The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1898-03-11
Long Island and at Trenton.

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reputation of being the finest rider of
his dav. At the head of his friends
from the ncighboring plantations. and
accompanied by the best pack OF hounds
in the country, trained by his famous
whipper-in, Will Lee, more commonly
known in Revolutionary lore rs Billy,
and who always rode a great animal
called Chinkling, he hunted across Ia"
beautiful valleys OF the two States
with rs much vim and ardor as he had
] hunted the redcoats few years pre-
| viouslv None rode more CALAMITY in
| the chase, nor with voice more cheerlly
awakened the echoes of the woodland.
He would never grant to any one the
privilege of being first in at the death.
| He realized that as the Anpid of Nirgil
ends with death, q fox hunt should
do the same, and he kept at it until
there was one if it took him until sun
down.
Washington was not the only dis
tinguished hunter of foxes in Mary
land. Charles Calvert, one of the
earliest of her Governors, hearty
huntsman who had Won his spurs on
England's turf, was one of the keenest
of sportsmen, and would vent his spleen
on the gray fox and call him vile
vermin. Charles Carroll, of Carroll
ton, Maryland's Signer, cold, calculat-
ing and callous as he was by nature,
would unbend and grow warm, enthu-
siastic. and ut times hilarious over the
punch bowl at the hunt breakfast, in
describing the part he played in the
pursuit of Reynard. Sir Alexander
Williams, Lord Almhurst and Sir Ed
mund Andrews hunted over the beau
tiful hills of Montgomery; Dr. Thomas
Bray, General Braddock and Sir Will
liam Berkeley made many 4 gallant
and exhilarating dash over the flats
and Chief Justice Roger B. fancy was
an enthusiastic cross-country hunter
before the legal affairs of Il great and
growing nation crushed him to an carly
and honored grave. In fact, Mary land
may Justly be called the Mother OF
Sports.
For eight prosperous and happy gen
erations her young men have been
noted far and near for their intense love
of outdoor sports. Their proficiency
in the use o. firearms and their valor
in the chase, when bravery and daring
were most needed and most priced,
have long been sources of envy to their
brothers in the neighboring colonies.
Their fondness for adventure and the
thrilling excitement incident to Il hunts
mans life, may be traced back to the
early part Of the 18th century, when
Leonard Calvert with his ban! OF
knightly emigrants landed on the
grassy banks Of the Potomac at St
Mary's, and planting the cross under
that wide-sbreadins and aged oak rem,
dercd famous in Mary land ballad and
MARYLAND verse, claimed all the coun-
try thereabouts in the name OF the
good Queen Mary and dedicated the
t. God and England's beautiful
sovereign.
They proved themselves rs expert
with the crossbow and bolt rs then
hearty, rowing ancestors, whose roof
tree was seldom other than the leaiy
bowers of the forests of Sherwood and
Ettrick, and whose deeds chronicled in
the ballads of Robin Hood have en-
balmed themselves forever in the hearts
of England's youth.
AS soldiers of the Revolution thcil
valor and bravery at the battle OF Long
Island. when ninety-eight per cent. o
their number died like heroes in pro
tectino the retreat of the American
Army. caused Washington to shed bit
: ter tears and eNclaim in anguish, M j.,
God! My God! what brave men
must this day lose As protectors o
Baltimore i'm the Battle of North Point
during the war Of 1872, 5000 of them
armed with pitchlorks, axes and flint
: locks, defeated General Ross and hi:
trained army of $4,000 men. In thu
war with Mexico and during the wa
| between the States. their unshrinkins
. courage and love of State and country
, won them priceless encomiums iron
their commanders. The writer has al
ready told Outing, May and June
1922 of the splendid achievements o
Maryland's cavalry in five hard-tongh
wars.
Ii has been proven dozen times II
history that the men that make tn,
: best soldiers, and are most daring an'
: brave in the face OF real danger, hav'
acquired their steadiness and nerve ant
: physical courage by early training ol
the field of sport. The young men o
the States of Maryland and Nirgini;
are no exceptions to this rule.
, Studying human nature from 4 dis
interested point of view is one thing
Rcmarking its rise and fall from n
interested standpoint is another.
Absence lessons small passions an,
increases great Oncs-aS the wind cN
) tinguishcs the taper and kindles The
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