The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-02-05
,DEFEAT OF FOXHOUND CLUB
5 REASON FOR DISSATISFACTION
Harry Smith, Of Worcester, Mass, Replies to Execu-
s tive Committee Of Brunswick Foxhound Club, Giving
lga 82N W .9 His Reasons. for Their Criticisms

ck,s fOXnOuna SluD, Giving
Their Criticisms.
ever been Killed In. New England by
pack OF hounds in the Open
n single master OF foxhouiids in America
IL member of same. To-day there are
ten or eleven, all of which but ono were
dominated byime.
More members have Joined the club
within tho last -thrcn years than ever
before intthat same length of time, and
9ne-half OF them have been nominated
by me. ~ r Stt5i III
4 r at once foreaaw three or four years
ago that in order to mako the trials OF
any, value IN was necessary to obtain
entries from the Soutliern fox hunters,
Swhuitad the fastest. hounds. and for that
reason formed Il special fund to pay ex-
traordinary expense, Three-quarters OF
tho last three years have been made by
the late Philip w. Moon. Thomas Hitch
self.
The above shows clearly who furn,she.
n majority Of the grey matter for the
club to work on, also who furnished the
greater part OF the sinews Of war.
Three years ago brought up tho ques-
tion OF running the trials all day and to
finish. and was ably seconded by Rob
ert Perry, who has now resigned from
the Brunswick Fpxhound Club and toined
the New England Fox Hunters Club.
My motion to run the trials to a finish
was adopted and supposed the matter
last fall before the trials the matter Of
stopping the trials at IL O'clock was again
brought up. The Judges were asked their
opinion and the executive committee stat.
ea 1hat they thought It was best to have
them terminate at IL OF l O'Clock. AZ
master, listened to all they had to saw.
and then simply called tho attention Of
the Judges to rule 10, under Field Trials.
which states: The master of hounds
shall have charge OF the hounds in the
field" and furthermore stated that It w vas
Innaterial to me what time the execu-
i've committee wished the trials to ston
DuL mat they would be run all day from
sunrise to sunset.
II The reason for this is. perfectly obvious
lot II the desires OF the executive con,,
mite were followed out It would leave
many good hound to run his bcart
ou5 ana not judge to score him.
a. io I,anie John r. Thayer, president OF
the Worcester Fur Club, was formerl,, -
member of the Brunswick Foxho,nn 1,,t
pus aiter having run his hounds M ono
y. me trials and seeing the method ~
yuu la pursued at that time, with
ca, nW rom the trials and decided not To
continue his membership. ~
~ certain members of the E,.ecr,,,,o
So.iiiuittee had not the type OF hound ~
. ., all day 1t was for them to ahta, IN
rmie fn anu h Iot 10 formulate halliday
u ne Tor half-hearted hounds. N"'
The typo of winner of the Rr,n.-,,,.
NJ, i luna Club has changed from the
h ho,,nd England hound 70 the Southern e,s
way that me eui Sea.h there is Just one
S to 70 heel or falls behind in the race
ne IS lett any where, and a few hours
afterwards n. the turkey buzzards are feast
:, IL 1t for certain members of the Execu.
1--WE committee to stop progress and po
.1ackwards as they did at their Las rneet
~ ,Is, w when they passed a motion that one
member OF the Board of Judges. SO that
ne might advise them what 10 do. The
proper judge wants advice from no one.
Wv M, Nun the hound the fox, the icoun-
.stiil VIII soon come to the 'front.' A
child at the end OF n week can tell their
name. markings and cry.
Last fall at the trials a number of
members Of the club endeavored to tell
j.. Marshall Henry, of Brookneal. Yin
what TO do. They asked him to score a
Few hounds that Were p0ttering about on
a. cold trail. and his ringing answer was:
pack are running the fox. not here
where he has been hours ago. and he
spurred on to the front.
Four years ago when Mr.. Hitchcock
and went to Barre every Judge was on
horseback except Mrs. Hitchcock and
ourselves, and what they knew about the
workings OF the hounds is pretty clearly
defined when. after a five-miles run In
the Derby entry from Barre to Philipston
they were obliged to ask us which entry
had done the best work
The next year McGregor, of the Nor
folk Hunt, and myself followed
Moose Brook Swamp to Barre Plains the
best run OF the trials without seeing a
Judge on the whole trip, until we had
started to return.
from the New England fox hunter as
much as the Southern fox hound has
walked away from the New England
son Tne the wo Mu ny Fopd
hound has been sent up from tho South,
has been run in the North at the trials:
and after trailing his fox at whirlwlnd
pace starts him, runs him mile or two
finally running him in. and returns to
Hotel Barre only to be termed II gutter,
while the old New England hound wSs
yow-yowing on his cold trail all day long.
THE USE OF PROXIES.
AS regards the validity OF proxies.
When I found on my return from the
South that the annual meeting Vas called
Barre. as has been the custom. l saw
I was then asked down to the executive
meeting and was advised that II ! would
20 through properly. This I naturally
refused to do, standing, as did, for the
Southern fox hunters ana Western FOX
hunters, whom had from time to time
interested and made members OF the club,
also for nine masters OF hounds mem-
bers of the club
Anticipating trouble simply wrote my
friends and procured their proxies and
%ent to the meeting at H9 9n hsnoX to
Committee and their friends, but not fox
hunters, as tho packs !. Of three-fonrths
OF those present consisted only or
The president and a majority Of the
members OF tho Executive. Committee
had known that had proxies from Mr.
Hitchcock and Others for whom 1t was
Impossible. to attend the. meetings, for
the last three years.
brought up at the outset , the question
notices e the members RS stating exactly
possibie for such mon as Colonel NIorrell,
Phlaaslpha master 81 q ak naso msfe
3ofShis own private pack: p. Il. Collier. of
New York, master of tho Meadtwbrook;
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