The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-02-17

Boots" Along with this he put UP
the bars q peg higher, and insisted
on more form and organization IN
| the field until now we are probably
| riding the biggest country In Virglnin
aud certainly no club is giving better
| sport, Our lands are the finest pos
| sible for weather conditions, having
| n porous red subsol which is wet to-
(. day and dry Tomorrow. On this ac-
! count we con hunt the season through
with ali average loss Of less than thrce
days per season Can any territory
beat this? The stability and progrcsE
I OF the club has boon marvellous, and
! surely, Il grant oak from n very In
:! significant acorn grew. We own our
| property. we own our lands, and we
nre torgingahcnd fully abreast with
! the most progressive,
The Officers.
At the last November election, Mr..
| Murray Boococll. was eleytnd presi-
dent. MIR. George tloughton. vice.
presidents lor. Francis Lee Thurman,
secretary and treasurer and MI. lu-
Han Morris. master OF hounds. The
retiring officers have given us good,
c8'ec.Nc work, and we expect tho same
from the present inrumbents, Plans
for the future are rich in promises OF
development and growth, and we have
no doubt but that II little time will
fully develop and Unfold these Unto
pnan dreams. Tho master has as his
lieutcnants. Dir. Francis Lee Thurman,
first whip II. Fl. Joslin: second whip,
and Mrs. Allen Potts, honorary whip,
and q field OF as gallant followers us
ever drew rein or raced for the Col
den Horseshoe" The ladies who are
prominent followers of the Keswice
hounds are Mrs. Murray Boococlt. Mrs.
William Pitts. Mrs Herbert Joslin, ant,
Mrs. Arthur White, ST., and any Satur-
day at 9 2. NJ, a. cavalcade of eighteen
or twenty riders mounted on as good
horse flesh as ever flew timber. can
be seen. picturesque in pink coat,
white trousers and top boots, coursing
across country at stecpechasc speed.
Since the establishment of this club
here the desirablity OF this section
for residence purposes has been quite
manifest, and the price of lands has
more than doubled and in many in
stances tribblcd. Absolutely free from
tho discord and jealousy OF similar
organizations in other parts of the
State, we arc in n position to predict
for ourselves n delightful present and a
ltlnitlcSs future. ei s. a,s y,
The Bit and Spur has this to say
regarding the lleswlcls hunt:
The kesweck Hunt Club is enjoying
the best season of It's existence thus
far. The drags are exceedingly we'll
patronized and the character Of horse
1esll that follows, as good as can be
found in this or any other country.
Any Saturday, David Gray, Keswicls
freight and Thunderbolt and others
Of such calibre can be seen following
The hounds. and one does not have
% borrow from the imagination to
suggest the kind Of timber they can
negotiate.
David Gray, equally as good horse
is Champion Keswick, and that has
won at every show he has been in ex-
,ept the Garden, is also in the Morris
stable,
Thunderbolt. by old 1Singbolt, the
Of DR. Francis Lee Thurman,
IS another good one, and 1t would do
your heart good to watch him in the
field. AS fast as steeplechaser, he
negotiates hunting timber with ease
and grace and enjoys the Very re-
markable record of never having re-