The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-11-03
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There. was some doubt Friday night as /
to whether it might not be necessary to !
postpone the hunt, as the evening was
rainy and the forecast for the next day |
was rain Saturday morning found every /
thing thoroughly wet down, and while the |
rain had ceased heavy fog prevailed
Before O'Clock automobiles from this
section of the county with their loads Of
hunters and rifles became veritable travel
ing arsenals and moved towards the Hem
ry Sherman farm in East Dover, Wilde
similar armed parties from the northern
part of the county made South Wards
boro their objective point. A few MN
rods from more distant points were at
tracted by the SPORT
There were over 80 in the South Wards
boro party, under the captancy of Leon
G. Stocker of West Wardsboro, while the
East Dover party numbered about IS,
eaptained by Charles H. Turner of that
place, both captains being experienced
hunters. Six newspaper men joined the
hunt at the Sherman farm, finding it
more convenient to reach that place from
Brattleboro than to go to South Wards
boro They were Frank 2. Sibley of the
Boston Globe who was with the 10Th dl-
vision in France as correspondent for the
Globe and participated in some wild boar
hunts in that country, George (. Richards
of the Boston Post, Charles NJ Drury of
the Boston Herald, G.. c. MacKinnon of
the Boston American, j. Harold Fifield of
the Springfield Union and Walter !. Gil
bert of The Reformer Messrs. Richards,
Drury and MacKinnon had come that
morning from Montpelier, where they COW
cred the Long murder trial
Two women tramped the woods with
the others and carried rifles. They were
Mrs Leslie Bills of Dummerston, whose
postoffice address is Putney, and Mrs
Louis S Clapp of Brattleboro, and they
were accompanied by their husbands.
They are accurate shots and have Sc
cured trophies of various kinds, but this
was their first bear hunting experience
and they regretted that they were not
able to prove their proves on this oc-
casion
Mrs Bills left with the South Wards
boro contingent and went the whole dis
lance, showing less fatigue than seine of
| the male members of the party. She wore
mems trousers with. the legs tucked into
black leggins, heavy moccasins. blue
and white toque, and flannel shirt, aud
carried a skeleton rifle She vas with
Mr. Suckers party. After demulrng he
cause of her mannish attire she finally
consented to be photographed b. Sin,
who carried the camera with which he
made over 500 exposures in France.
| When Mrs. Clapp reached the Sherman
place the party was we'll on it's way, as
she was delayed by automobile trouble
Jndaunted, she trailed the others and
was with the bunch at the finish She
| wore a divided skirt and carried a high
| powered rife.
Capt Turner reached the Sherman place
about Q O'Clock and began outlining rhe
plans Shortly afterwards he announced
that Capt. Suckers army was on its WY
south and was making a drive for an
open field on White hill between that
place and East Dover Information to
that effect had come to him by telephone
He gave the information that his force
would start north over White Hill to
rect the Stocker group in the open field
which would complete the forenoon drive
There was some parleying as to whether
shooting would be limited to bears OF
whether it would be allowable to drop
other game which had the temerity tc
show itself Capt. Turner ruled that nc
limitations should be imposed SO long as
the law was respected, and it is wei
that he did, for otherwise hedgehog
which fell prey to one OF the Wincheste,
repeaters wouldt have escaped. and it