The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-11-09
|M|DDLESEX runs
OLD RED TO EARTH.
Tie English Pack Of Hounds
Prove Very
Fast.
A LADY BREAKS FRONT TOOTH
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Will Edward, Second Whip, Gets
Hard Fall Over a Stone
Fence.
A LADY BREAKS FRONT TOOTH

Especial from staff Correspondent
E UPPDRvILLE, VA, November TO
day Mid1lesex hounds made fourth
attempt TO kill red Piedmont Valley
fox, and while they furnished some ex-
cellent sport for about thirty-five min
utes, they only succeeded in running the
Red" to earth almost at the very point
where he had gotten up. Tho English
hounds showed greater speed than on
previous day and with hunting conditions
almost perfect gave reynard a close run
for his life. Mr. Higginson, the master
who rides and with Judgment to hounds.
has made himself very popular in the
Valley on account Of the excellent sport
his hounds have furnished, and by reason
of the quiet and sportsmanlike manner
he has shown during the match. The
music Of eighteen and o. half couple of
English hounds az they raced down
Wauqucpin Creek was worth riding a
full ten miles to covert to hear, while the
knowing way in which Cotesworth and
his Whips handled the pack was reve-
lationi to those who had never had the
opportunity OF turning out with the hest
hunts In England.
Once during the day Cotcsworth
thought that Middlesex hounds had run
the fox ito earth" In a dismantled house
on the Dudley farm. SO sure was he Of
this that he carried his pack through the
whole house and even lifted UP the floor
ing In an attempt to discover the hiding
place OF the quarry. only to find that
the fox had gone too deep for hounds
or terriers
Twice during the day ''reynard" was
viewed once by Mrs. Duffy who saw
him galop across the field in the front
of her house and again by Mr.. Higgin-
son. M. F. H.. whose '"Tallyho" brought
Cotcsworth and his hounds close to the
line After thirty-fve minutes Of fast
galloping the hounds threw up their
house and Judge McEachran reported
that the fox had gone TO earth" There
was Jumping plenty during the morn
Ing and a stiff character. which proved
81 the quality OF the horses that were out
and sent timld hearts to the roads
Lady Breaks Tooth.
Mrs Tom Pierce, OF Boston. in riding
her recent purchase, Champion" a
veteran steeplechaser, came to grief over
( a rail- fence, and had the misfortune to
break one OF her front teeth. Her horse
In sailing the Jump, overreached him.
self, broke tension and landed Mrs.
Pierce, who was riding astride, on a
pile OF stone. IL The old horse was so
badly done up that, 1t is said, he will
never hunt again, but Mrs. Pierce. al
though badly shaken up and bleeding
from "a cut on the mouth, very pluckily
n,ounted a second horse and finished we'll
up in the field.
Later, VIII Edwards second whip Of
the Middlesex hounds, came down hard
over a stone wall when his mount,
..Trouble," made mistake. For min
ute 1t looked as though the boy would
certainly be killed. as Mr.. Hallam L.
Movius, one OF the judges who could not
see on the other siue Of the wall, landed
as 1t seemed on the very top OF the
struggling heap on the other side. Ed
wards was barely grazed as he rolled out
Of the way. These two falls completed
the casualties Of the days run. but Mr..
Jmes Aladdux. one Of the Judges. was
unfortunate enough ITO lame Wade"
enc or the best hunters in the Maddux
string. Tax, the third horse from the
Maddux stable thatN,has been used up
during the several days hunting. which
goes to prove that the master Of Narren-
ton has borne out his reputation as
bold rider across country.
Tired With the Sport.
An amusing instance of the days run,
occurred when hounds ran through
farm, the owner Of which was engaged
in putting a new roof on his residence.
The farmer hastily scrambled to the
ground mounted a horse and followed
as hard as he could. Later In the day
he remarked to the master that he sup
posed his family would die with pneu-
,mona from leaking roof. but, said he:
"a man can't sit on top of house and
nall shingles while fox hounds are giving
tongue around the nelghborhood."
Only six ladies followed the hounds to-
day-NIrs. Westmoreland Davis, Of Lees
burg; Mrs. Tom Pierce. of Boston,: Mrs.
Grafton Abbott of Boston; Mrs Laden
burg, of New York; Mrs. James K.
Maddux, Of Warrenton, and Mrs. Jack
Henderson, of wildwood.
Hounds met Mt Mlddleburg. In front OF
the Middleburg headquarters at o'clock,
when d. field Of forty-two We're on hand
to enjoy the sport. The eighteen and
half couple of English hounds were made
up of dogs and bitches of tho regular