The San Francisco call., 1903-01-02
HUNTING TEN ::
IN ACTION AT. :
BUREINGAnE
Enjoy a GalIop- After the
+. San Mateo Drag -:
Isl Hounds. IL

Burlingame Country Club men spent an
sctiye day at the opening. of the new year
yesterday - their .favorite- pastime In
the morning there. was q fast-ga1IOp across
country with the, San Mateo County Hunt
drag hounds During the hunt coyote,
which was prowIfng- about. was killed by
the pack. In the. ternoon- some of the
crack poloists; Including Afessrs. Carolan,
Hobart. R. II Tobin and. Lawson. en-
gagged in a -Iractice match on: Mr.. Caro-
lan's well Kept field. :.
Those who enjoy less. strenuous games
were. on the. golf links beth morning. and
afternoon. The artistic Green. trophy was
won by -IsdH-lri I.s-nch, nine tlaz:ers-in air
taking part in The. competition over thfrey-
six holes. E. Ri ~ ood was second. Among
the players were "A b Ford. T. g. Fol-.
ger w. B. BoGrn,. F2erra. Eyre. .Francis:T.
Elnderh5lt and Prescott Scott In: the. eveg-
ing there was. a .recepfLqn- in The. club
house - -. =.
The hunt atjracted':a a field of a dozen
Meu-rlolnted h0fsSu1eIl. THE ground was
rather slippery affer the-light rain Of the
previous night and. two falls resulted
neither with serious consequences The
meet was at .e,rossveiiys the Horne. of AiE
Carolan. and. was 1syifnsessed- by. many peo-
pie from the country side on fnDt. and in
fashionable eqmpages, The hounds: were
laid on about 1890: They described "a 'ciEr
Gle about the cIublloIsf.. which brought
them. out at thespoE6.field,. w:here-t hey. had
the first check - -.
The hounds Bereoagain laid on. the line
taking them 10 the east of .tlne:.railroad
and across the .CarolaTl farm. 7 he rum
ended near the clubhouse, to: which the
members Of the hunt repaired for. LUNCH.
con. .>--.a - - =: =:
=. J.. Carolan; master of. the hunt ,---rode
Walter S. Hobart had out his well
known gray horse Royalty. - -
r. N Tobin had. the..mognt on Mr. Car
oian,s chestnut horse Spectator, which is
celebrated as a jumper: - =: .
Teddy" Howard rode his pinto horse,
T. D. Beylard had. out his black horse,
Friar Tuck, which has carried him well
John .Lawsonc rode his: horse. Vanity,
the hero Of many .steebleohases..
Charles Balfour '%ias on his : brown
horse. Amar.
Three ladies appeared2 fir the saddle and
lent variety to the feld.. They were Miss
Celia Tobin. on her brothers. thorough
bred AIestor:- Miss Parrot and Miss
Carolan on cobsg The latter two: started
with the field and sock.soIne: Of the jumps
near the Carolan place land then retired,
az the ground was heavy and: the fencing
more or less intricate:. Miss .Fobin was
one OF the field threughout the hunt, 10
her was presented, the: br1sh: Off coy
ote, which the hounds killed. q At least one
lady must have sighed during the hunt
for the broad fields and stOu; stone walls
Of Galway and RoscOmnon as being more
desirable than the rail fences Of the Bur
lingame country -.
Youthful representatives .of:the houses
of Haynes and Of Parrott we're members
Of the field
Charles Balfour was unfortunate al his
first fence. His horse took deep dis
like TO fencing. Fortunately a: friendly
party opened a gate and. Mr. .'Ba4four
continued on after the feld.:" which. BY
this time had a good lead. 90