The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-26
MEN OF The HUNT CLUBS.
FiNGE or THE SPORT As SNOW y
~ THE OFlICJiI. ITST.
Ihiru-tWO Different t1uhS Rrcognllrd In
america, n Against I.osp Hunts In
Great britain winter sport IN the
Suuth for Northern Hunters.


'reat Hrl'Aih "tn''r NU"r' !" Wv
Nnu'h Tor Northern hunters
r. us.,.,,. of,,,. or. rsted
,,,,a,,,i.ods t,r rom, Inc ,ta Nntional
i o,,'.,.,.. ,1.,i,,,i,,, ,vbich
-, meaere showing in comnarison with
49,, ,,sn b.,nt, l., Cra,, pr,,oir which
t,,yreon ,hem oeer 400 meet. each week
d., Ella -eas,, TN. American list, while
,., copiplete a. the South has no repre-
.ertation outside of Virginia and Mr.
Hitchcock. nock n, Aiken shows the di-
vision Nv States To lie. Virginia. @ Penn
.,t,,,,, q. N,..,cbusett. 4 Narvlapd
Nsv Work a. Now Jersey and South
r.-,l,r, Tho foo for registration i.
a., and ,ba, ,h, cor.,,. il not more
,,.,,. may h. duo :, tho helief that
,,tv ,,,,ns Ina, intend to hold race meet.
inc. mood ,o H.. listed an erroneous idea
La, f,o,o ,bi. c,,to and 4, . tss, were
ie i, l.. likely TINT the racing commits.
-.o,,id nor in.is, on tho hun, club
i.i,,. rogi.tored tbot desire. To hold a
oa ,,ecting 1o hive the registration
,,,,rIate however would be IN the best
, i,,oros,s ~ tho snort and the masters who
t,.o tser nagligent .hould make amends
,of,ra tbe coYt Iist il prenared
A. lem, 40 NOR, il ot standstill
d, tho North hut tho meets will BEGIN "a
,, ,. tho ,rct,nd will uernit riding
across country ard continue until April
~ ubon tha raads OF the spring crops
,yu forca the calling of OF the hounds
m, va This dun intermission. John r.
r,yyns.nd NJ = n al tbe Orange County
HIM, at Goshen Who hunts tventy-si1
C,,,rlas ~ English foxbounds in the North,
+. ,iis uinta, hunting mack Of American
f., hounds in Fauo,,jer county. Va. and
Thomas Hitchcock ar keeps a pack of
'0''''9 a.. . ~ t,a,,;,,i,r
american nou'iu9 az AiN' ~ 80 - So, -
the sport there after the IAN hunting al'ei
English hounds at Meadow Brook
I, Madison So,are Garden during the
-, h., r.o.op a,celaDt onnor-
uos SUI" '"e' ' Y..',- l.
tunlty 10 compare the pesl nun iuua, -
OF the native and imported foXhounds' ana,
although the Hunt Club Special was won
NV tho Niddleser Hunt with Meadow
49,. l. -, i,
bTooN Ie9eI We 'he u'a'' VI A''e 'O""
from the lhdnor were qllte a. IeNel IN
si2eand under a. good control as the English
packs. and. under a Judge not inbred to
Tn,.Ii1b no,ions ,ba Radnor drar, migbt
'"'NN7'
nave shared the reserve pacing
In the regular classes for American fox
hounds the entries Of the Grafton. Mass
I'm, hoo, an, tho Ror,nor en,rias hut thew
.tt, tt
were not entered Tor 'he special IN LOOKS
the two types have equal beauty but the
American hounds are bull: on finer speed
limos than the Unmarried stock Afeld ach
$50 i ,ho has, ror ia or,.irorroer, ,ritl
VIZ y '"o 'e7' '"' - V"' '''""''''' WIN
ms proNso- that white me American hounds
may with dihg nee be trained TO hunt in
tho English fashion the English hounds are
j., 6,,la ,,se f, tho srort under America,
'ohhuoN7
In grass country where the coverts
sir iew and easily worked the English
hounds are the best OF all, Tor they range
closely ana quickly together. and IN the
uunt run w. SOLD bunch that might often
% covered win blanket. The sight Is
in-WrltInE 90 me Held to follow and the
rui- are last dHd win lew checks.
lu the Nonin where the coNerts are thick
"nb 'h" foxes found most often in swamps
on ground impossible Tor rder TO follow
thr 'urn'an hounds VIII work over half
j uiIe or more u country. and when the fox
pn' Hp aey nave to be called together
j." me hAs' ol norm Then comes the
''I> 900 the open perhaps but the runs are
-iII"r and checks more frequent Mr.
fii'rt'"''k begnn hunting at Aiken with
thrh-u pack ana u - possible that he
,om.,b,,g now aboI, tbe so"rt pnt ofter
AZ
'he hr~l 'eaSon the Aiken NJ + II had the
wisdom OF me old saying When In Rome,
tu a. he Romans do forced upon him
and he has since used only American
b,,,,., IL. hunters ara ,Lcrc,,nib,oj
od seb for aI,o a' vo ,t1rous hIt hi
hunting methods at Aiken are wholly Aperi-
can. even 10 the old fashioned cows horn
for the calls
10 note the English packs in detail. aside
from the 9ra ba Coqn,y pt those regIstfeired
Essex. AIiddleseN, Monmouth County. My
ona Norfolk and Westminster hunts.
thi.atts The registration LIST gives the
-, oa,,,,ios o'ob IL ~ s
uN,"",I " .IupltrS W. 80, i,aVh, "Iu ~ upes
n"' s'ate "ie'her the MOUNDS used are
lnRiiSh or American, an omission that
night easily be rectifed, with the add
~ several packs in the Eastern STATES TINT
sbonId be secured uT for the st The a Mes ep"
ri ,,;,os he r,o.t b,,n,;,, 80, -
Collier NJ F II has lo5 couples of hounds
available. The registry list shows that
Nr Collier has transferred the maatership
., me Mo1 Cnli;n ountK h h, 10 ms son
1919 y. ul''yl "iip w lIui!t Wy i1i'p"
town country from OCTOBER 10 Aprll ana
At Newport from the latter part OF August
10 October
The following is a condensed list Of the
re- gistered bunts and rnastera,