The morning times., 1896-03-25

''The Chevy Chase hounds will meet"
SO stated a bit OF cardboard, wifich
floated into The TIMES office yesterday.
Following the words Twill meet" which
stood alone below the impressive line. THE
Chevy Chase hounds,'' were three places
and three dates.
The nomenclature of some sports is very
confusing to a novice, IT seems absolutely
heartless at times, the way a sportsman
Will hurl phrases at one which are cal
culated to completely befOg the listeners
brain and make him wonder IL he Is on
the verge OF idiocy or dreaming or at Il
comic opera. 'f
Now. when that card, with Its red
lettering, was piitred before me. l was
evolving something about literary Wash
ington. and / stared atit idly and blankly
until the intcrrupter said. This announces
a meet at Chevy Chase"
We'll what of it?''i said /, '.I'm not
interested in dogdonl, you know
''Dogsi" said he.
'WelI. hounds said I. "It's a dog
show or something ] suppose.
"A dog show! at Chevy chasel Oh.
come now. If you're going 10 guy me, all
right but / thought you'd like To know
about il, and see the meet
l took the card up and read IL through:
The Chevy Chase Hounds
VIII Meet
Tuesday, March "a.
Pierce's Mill, 400 z. NJ.
Thursay, March 26.
The Kennels, 73o a. NJ.
Saturday. March %,
The Chevy Chase Club. 400 P NJ
STRENGTHENING THINGS OUT.
We'll, you might tell me something about
this. Is it interesting TO see these animals
get together? Who takes 'em here, what t
do they do? Are people getting the dog
craze to that extent that they give them
receptions, pink teas, growing parties,
and things. If they do. OF course. I'm
intcrested; like to see people extreme i'll
their idiocy-idiosync mean
"DO you mean to say you don't know
what riding to hounds is?''
'Um-um-heard OF it somewherc-ueyer
considered it,"
Why, riding to hounds is hunting hunt
ing the fox"
Let me tell you something. I've hunted
wolves OH the prairies in the depths OF
winter when the whole country turned out
to TIE round up. | have hunted ahorsc
ana afoot. I've helped round up other
things beside wolves, toe, though l never
rode to hounds, ana l don't like your
do you mean 20 say and your is it posi-
know what a coyote is. either"
Then we both laughed, and he promised
to take me 10 the meet" yesterday after
noon, that my dense ignorance might be
cleared way. We searched all over the
map of Washington for Piercc's Mill, with
the result OF finding Il broad mark from
the green splash that indicated the Zoo
logical gardens stretching off indefinitely
north west. Thatmark was labeled PicrCe's s
Mil Road We thought we'd go early and
viSiC Chevy Chase first.
We took the yellow cable car to L
street and there changed TO the Chevy
Chase car. The line proper ends just
below the country place that the club has
for its home, aud as the day was extremely y
fine, We got out and walked up to the club
house Although we were early, 10y Il
half hour according to our pink printed
card, VT were late n half hour according TO
pink coated caprice.
AT THE CLUBHOUSE.
at the cozy clubhouse where open fires
dispelled the frosty tone of the outer
day we found an old-fa shioned environ
ment, admirably stla pied for hospitality
And while we thawcd our gloved fingers
before the blaze in the low-ceilinged hall
we questioned the steward.
He told us that the iIonHds had got away
about 3 O'Clock. | found that to mean