The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-08-16

FOX HUNTING AT NEWPORT.



NEWPORT. X. l.. August Is. 1870.
The second meet Of the Queens County Hunt was
oven more successful than the first. The crowd at
the Second Reach said to have exceeded OF the
great steeplechase meeting Of 1877. The Second
Beach is about mile beyond the bathing beach. and
is closed in at end by the cleft in
the rocks known Purgatory and by the
famous hanging rocks ut the other. b. ive o'clock
great number and variety OF vehicles had gathered
along the sandy road which skirts the beach, and ut
half-past five tho hounds were started on the drag
scent with Mr.. L. Gray Griswoll. the huntsman and
master. and Mr.. Zowbrowski. the first whip.
leading the field The course lay among the
carriages, and fine view afforded of
the up to the point where the fox had been let
loose After twenty minutes the drag scent the
held reached the cover where the fox had been
leased, and there lively Of fifteen minutes
more to the northward. Mr.. Grswold rode nearest
the hounds, closely followed by Mr.. Zabrowsk and
field of about forty. The fox killed
in meadow belonging to tho Thomas r. Hazard
place. overlooking the waters Of the East River.
The time of the whole was thirty-hve
minutes. Mrs. Bsssett. Of England, lady who
has hunted at bennington and who rode q
thorough bred imported English horse, first
in at the death and got the brush. and Mr..
Fairman Rogers came in second. One OF the pads
was given Miss Alice Bedlow daughter of ex-
Mayor Bcdlow. and the other to Miss whipple.
Among the rest in at the death Miss Coats Mr..
II. Peters, Mr.. John Whipple Captain Candy Colonel
George l.. Warning. Mr. Benjamin Rowland and about
twenty five others. During the run a shrewd game
practised upon the hunters by sharp
took up stand ut convenient gate
and demanded admission from each rider. The
rush to get through WAS great that lot OF money
handed over to him, including some bills Of
large denomination. During the run Mr.. Griswold
had q nasty tall into q bog, and lady whose name
could not be ascertained also thrown
while taking stone wall. Among the peo-
pie who assembled to sec the meet were
Hon. and Mrs. Thomas Swami, Mr.. and Mrs. James
p. Kesnochan. Miss Kernochan. Mrs. W. W. Aston.
Mrs. William B. Astor, Mr.. Paul, Mr.. g. w. Thorne,
Mr.. Ludlum, Mrs. $. l.. Ludlum, Mr.. James Davis,
Mrs. Z. w. Davis. Mr.. Skipworth Gordon.
Mr.. Hermann Oelrchs Mr. and Mrs. A.
d. Jessup. Mr.. and Mrs. Charles ]. Peter
son. Mr.. Henry Peterson. Nrs. Goddard, Mr..
Henry A. Mott. Admiral Cazusa Mrs. L. L. CHECKER
ing Miss Emily Havemeyer Miss Lilly Havemeyer,
Miss Deloosey, Mr.. Hollis Hunnewell, Mrs. Daniel
Torrance. Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. Rowland. Mr.. q. Red
mond, Mr.. and Mrs. William Redmond Mr. aud
Mrs. C. N. Beach. Mr. aud Mrs. 4. II.
Barber, Mr.. Grosvenor. Mr.. and Mrs. A.
blight. Mis-. Fairmsn Rogers. Mr.. and
Mrs. Andrews. Mrs.. Judson. Mr. Frederic Sheldon.
Mr.. c. de Billdt. MIR. and Mrs. Walter L. Penrose.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ledyard Mrs. Louis L. Lorillard Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Ledyard. Mrs. s. Rowland, Mr. H..
V. McKim, Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Gray, Colonel
W. +. Prince, United states Army: Miss Mott.
Mr.. aud Mrs. General Robert b. Potter. General
Burnside. Mr.. Arnold. Mr. and Mrs. David King. Jr 4;
ton Lieutenant Stockton. United States Navy: Mr..
and Mrs. George I. Parkman. Mr.. Bludhon, Mr.. Bel
mont Mr.. Augustus Whiting. Colonel J. II. Powell,
Miss Powell and Captain and Mrs. d. p Heapus