Milford News | 1929-01-25 | Page 3 | East County Rabbit Hunt Called Success

' . : vy EAST COUNTY RABBIT. HUNT CALLED SUCCESS . Those participating in the rabbit hunt staged by the Lions and Fish & Game clubs last Friday, pronounced it an unqualified; success, even if the .-members-,of the game club did carry of-.the Jionpr of .killing the largest number of. jackrabbits.-. ".'.- ! ' ' The .indiviclual honor of killing tthe most rabbits went, to Ma.rtel Eastern, who was hunting with the Lions, and who turned in 45 pairs of ears, whlie Joe Jackson of the Game club ran him a close second with 44 pair: . The'. hunt was staged" in the neighborhood neigh-borhood of Manderfield, and a total of "503 rabbits, fell to the unerring aim if the hunters. Of this number 293 were killed by the Game club team, ind 210 by the. Lions' team. After the hunt a banquet was enjoyed en-joyed at. the Beaver Hotel by the hun-'-exs- axid'their ladies at the expense of 'the losing team. However, the -kind neonle of Manderfield famishing.-the chickens for the occasion to show their appreciation in having the two clubs ' exterminate the Iai'ge number of rabbits which are quite a pest in that section'.Press, Beaver. : '; .