The New York herald., 1877-11-22
THE LUSTY HORN.
A Short Brisk Dash with the Hounds
Yesterday.
ABOUT TWENTY IN THE FIELD.
Very Few Choppers and None Of Them Of
Serious Consequence.

Tho run Of the Queens county hounds yesterday was
short, not very difficult, picturesque country
and ut very good rate OF speed. The field was quite
large, over score being out horseback, including
two ladies, and large number on the roads in car
rages The weather tho excellent, though
tho morning had been quite bleak and frosty.
with promise OF rain, which, fortunately, did
not come. The meet at Garden City
at one O'Clock. The ateness OF the hour afforded vis
tors from New York ample time to don thor riding
suits and partake Of lunch leisurey after the arrival
Of the special train which leaves Hunters Point at
ten O'Clock. A. NJ In the horse box attached to this
train yesterday were ave horses going down 10 the
hunt Some Of these were for the ladies who rode and
the groom attending them, another was horse hired
for the chase When these arrived at tho stables at
Garden City II was found that others had come from
other points, and It became apparent that there
would DO pretty good field.
Among the other strange horses already on hand
were bay horse called Scamp. the gray Moor
hen, and big blocky horse, SAID TO be recently i'm
ported by his owner, an English farmer AS the nour
appointed for the meet approached, these and the
others were saddled and led out preparatory to being
mounted II was noticed then that the following gen.
temen were also IN the saddle:-Mr Robert Cen ter,
Mr.. 4. ZborowsKi I'm pnkl, Mr.. E. L. Ludlow, Mr..
Emmet, Mrs. Francklyn, MISS Oelrichs Mr. Clarence
Levy and his man, Mr.. George Ticehurs Mr.. Hewlett,
Mr. Townsend Percy and i've or SIX country boys Mr..
+. Gray Griswold and the Whip rode up to the hotel
with the bounds at o'clock Awaiting their ap-
proach quite bcvy OF ladies' gathered the piazza
and scanned with evident interest the fast collecting
Geld OF horsemon In front OF the hotel Those latter
objects Of attention moved and iro to keep their
animals from catching cold by standing uncovered in
the cool breezes.
COVER.
The delay was brief alter the arrival of the hounds
Tho
procession started, headed by the Master of the
Hounds the brought up by string OF car
riagea In this way proceeded a strip Of wood,
about mile south OF Garden City HOTEL Here after
briei halt, the hounds threw of. .Wnio the pack
passed into the wood most of tho held along
the eastern edge Of the wood The hounds after
commenced 10 give tongue on the western side ard
dashed about excitcdly IL gong to break away
ward tho northeast This movement short blasts
OF the huntsman g horn ana the accompanying music
Of the pack drew several horsemen through the
brakes, and by the time the hounds led by Old Com
torter, were fairly off the field all close hand
though several were road north OF tho cover
from which the pack broke. Half dozen
horsemen took the first fences handsomely, the
English farmers nag Jumping exccllt n,Iy,
for the farmer, however, he mlslook the whipper-n
for the "'untsman." and Fitzpatrick did not fol-
early se an Very s nSUs
thrown out also, but In o different way Ho essayed
fence nut could not IT, and MS nag,
than i've or six went straight after this last
ccropper, and among those were Mr.. Gr,swold,
Mr.. Zborowski Mr. Center. Tho Jumps were
not very trying after the nrst mile anu, indeed
only two or three really stiR high fences were en-
countered during the entire run. Al of these
Mr.. Grswod had cropper, but he up and
forward again. Mr.. Center dropped out after,
the hounds. After run Of less than four miles
north at frst and west aftcrward-the pack turned
pike road, not very far from Fostors Meadows. They
then ran eastward, turned again into the road,
then ran along through wood and so toward
the southeast, finishing in another wood, about a
quarter OF mile further on. This doubling oil the
chase brought up some OF those who Jagged behind
that there was quite respectable tendance at the
nnsh, the ladies being among the number.
~ IS amusing to s.en TO the buster OF some Of the
stragglers who gallop up at the anish with great
flourish after having done all the cboppng possible
ana pretend 10 have gone straight and jumped all
iences How they boast OF this lump and that
How high their horses vent How nd
inrably they cleared that nvc-rail fcncel
oh, twas beautiful But then, some slight allowance
must be madc Tor tho exaggeration duo 10 The excite
ment OF the moment; anu II is some isfacion be
In well at tho hnsh even If one does have cut Off
The Ens lishman on the blocky horse professed to
be very sorry to hare gone wrong Had he ridden
straight hc would have done well, no doubt speak.
ing oil his horse, he said:-"At 'ome the folks that
united on my pleace wanted un for the 'uutsmnD but
they sent TO Oireland and bought theer for Two
nunder pun" This may have been sly insinua-
tion that his nag was worth SO much that they could
not afford to purchase II.
The run all over 10 less than forty mlnutes It's
length being perhaps ttlc short Of six miles II
was wholly drag hunt and the country over which
the chase led mostly country, though there
were here and there some s,ubble nelds aud few
poughed patches that were rather trying to the
horses Altogether II was short ana very event.
lu dash, but very spirited ono while II lasted II
was good day Tor cnoppng, too and many who
found themselves thrown out early n the run caught
up again after taking to the roads Tor a while.
The next meet Will be Ut East Meadow Brook at one
O'Clock r NJ, next saturday. The following will
DO the thanksgiving Day meet at Garden City. The
hunt ball Tor the farmers OF the vicinity, over whose
ground the hunsmen have occasionally ridden, will
take place on Thanksgiving Eve. II is announced
that the Invitations are beng prepared ana will
DO issued IN few days