The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-11-01
CHASE IN
the A \ |. & STAKE < |:
Hard Run Of Two Hours in
Championship Contest Marked
BY Dramatic Incidents.
IRIS. GUILTY. GETS BRUSH
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CHASE CITY, VA. October s1.---
-Four foxes in the three days hunt Is
the record so far OF the third annual
meet OF the Virginia Carolina Fox
Hunters Association.
The all-age stake was run to-day,
twelve doga being entered to COM
pete for the championship cup. The
conditions governing the race were as
follows: -Four hounds or less to be
entered from each pack, the decisions
to be based on the Individual merit Of
each hound; the hound making the
highest average on speed endurance,
tongue, seeming and Intelligence to
be declared the winner, and the trophy
awarded to the owner. to remain IN
his possession until the next meet OF
the association; the cup when won by
the same pack three years In success
sion to become the property of the
winner.
The following entries were made
From the Mecklcnburg kennels,
Leader. Little Rose, Keenie. Rather;
from the Wnrrenton IN. CD hounds,
Halt, Tanner, Judge. Lightfoot: from
Mr.. Coleman's pack. Red, Big Red. Lit
tie Red, Gilbert.
Judges appointed for the all-agc
stake were DR.. "A. Fl. Boyd. Charleston,
w. Va: Mr.. j. F. Parkinson. Danville,
lenburg, Va.
The remaining dogs. about thirty
couple. were taken out in another d.
rection by Mr.. j. NJ. Bethel and Mr..
j. Wilkinson.
Each pack killed. Miss Annie Rob-
erts. OF Chase City. was the only lady
with the larger pack. and the brush
was presented to her by Mr.. Wilkin-
son, who was first in at the death.
Dramatic Run OF Season.
the championship cup the most dra-
two hours the gallant gray fox led
the screaming pack over the red hills
of old Mecklenburg. closely followed
by the eager crowd. Many exciting In
cidents added to the situation. Colonel
w. 7. Hughes had a narrow escape
from a serious accident when his
horse mired In deep ditch. and In
scrambling out fell heavily upon his
rider To quote his words: Ny horse
mired and fell on his knees and was
SO spent that without moving he be.
gan to drink. Then I jumped off and
tried to pull him up on the bank and
he knocked me into a wire fence that
] hadn't seen and fell on me. I was
more nearly killed than ever in my
life. I had to throw the horse back In
the, ditch to save myself. and then II
was some time before was able tc
remount and continue the chase"
However. he not only followed ths
him hnf Sva If 6ro of
catch.
Has Fall, But Geth Brush.
Mr.. jackson, OF Chase City, was frs
man up. closely followed by overly
DR.. Boyd. Mr.. Twitty. Colonel Hughe
and Mr.. Parkinson. Mrs. J. T. Twitty
of Buffalo. n. X, had hard fall, bu
escaped without injury. She and Mis-
Harvie were racing for the brush
which the NJ. F. II. held UP in view o
the crowd. The two ladies' reached
the goal with such force as to com
pletely unseat the NJ. F. II. and als
Mrs. Twitty. Miss Haryie alone of TIL
side saddle rider in the crowd. Mr.
and Mrs. Twitty and the fox rolled OF
the ground together. and Mrs. Twitt.
touched the fox. The brush was there
fore awarded to her on the field. TIL
contest was made even more interest
ing from the fact that beautiful phi
is offered by Mr.. George c.. Jefferson
! OF Richmond, Va. to the lady who win
the brush after the longest chase To
/ day the run lasted two hours afte
Br'er Fox got UP. All the other ladie
are praying Cor a longer race to
morrow.
After the Judges meeting this after
noon Little Rose" of the Mecklenbur
kennels. was declared the winner an
the championship cup belongs to Col
onel W. T. Hughes until next meet
/ Little Rose" spotted beauty, won tn
derby last year. She is exceedingl
Intelligent and speedy, and IL her fu
lture performances correspond with he
| past. 1t will be hard to find a dog t
.tbeat her.
4 Two more packs came in to-day
Messrs. OVERLY and Sneeds, twent
couple. and Mr.. Lucius Pettuss pac
of four couple. To-morrow's hunt
iexpected to be the largest OF the weel
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