The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-09-11
HOUNDS
AS FIT AS PAINT
Mr.. Harry w Smith, NJ +. H.,
Fl Tells of2llis
Work.
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Craig Wordsworth Pays Top
Price for English
Hounds.
IMPORTS PACK.

Grafton Hounds, who will run Ills puck
against Middcsex for 5000 In Piedmont
Valley Virginia. In November, has sen.
the Grafton pack. getting them In readl-
= that he give an account Of his hounds
condition.:
Worcester, Mass. Sept. g. 1905
TO the Editor Of the Times Dlspatch:
AS to the work now being done with
the Grafton pnck. getting thcm in read
ness for the Grafton-Mlddcscx match. i
would state that the hounds have been
hard at work since the match was made
last March.
lin the beginning. n most careful aiinly-
sis OF the peculinrities Of each hound
was made. and through the early spring,
the work consisted of work on the road.
From July 15thto August 18th. they were
hunted little more than cvery othct.
day seventeen times In all.
a 8 IS well known. it$is amost Glmpos-
tsiblc to catch fox in5thls country, how
ever. one or two Of them has been slight
lv scared, assure you. Only twelve or
fourteen days ago we ran one 80 hard
that he duckch lnto Manchang Pond.
only about eight rods In front OF the
hounds with the pack following and Civ
ing tongue a they crossed after him. q
farmer witnessed the whole roceedlnEs,
though II was Impossible for us to get
down close on account OF underbrush.
Efye ran to earth a bout n half mile down
the pond. \.
Got Two Going.
the most Interesting hunt we have had
occurred last wednesday morning. We
left Grafton ut $3.50 A. NJ. and landed
in Sutton at 4:30 A.. NJ, eight miles away
walking the hounds quietly We cast
into Cedar Swamp. where, after n whirl
or two. they soon had two foxes going.
q Sinner" wInner#of speed and driving
ut the Barre Trials, took one up@the
hill on the opposite side Of the. swamp van
with half the pack behind. The re-
nainder lead by "Spic". took a CUB
out OF the south end. Going across the
swamp half mile away, we saw a boy
waving his hands, The. hounds, In thu.
meanwhile had made ring around, and
had come back near the hoy When we
got there the lead hound was swapping
at the fox, and would have caught him II
II had not been for a wall. The fox
bolted through timely opening, while
the dog wa s obliged to jump, and the
fox, running parallel to the wall to n
gate. easily gaining rod or two. This
one was slightly scared, as he ran In all
about fifteen minutes.
We5then brought the hounds over and
put them on the one In front of "Spic,' =
who wns handling her fox in grand shane.
They went west to Bug Swamp, which
was half full OF water and the fox
amused himself running from tussock to
tussock for an hour or two. Then they
strengthened him out and brought him
back to his home earth. 4.
The hounds are the best that thought,
z time. experience and money can produce
in America. and they have proved their
worth at the trials Of the Brunswick
Fox Hound Club ut Barre. This year,
by Invitation of the club, two OF the
leading hound breeders OF America will
Flint Hill. Va. and Mr.. ]. NJ. Henry,
( OF Rrookncal, Va.
Cant Keep With Hounds.
Mr.. C. c. Eastman is known by all as
never say die's fox hunter OF national
reputation, and the Henry hounds, Of
which the Henry family were the import
ers, are tho foundation rock OF the Ameri-
can hounds to-day through "Blrdsong"
and "Trigg."
With swamps, Lodges, ponds thick un-
derbrush, etc, 1t Is absolutely impossible
to keep with the hounds In New Eng
land, but by knowing all the crossroads
and by-paths, one may keep In touch
with them from start to finish.
The Grafton hounds are to be hunted
ono week at Barre rs a. preliminary, be-
fore the Barre fox-hound trials, In the
middle OF September, SO that rs Master
of the Brunswick Foxhound Club, can
find out what covers 1t Is best to draw
SO as to give satisfactory sport at the
trials In October.
After the trials In October, they will
be taken to Piedmont and worked coupled
over the different roads In tho pest pos
slblc hunting country OF tho Valley. so
that they may be accustomed to the