The Critic and record., 1891-04-20
WOODLEY LANE HUNT.
A YOUNG AND THRIVING RIDING AND
HUNTING CLUB.

dred yards or more YOU draw up at tn
door Of picturesque stone cottage. OF
course when you drive down the lane you
will have TO be accompanied by one of
the sixty members of the
wooDLEy LANE HUNT,
for It is this organization that leases the
pretty little house.
II would be difficult to miss the place,
for as You drive along the main road You
can hardly help reading the sign painted in
black and white with the name of the
club and nailed to n telegraph post that
stands just where the little lane turns out.
Driving down the lane you canter into
the yard, which slopes up to the door of
the house. If the day be warm and sun
shiny this door will be standing hospita-
bly, open. High-stepping horses, hunters
and jumpers will be tethered on the
green, and lounging about the yard will
be score or more of young men in white
corduroys and riding jackets, booted and
spurred. They are the members of the
Woodley Hunt and their friends II
would he difficult to find anywhere q
cleaner-imbed better-built, ruddier-faced
lot of young fellows than are these riders,
who spend most of their time in the open
air. They are some of
TIE BEST HoRsEMEN IN THE DISTRICT
and the countryside never saw men with
less fear of an eight. rallied fence or dash
over rough piece of ground. And many
q dash they have, too, these riders, both
in the District and in Maryland and Vir-
ginia, after the hounds. These dashes are
rich with results too, as the brushes that
hang on the walls of the sittingroom of
the club mutely testify.
The club does not keep its pack here.
They have found il better to keep it down
in Virginia, or at the place that may
happen to be selected for the hunt. Their
experience has been that there are plenty
of men who seem to make q business of
stealing and poisoning dogs; so they find
IL less expensive and more secure to keep
their pack in the country. Then, too, the
people in the vicinity have no grounds for
complaining of the noise that a pack
always make.
The only dog about the house is
RowDY,
and he doesn't weigh over fifteen pounds.
He is fox terrier and belongs to Platter
Green, but the members have adopted
MIN and he is the pet and mascot of the
club. HIS tail wags with the regularity
of pendulum, and he is at the beck and
call of every one.
Another favorite of the members is
John, the steward and general faCtotum
of the club John is member of the
Church and wears big red neck-tie. He
keeps Bible handy all the time, and it is
well.thumbed, too. John lives with his
family in the upper story of the club
house and his wife's new baby and Rowdy
are on the very best of terms.
THE CLUB HOUSE
is admirably situated for the purposes for
which il is used. The country ali about
is delight to the cross country rider, as
well as to the eye of every lover of pretty
bit of scenery, and is doubly q delight
after day spent on the asphalt. On the
lower floor are four rooms used by the
members. They are finished beautifully
| in light oak, and the walls are hung with
| pictures of hunting scenes, as well as tro-
| phies of the chase. There are also num-
| Der of photographs made by Mr.. G. p.
| Mascias, who makes a sort of hobby of
amateur photography. Also number of
water colorS of horses, made by III. w.
Carpenter, who, besides being one of the
| most
DAsHING AND RECKLESS RIDERS
in the District, is very handy with the
| brush. Every rider in this ten miles
square either knows personally or by
reputation Carpenter and his black.
| Just in front of the club house and near
the stables is hurdle, and every after
noon the members of the club gather here
and try the mettle of their jumpers. 1t is
well worth going out Just to see them.
DR.. Hills white-footed bay, Arab, is q
beautiful jumper, and he is one of the
best riders in the District. DIR. Rusts
bay, Musette, is also beauty, and jumps
with grace. Mr.. Burch's Linda is one of
the best jumpers owned by member of
the club, and Mr.. Metcalf's long-tailed
sorrel, Georgia, rarely follows any other
horse in the field. Mr.. J. S. Davidson is
the owner of little sorrel mare named
Flora, one of the neatest jumpers to be
found anywhere. Mr.. w. d. Rudy is
proud of his Jack,
THE FASTEST FLAT HORSE
owned by any member of the club. Viii
liam Henry rides o sorrel, X. II. Colds
borough sits big gray, Mr.. r. A. Casileal
is the owner and rider of Ranger, one OF
the highest jumpers in the District Mr.
G, p. Mascias generally prefers to drive
j. William Riley has about the best sea-
of any young rider in the club, and Fred
Staylor rides gray with good pair o
legs. DIR. A. A. Snyder's horse, Tom, is
thoroughbred and at one time was owned
by the Dwyers. j. II. McCauley ride
Craftsman, one of the best-known steeple
chasers in the District. Mr.. G. p. Greer
owns and rides Apollo, but, indeed, every
one in the club rides him. He is one o.
the very best rough country horses in tn,
District. Mr.. George Il. Hamilton, of th,
law firm of Morris g. Hamilton, ioneC
yesterday He is believer in out-of-doo
sports and will make valuable member
The Woodley Hunt is young yet anC
was only started in November, Their
were but twelve members then and nov
there are over sixty; this, too, without an,
solicitation ON the part of the members
The club is managed by a board of gov
ernors. The officers are General l.. {
Drum, president; S. Chap. Simms, secre
tary, and &. =. Green, treasurer. Tn
care of the club is in charge of hous
committee who also arrange the time an,
place of the hunts. Members are electe
by the governors.
THE MEMBERS OF THE CLUB:
William Henry, S. Chapman Simms
II. II. Goldsborough, +. Lewis Marshall
ir., G. S. Frebus, Benjamin Miller, X. A
Caslear, Frederick Staylor, Charlie
Hume, Leroy NJ. Taylor, jr,, 4. Perc
Myers, Ben Butterworth, jr., G, p. Mas
cias, Harry Blunt, Wm. @. LOCKER
Thomas II. Buckley, Louis ID. Hine, ID
A. A. Snyder, Walter r. Wheatley, j. II
Wheelwright, j, Wm. Riley, W,D Green
DIR. Thomas NJ. Norton, DIR, Frank Il
Rich, Walter G., Peter, II. &. Smead, JIG
seph II. Bradley, Daniel A, Smith, ir
II. Penrose, Harry =. Davis, II. II. Dal
ter, r. i. Mcmillan, Charles ii. il
Thomas, General l.. G. Drum, b. Il. Ri
tenhouse, j. II. McCauley, John johns
jr., S. G. Gunnel, Charles IL, Boyntor
Dr. T.. II. Rust, X. s. Nicholson w. !
Rudy, u. II. Hill, u. NJ. Knott, r. We
arde r. S. Hill, II. b, Burch, G. II. Han
iltOn and G. r. Green,