The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-24
Three Foxes Killed Be-.
tween 8 O'Clock and
.55 $50 in. Morning.
MUSIC BY HUNDRED &
THIRTY FIVE DOGS
Drag Hunt Around the Hotel
Great Success Governors Of
Virginia and North Caro-
lima to Attend the
Ball To-
night.


83 CHASE CRY. VA, March 2s.--Houn,l
Is king OF Meclienburg county, and his
reign is as popular rs that Of any mon
arch who ever pleased "a sportsmanlikc
community Of subjects. *
Nothing is talked or morning, noon or
4 night but hounds. his good qualities. II
- the speaker is talking or his own. and his
II absolute worthlessress II talking of the
property OF some one else 88
Every fox hunters own hound or
* pack Of hounds Is ( the only truly great
6 lot and 8all the rest are. worthless OBJ
Il jects OF commisseration.
From 4 o'clock In the morning. when
fox hunters are aroused from their com
Ii Portable beds. until a fte1 nldnight. ardent
II fox hunting gentlemen button-llole and
& lead one TO the seclusiop OF come quiet
corner and whisper into 1lis} ear the pedl-.
AL gree performa nee and sterling wort h sof
the only hound who has a right T. TO live
& on this hemisphere. rs Is 5s 4 Z ii
There Is only ono side TO the fox hound
as question as Tar as this scomlnunity Is con-
cerned. and that is that the American
hound is a hound. and that the English
n product is common, worthless nd Of the
" cur variety. X, VI }5 5ig 2t5s sSSs8
t41AOOoNOllJtl lIlCS s1XlOOll, Is
@ olitwardly this great meet Of one hun
Ss2dred and thirty Ave fox hounds Is a
friendly gathering for sportsmcn to en-
rs joy the killing Of as many foxes az pos
y Eslble. but in truth it&is hut an excuse
for deadly rivalry, and there is blood
& on the moon" ~
Yesterday Mr.. Pattus s small but fa-
a nous VI. Davy Crock kett' covered himself
with glory. but to-d ia ys Ii NJ and all other
won n n &c.
r Mr.. 0verby'E pack from Boydton, +. .Na.
IN The first fox Killed this morning was
run into and pulled down BY M u. Over,
by's great hound Broad. 81 and this after-f
& a oon, In the drag hat 4 to9k lace around
s## the hotel grounds, Mr.. OVerhy's Isl Louder
a re OF the famous Broadiiax strain that
ii is so we'll known throughout Virginia.
Mrs. Moody. OF tchestertie elll count ysssWas
aSthe flrst lady in the q cath ofathe first
fox killed this mbrnins. and Mr.. OVERLY
5 tied the brush to her horse s head stall
y Mrs. Moody remar rked in a very sports
rnanIIke manner that the brush was in
Il the right place for the honor belonged TO
$i5h her horse and not to herself This, how
ever was not The verdict OF those who;
y ssaw her ride. Miss Edna Wood, pf
clarksvilc. was the first Lar y In a e the.
death Of the second fox killed, lt. and MS
brush adorned her horses held sta H. No
lady was In Z a q the death of the third
~ fox. 3.,l .553s 3;s
is z There was a meeting Of all the owners
OF the fox hounds last night, and the
y following committee was appointed TO-
hunt tho pack Of one hundred and thirty
five: Captain Roberts, A. T. II. In chief
assisted hy Colonel FIughes and A1essrs.
Il OVERLY. Cooper, Hunt. Pet tus. Baptisis
" and Nilkerson. a commit tee was aD-s
pointed to Keep order In the field and
manage the crowd t. consisted q Of
Mcssrs. Pettus, sneed, lien Potts, Bas-S
8 kervillc. Elan and Lewis.
In the Field. q
AT half-past 4 all fox hunters were
called for break fast. and at 9 clock,
as the sun was rising. he combined
packs one hundred and thirty-fve strong.
were unkelneled, and dSsscycntv-tllree rid
ers followed them from the Mccklenburg
Hotel grounds. 1t was as beautiful "a
sight as ever delighted the heart OF n
~ FOX hunter, md probably as large n meet
# al ever took place within the confines Of
u the Old Dominion. s. ts5 VI Me-
"a n Before hounds were cast the field had
Increased In size until they numbered
n one hundred ana three riders. Hounds
were thrown in about half IA mile north
OF s"Thn McGklenburg." and. finding at
once, went away like tho winds. y he run
was all too short. for hounds were on
edge, and packed in a manner beautiful
s4to BEHOLD.
Reaching the Walker farm, scent was
,f SO strong that sterns+ and heads went up.
and tho. hounds gave the clarion tongue
ss Of victory. Streaming across the Walker
meadow. back Of the5ah house. the run
became d siglit$chase. and the perform
III ance Q + tho pack was so perfect and tho
scent so inspiring that 1T thrilled thu
blood OF every beholderS and sent fox
hunting cries to the lips pf young and
Old. i5
Mr.. Overby's "Broad.' Of The BoydtonI
4 pack, made one terrific squirt after the
flying fox, ana in a mad. exciting hnish,j
rolled him screaming to the ground. In
4twinkliIlgF ofiln eye every ono Of the
one hundred and athirty-fve hounds were
lin snnrling nghting ball, with 8Reynard
az for nm unhappy center and Mr., Butler,
ss of x Boylton, who was first IN at that
death, was fighting his way in to save
1.-THE brush. 8 siss a d V h s5
Another Trail.
After Mrs Moody had received tho
s5 token of honor. hounds were called I; off
and taken down towards $ Il DrapersYille.
ALMOST ms soon as they 3wcle cast In u
pne thicket there was heard "a whmperi
from ~ johnson" The leader OF the NIeck-
q lenburg pack which told that trail had
been struck, and that same scrub thicket
soon one mass Of Wild 4 melody, for
h backward and forward n willy old gray
fox led tlle eager iOud-tongled pack.
During this chase a second fox crossed
the trail, and tho pack divided The first
5 fox was killed in slxteen minutes Of ac-
,tual lgrllpnng. 5and Miss Wood OF SClarks-
vile, received tho brush. What hound or
hounds pulled HIM down could not be
determined, & as no one was III, ut the
lB death but Mr. l3utlere of 3oydton, was
again the nrstY man to lidcs@intp the
t8struggling pack. N .s nv.
This wastlie second fox killed during
5f the morning Tho third fox was ...lea
after Twenty-Five minutes OF actua run
Fas hy the hounds that had divided from the
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