The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1906-02-07
A RECORD BREAKER.
THE FOX HUNT At
WALHALLA
The Most Successful Sporting
Event in the History of
the State.

Ill., SAAS SSSSoSs
The long waited for and widely adj
vertised fox chase at Walhalla yes
terday afternoon took place as per
program and it is no exaggeration
to say that as SOCIAL success it has
never been excelled, If, indeed, it has
ever been equalled in the annals of
the state.
Monday evenings train to Walhalla
the Wonderful, conveyed Governor
Sarles, State Auditor Holmes, U. S.
Marshal Jas. Shea, Sheriff Art Turner,
Ed. Cole of the Metropole, Fargo, w.
B. Wood of the Dacotah, and several
hundred other prominent professional
and business men of almost every Sec
ton of the state, all intent upon en-
joyfng the far-famed hospitality of the
good people of the liveliest little city
in the state. Upon the arrival of the
train the celebrated Walhalla military
band was in waiting and the eager
visitors We're RECALLED with several
of the finest selections in their
repertoire, at the conclusion of
which, following the lead of Mayor
Briden and Master of Ceremonies
Blackjack the visitors were conducted
to the opera house where Mayor
Briden delivered an eloquent and we'll
prepared speech of welcome which
was responded to by Governor Sarles
who spoke in his most happy vein,
eliciting rounds Of applause from the
assembled multitude which filled the
hall to overlooking. Brief speeches
all of them OF an excellent character,
was made by Messrs. Cole, Shea,
Brynjolfson and others, at the con-
clusion of which reception was held
for the governor, who, in his char
acteristic charming manner, frater-
nized with all.
Tuesday forenoon was spent by the
crowd of visitors, who filled the hotels
to overlooking and many of whom were
quartered in private residences, took
advantage of the freedom of the city
and everywhere everything was
literally free-to take in the sights
and get acquainted. At 2 p. m hun
dred of rigs were requisitioned to
carry the crowd to the scene of the
chase and the sport opened.
A score or more of pedigreed STAGE
hounds, each famed for its prowess in
the chase, eagerly strained at the leash
while the prelimilaries were being ar
ranged. Governor Sarles as patron
of the event, acted as starter, while
Sheriff Turner, E. E. Cole and J. C.
Sherlock, all superbly mounted,
were the judges. Sandy" Nc
Fadden was custodian of the
foxes and as usual filled the posi-
ton most admirably. The hounds
were handicapped by a distance of
forty rods. The first fox turned loose
made q Decline for Can
ada at q 2:40 clip with a pack of four
hounds in hot pursuit, but was over
taken and killed by Sheriff Turner's
hound Bruce" after a short quarter
of mile run. The second animal
made a short dash for freedom, but
promptly met his death in the jaws
of one of pack owned by Dan Nc
lavish Of Hannah. Reynard number
three and four were easily caught and
dispatched by hounds owned by the
Gibson Bros. at Leroy, while No.
fell victim to one of Billy" Wilson's
pack of Hannah. The sixth and last
animal was captured and killed by
w. B. Woods dog WHICH, while not
supposed to be in the running, slipped
his lease and made mincemeat of the
little animal before he could be in
terfered with. One of the principal
features of the chase was the superb
Workmanship displayed by ]. c. Sher-
lock and E. E. Cole, both of whom
rode like typical Cossacks, the former
being in at every death.
At 600 p. m. a banquet and smoker
was given at the club rooms in which
about three hundred plates were laid
To attempt to adequately describe this
event is simply beyond
the power of the writer; suffice it to
say that the menu provided on the oc-
casion, both as to quality and guam
tity, has never been excelled in the
history of the entire northwest I'm
der the able direction of POSTMASTER
Brfden toasts and responses followed
thick and fast, each speaker vieing
with his predecessor in paying glow
ing tribute to the hospitality and good
fellowship for which the boys of Wal
halla are justly famed,
At the conclusion of the banquet the
chase ball was opened by his excel
ency Governor Sarles and Miss May
Camden, who led the grand march,
md from then until the peep o. day
he joyous revelry continued without
abatement.
Wednesday morning the last of the
fifteen hundred or two thousand Wis
tors departed for their homes and
however they may have differed III
heir estimate of fox chase as an
tenn of sport, all were unit in
lgreeing that as princes Of entertain
rs and royal good fellows the Wal
lalla bunch" simply have no peers
IN earth notable among whom are
J. T. Briden, Jas. Blackjack, BILLY"
Camden, Sandy" McFadden, Jack"
Wright, and last, but by no means the
east, rare old "Jim" Van Pelt, who
claims Wilhalla as his abiding place
" right of adoption.