The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-11-11
CLAIMED To Have
H0LE0 REYNARD.
Three Hours Mere Spent Dig
ging for Hin Without
Results.
AN IMPORTANT QUESTION
n IMPORTANT QUESTION J|:''
Serious Difference As 70 What " hat
Judges Shall hall Make N Ike the
Award.

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1JPPERV1LL1I, VA, November lo.-The
Middescx hounds tried a new country
to-day, when they were cast into covers
IN tho Aldic end OF Loudoun county.
After two hours sport in drawing these
cover.. tcotesworth, huntsn,an for Mid
dlesex claimed TO have holed fox on
J'rinlett5 Hill Terriers from the Middle
snx kcnncls were brought to the den and
rails and ma tura means were used In an
Z endeavor to unenrth the fox. After work.
Ing for three hours the attempt was given
up. and the Judges Will decide later
3 whether or not hounds ran their quarry
to earth.
Important Question.
a question has arisen, which is of
first Importance TO those Interested in
the outcome OF the Grafton Aliddlesex
match. During the run 80 far the absence
by reason OF Illness Of the three Judges
appointed by. Mr. Smith and Mr.. Higgin-
son. five other Judges have acted as sub
stitutes. and since MIR. Maddux has been
called away, Mr. Westmorcland Davis
has been appointed to act in his place.
Mr.. Hlggnson now raises. the point that
the final decision MS to who wing the
purse OF 1900 and the Townsend cup
valued at $3.50, rests alone with the origl-
nal three Judges, who must vote on the
aware.
lie claims that II Mr. s1addux Is unable
S to return, Judges Charles McEachran, or
Montreal. and Mr. Hn1lam L. Movius
OF Buffalo must render decision or II
I onctof these leaves before It's end oE. the,
trials. then the two remaining must name
4 the winner. Mr.. Smith. on the other
4 hand, contends that the substitute tu dyes
shall all vote in making the awards.
How this matter Will be decided Will
probably be made known when the judges
meet on Sunday afternoon at Upper
willie.
Frost and Ice.
Hounds met at Middleburg in front OF
the Middlcsex headquarters at 7@o'clock
when field of8twenty-six riders greeted
the master and followed the pack In
3 charge OF Cotesworth out OF the village
The weather was cold and damp, for
there had been a. frost during the3night,
ana upon the streams there wassa thin.
coat OF Ice. The sceN was good
and the morning almost ideal for, fox
hunting. Only five ladies graced the
occasion-afrs. Westmorcland Davis. OF
Leesburg; Mrs. Tom PIERCE, OF Boston:
Airs. Grafton Abbott, of Boston; Mrs.
Jack Henderson. Of Wildwood. and Miss
= Neville Lennon, of Baltimore Nd. 5
Along the road a dozen vehicles filed
with x-hun ting enthusiasts followed the
z pnck and kept within close touch with
the run. SSs& 8i i SDfi
Last Into Cover.
Hounds we're carried beyond Dover and
cast into cover about a mile west OF
- ldie. Several covers were drawn be-
fore a tran was struck. when hounds
went away slowly with sterns M giving
good goo !, music music The trail was a cold one.
riff h Ill,
Triplett's hill. Cotcsworth cast in cir.
cles to the marble quarry and then
began drawing the hlsides without sue
cess when The hounds far back OF the
trail that had been abandoned commenced
to speak in un1nistakable tones @ Quickly
gathering the scattered pack with horn.
and voice Cotesworth and his whins
hustled I the loiterers and laid them on
the line. Hounds went away in full cry
after jumping n fox which was viewed
by several OF the field as he crossed the
open, lands beyond the woods on Goose
creek. SO closely was he pursued by
! me l., pack that clrcling he ran to Trip
Z letts M; where he went to earth In an
open field. = 8
In His Hole.
The pack swarmed around the entrance
within minute. All tho riders were
up and Mr.. .IIigginson dispatched his sec
ond whip, wan Edwards. to Middleburg.
af1Ye miles away for his two terriers, to
draw the fox Terriers and servants
worked hard for three hours, but failed
II {! reach REWARD and hounds were finally
sent home TO the kennels at Middlcburg.
To-morrow Grafton hounds will meet
at $50 O'clock near the "Pot House."
about ten miles from UppsrvIlle. 1T is
thought that Goose Creek covers will be
d ora The ma.eh wll in all preba billy
each pack will have had seven trials
l5t3 ALLEN POTTS.