagons, dogs and servants, they were
generally gone two to three weeks,
returning with from thirty to forty
deer. They. were woodsmen and
marksmen, using the Long Rifles or
muzzle loading shot-guns. AS the
years crept on and these pioneers
went with them, the ranks were re-
cruited, and we find such names as
S. r. White, ]. R. Caudle, Jas. A.
Parish, P. J. Glass, Austin Peay,
VIM. Cravens, VIM. West, John
Dudley and Lyman McComb, Ohio
Graves and others.
Game becoming scarce near home,
they then went into what is known
as the "Coalings," between the
Cumberland and Tennessee Rivers,
Dan Hillman and other Trigg county
sportsmen hunting with them.
After some years, game becoming
scarce there, they went into Southern
Ill. AS older members passed new
names were adding. We find
Jarrett, Walker Williams, Pendle-
ton, Lowry, Buckner, Burke, Ware,
Radford, Norton, Barker, Dalton,
Lee and Cooper, (of Clarksville)
and others. Very often there were
invited guests. In all the changing
years the membership was made
by ballot, after proper recommends
ton. 1t was the aim and history of
!, the club to have only true sports
men, cengenial and unselfsh jolly
good fellows. The main requirement
for membership was that the mem
Der should be gentiemJn and do
not believe they ever made mis-
take.
1t later years the hunts were in
Mississippi and Arkansas. Taking
gums, dogs and wagons on special
train to Memphis, and from there
Il by boat to the place chosen. They
igenerally spent three weeks from
lhome, always starting after election
lday in November Success varied.
but they generally killed from thirty
to forty deer, numbers of wild fowl
\ and always had fine fishing. A
\ jollier or more cengenial set never
II blew a horn nor followed the hounds.
u Their comradeship is kept up dur
| ing the year by social visits, barbe-
4 cues, attention to the sick or needy:
and alas too often they are called.
to put away some kind and true
huntsman who leaves us forever.
\ AS the deer became scarce so do the
4 old time huntsmen.
4 On the 9th day of March just past,
] at the signal call to rally, we were
called TO put away our last captain,
the Nestor of the Hunt for nearly
fifty years he had led us
| At called meeting of some ten,
about all the remaining club, Lyman
McComb was called to the chair; w.
A. Glass was chosen Sec'y. The fol-
lowing resolutions of coincidence and
sympathy were passed:
Whereas, In the death of Capt.
Is. R. White, this club has lost its old
est and most honored member.
Resolved, That we bow in sub
mission to an all wise Providence
We will cherish his memory and vir-
tues and will always remember his
kind guardianship over our club.
To his family we wish to express
our sympathy, with the belief and
hope that the good God will do all
things well for them.
Lyman McComb,