The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-03-23
Merry HUNTERS
At ME.CKL.E..N|.B:||U.R'.G|''. ] | | | ! :: ! [ J
a Half Hundred Dogs / in. !
an5ExCitingt Chase Of
E, Early Morning, 4 . j MI !,
THE ENTHuJ JSIASMs OF
THE LOCAL HUNTERS
81
Many Hunt Clubs Represented.
and Great Sport Is Expected
During the WeekTo
Wind Up With
Great Hunt
Ball.

fspecial from n staff Correspond y a4s /;
CHASE CITY, VA. March ~ --
5..1he sound 81 hia horn woke Y me from ON
my bed and ss5
.rhe cry Of his hounds, which you have ave
oft times heard Il! fif5
lid much To arouse every single guest IN
tile Meeklenburg Hotel at 4 q clock = = his =
~ morning. Colonel W. r HUI ghes. presl-
NJ dent Of tho Mecklenbiirg Hotel and Ai MI
"a, ii. of the Nfecklenburg hounds, sl had q ]
his pack out long before day and and 3 the =
Wild peal OF his horn awok Ike q I'm ost every
citizen OF Chase City. as we'll as those
living in The neighborh hood 3s
u q 4This lis g. week OF fox hunting in N Neck'
$5lepburg county. for every IA rn1er WI ma 9
\ a horse or a hound, II king perss onai !
interest In the sport. and ma ny Sports
men from virginla and n No rthS y, aroma
4 and distant cities are registered al ne
nfecklenblrg. .s.sss to enjoy four days fol-
lowing the straight going red and the
\ twisting gray fdH. 5as ss "
Enthusiastic Hunters.
1 The most Interesting feature of his
Y mornings hunt was the presence fof a Mr..
w gR Gregory. of Chase Cit a vet era n
sfox hunter. who. though full of years nd
Anfirm followed the hounds az We'll as
NJ lie could in his buggy and sounded his
horn as briskly as The Youngest SPORTS
man present. lii conversat tion. Mr. Gre 81
Sso ory said that he hoped TO die while fox
hunting. # III 4:
{ has "a ys been my great est arnuse-
Bss men Z. sald he '.and q want to tell you
4 something to prove II ". Some years a gp.B
4 i was very busy thrashing my crop !: II;
was IA hard year. and every hour III meant r
a. good deal 4 me. y + WAS til o last day
8s on 4 my work and II had almost finshedss
& hen right thrnng he fiel d where the
89thrasiiiDg machine stood, an,e a. great
~ tig { gray fox with hounds close behind
# him! II. ss n Il; tk$
IL wns TOO much for a ny fox hunter
to&stand. so ] stopped my tilrash1rg, liii-5
4 hooked the horse from lie mach hinc and
went ont and killed 4 hat ]: good #old sra s.
Ok. III and thiseis the kind Of fox hunters
they breed In his fpart OF the. co,int Try.
Another story or interest Is that Of Mr.
VI M. Pettns, AZ FOX hunter ofs the@old
q school who lives near G Cllase Gi ity hfr. y
1sPettGs. though fond of his farm and FAM
ily.z has his Elections centered on a small
but famous. pack Of fox hounds. which
Y are the Joy OF lis existence. The bright
& particular star of3 b this pack is .Dnvst.
s Crockett, II whose virtues and exploits are
D known from one end of this section to
Il lca other Some time ago N resident of.
} New Ktnt county published In a daily
s9 paper Il statement 4 hat his dog, Stone
wall Jackson could nutrun am, dog OF:
X, Virginia, and that he had money to back
81 this assertion Mr.. Pettus took issue witt,
1.-The gentleman from New Il ent. and Sif1-{
\ vltedS him to be present 1.-The hunt this
3simornlngs Tho New Kent man did not All.
pear, and loud was the voice OF scorn,
of AIR. l2ettus, when he discovered this
II for he had come TO the meet simply bulg-
s inE With ". .gl,eenba acks.'' with whicll.to
back the performance OF the great and
only Dayy Crockett. VI KS
Early M orning Run.
AT 4 o'clock FOX hunters were used
8 and called 10 breakfast. At Al quarter of
Il S sharp, fifty hounds were unkcnneled
Il and fort two riders rode iva " from The
Mccklcnburg 1Iotcl.i' The heavy rain or
50 he previous night had spoiled any chance
d Of ~ firstratc run. but Colonel Hughes,
$s M. n. i.Bhad determined lie would take
s out tho hounds so that his guests might
see them work and become familiar with
tho country. Tho hounds were taken to
&tlleSOd Gregory place and cast iii nine
wood. where hey found almost inlnie-t
ss$ dfately and went waysat \ n \ liyely&clip,
# carrying The wildly enthusiastic fieids
over field and fences for some two miles,
llntil q deer crossed the trail, and the
Il llounds dashed madly in hot pursuit. Col,
onel "a ughes sounded his horn. bacsEca,nc
s5 the hounds. and a check followed. The
Il hounds were carried on to Drapersville
and gain cast. After some little delay,
33sss Davy Crockett" and "Johnson, pride
f OF tho Niecklcnburg pack gave the true
~ fox tongue that tPld tho story that / Il
slay had been inroused from his quiet
sE5Tepose,3pnd r., was off and away for life and
liberty 3 35ES 4 q A f&il3 y 3 -
@7 For three hours the hounds ran accord
B lllg TO their own sweet Will, forFno horse
n was able to 1--we the pace with, them
s3@ Whether or not they led it8is butsa
ss lecture. but veteran fox hunters, who
know the country, and better still, know
The hounds, say that tile gray fox per-i;
The Riders.
Among those who followed we're Mrs.
II NJ. !. M Moody, Of Bon "A III the only lady,
# Y. ollt Mrs, Moody was great 'es Ycompli.
lnented for the very Gsportsman.likefm
ner in which she rode Colonel ~. j u
Ne5ttpRhes, N, ~ II of the Mecklenb,,rE
hounds Captain Roberts, deputy M. II. Fl.
pAieoklenlairg bounds; MI: Sidney p,
Goopar' ~ ~ I, y, henderson, hounds:
hounds; Dr., Mann, Loulsburs d or.
q, g, 4 Taylor, Chase City; MN III. NJ
Ptstis,{ Mr.. w. II. Pettus, Mir p, M Pet
tus Mr., w liam n Lipscomh, Mr. Coop
cr,, u lienderaon; Mr. lien Potts, Rich-.
nlpnd; DR. ~. jackson, Norfolk; Mr. W.
s T. j ones, I'illsburg; George Cole Scott
Richmond Or, Fleming, I.ouisburg;5lJ Judge
95 a. NJ. !. Aiken, DanYille; Mr. Thomas II anl..
lin Danville Mr. NC. Hurt, Danville;s
Ar. r. q. ( Aston, .Iol,isburg AIra W. "A r.
Gregory, Chase f'itS; Mr., g. IS, Gilmore.
Chase City; Mr., J !. Haskns. Mr. II Greg !!
~ MI Tom ReYi Robe rt innings, Cha Sc;
CitV.4 C'OlonelE Che at err JTlam Chase Ciity.i