The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-11-12
FINE RUN Of TIE
GRAF RI. TON HOUNDS.
Plethora of Foxes Their.
u)n,doing In the
Chase.
MR.. HlGGlNsON is
FINED FOR TRESPASS
He Pays a Compromise Rather
Than Have His Friend Be
fore Magitrate, and Gives
aLecture On Hospi-
tality-Breaks
His Nose.
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b UPPERVILLE. VA, November IL
Grafton hounds met this morning at
Montsville, twelve miles distant from Up
pcrville, and the moon was still shining
brightly and stars were out when the
hunting crowd from Oakley set out for
the long pack to covert. Mr.. Smith had
out the same SIX couples that he had
hunted for the past week. with Mr..
Charles Eastman and Claude Hatcher as
his whips. The going was bitingly cold,
and the field was small. although made up
OF the hardest riding crowd that has been
out during the match. #
Hard Hospitality.
Mr.. "A. Henry Higgiilson, master Of Mid
Jdlesex. drove 10 the meet, but was unable
to follow Grafton hounds on account OF
having been arrested BY Amos Payne. over
whose lands he Inadvertently rode q few
days ago. Mr. Higginson appeared be-
fore the magistrate. tho told him that a
small fine was all the punishment that
could be administered under the circum-
stances. Mr.. Payne. although admitting
that no Carnage had been done his prop
erty. insisted upon Mr.. 1iigglnson paying
him 500. stating that II he did not do 80
he would warrant every man and woman
who had been out during the match, and
that he would hold them here until all the
cases had been decided. Mr.. Higginson,3
on account OF the Inconvenience which
his actions would bring to his friends,
made a present to Payne OF $50 in COM
promising, and in paying 1t said to him.:
Il thank you for the splendid Virginia
hospitality you have extended to me. a
stranger. and / want to say to you that
~ you ever come to- Massachusetts I'Swill
gladly have you ride over my lands, and
will promise not to have you arrested"
Mr.. Payne had nothing to say In reply,
but pocketed his money and rode Off.
Broke His Nose.
Only one fall occurred during tho day.
that falling to the lot Of an unknown
member OF the Piedmont hunt. who fell
over a stone wall and broke his nose
Hounds were thrown in on Miss
Mounts farm, and finding almost i'm
mediately went away with splendid
burst of music. The fox had not been
running five minutes when tally ho"
from laborer working In the field
told Mr. Smith that a fox had been
on two other, big red foxes had run un-
standing on the hillside.
This wealth OF foxes proved the un-
doing OF hounds for as fast as they
got going on the line OF one they crossed
the trail OF another and their noses
went up. Finally the fox broke to-S
wards Leesburg and led small portion
OF the field merry chase for almost an
hour across an open country with beau
Etifully set fences and stone walls at
short Intervals.
Hounds ran the field to a standstill at
s"oaklands." the estate OF Mr.. w. c..
Eustis. and disappeared toward Lees
burg. During a greater part OF the time
Mr.. Graft. on Abbott. OF Boston,; Mr..
Jack Henderson, OF wildwood; Mr.. Julien
Chamberlain, Of Boston. and Judge
Charles Eachran. Montreal. were the
only ones in the first flight. Mr.. Cham
berIain. secretary OF AIiddlesex. In speak
Ing OF the run. said: 1T was far the
best and fastest run we have had since
the match. BEGAN, Is
Hounds checked shortly before reach
Ing Leesburg, and were later brought
back by the Grafton establishment, and
cast into the coverts on Goose Greek,
near Colonel Dulaney's estate.
Mondays Meet.
Tho meet Monday, when Aliddlesex
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