The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-01-26
SINCLAIR HOUNDS
IN GLOUCESTER.
Eighty Riders Follow the
Fast Pack Sixty
Miles.
GRAY FOX KILLED
AT CLAY BANK K
Deep Run Visitors Enjoy Ex-
cellent Sport Near Eagle Point.
Many Ladies Take Part in
Chase Sportsman
Is Dug Out Of
Marsh.
ny DEEP Run.

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GLOUCESTER c. H., VA, January
1 25.-Thc death OF game gray fox.
after a run OF something like fifty-odd
niles. with hounds pretty well played
gut and riders stiff after ten full hours
In the saddle, marked q red letter day
In fox hunting on last Tuesday In the
great and glorious county OF Glouces-
+ ter.
with weather so ide1l that even Mr..
Jorrock's. huntsman Pig could not
have complained, and with which Ca
briel Junks himself would have been
satisfied field OF hard on fourscore
riders spent q day ?ot soon forgotten.
In the open fields and pine woods be-
tween the York and Severn Rivers.
Hospitality in Gloucester still smacks
Of Colonial days, and while guests are
Epeeded to their hearts content across
country behind flying pack. they are
welcomed with cordiallty SO warm
that stiff muscles and tired bones are
clean forgotten. as the sportsman list
ems to stirring tales OF the kills OF
hygone days. told by men who love
sport for sports sake, and whose pride
OF the pure blood OF their pack is
second only to their pride of ancestry.
The fatcs were kind to u party OF
Richmonders who accepted the hos
pltality OF Mr.. Joseph Bryan to visit
Eagle Point, for no sooner was the
fact known that members of Deep Run
Hunt would be in Gloucester than Mr..
Withers. of Severnby, arranged mon
ster fox hunt.
Twice year the Sinclair family
meets in full force in the hunting field.
and for two days wages war for the
glory and honor OF deciding which
branch OF the tribe owns the best
catch pack: Mr.. James Sinclair. who
resides In Gloucester, is the master o.
the crack pack in his own Immediate
locality. while DR.. Sinclair heads the
Hampton branch. which possesses as
fine a lot Of hounds as ever gave a fox
run for his life.
1t was determined that the Sinclair
trials should be held to suit the pleas
urc OF Mr.. Bryan's guests, and so on
Monday the sportsmen. with horses and
hounds. began to assemble.
From Hampton, forty miles away.
came the Hampton men, riding their
hunters and followed by their hounds
jcurneying by rowboats across the
broad expanse OF river from York
town to Gloucester wharf. The pic
tnre of hounds and horses crossing
York River would have delighted
Leech or Cruikshank. Crowded into a
small boat, the horses stood huddled
s
hanging over the edges while every
now and then one of the hunters blew.
soft, mellow note on his hunting
horn, as though to give promise OF the
sport at the end OF hard journey.
Bright and early on Tuesday morning
the meet was held at Eagle Point gate.
the sun shining just warm enough to
make excellent seeming, without rob-
bling the brisk air OF its snap and
Vitality. Among those who turned GU
were Messrs James Sinclair NJ. F. Fl.
Il, l.. Sinclair. Ashton Sinclair Clai-
borne Sinclair. Jack Sinclair. Dr. Fay
Sinclair, Roy Sinclair, Pollard Sinclair,
jeff Sinclair, Mr.. and Mrs. Withers, OF
Severnby; Mr.. Burlee, of White Marsh
Miss Margaret Tabb, Miss Sally Per-
rim, Mr.. Joseph Bryan, of Eagle Point:
Mr.. j. st. George Bryan. NJ. +. Fl. of
Deep Run; Mrs. j. st. George Bryan:
Miss Sally Bridgers. Mr.. r. G. Selden.
Mr.. e. 2. Rhodes, Mr.. Curtis James, Mr..
Philip James Captain JEFF Woodland
Mr.. Fred Deans, Mr.. Roland Clark, Mr..
Allen Potts, Mr.. Charles Seawell, Mr..
Walter Harwood.5 Mr.. Walter Perrin
Mr. Harry Tabb, Mr.. Robert Corbell
Mr. Charles Jones' Mr.. Maynard Benz
son, Mr.. Haynes Hogg, Mr.. Thornton
HogE, Mr.. Joseph Tabb, DR.. Robert G.
Bryan. Mr.. Eddie Rowe. Mr.. Goodall
Miner, Mr.. Cecil Page, Mr.. Eddie Point:
or, Mr.. ]. r. ]. Anderson. Mr.. William
Pointer. Mr.. Cecil Clopton. Mr.. Henley
Clopton. Mr.. Preston Clopton, Mr.. n
D. Harris. Mr.. w. H. p. Leigh, Mr.
Robert Acre, Mr.. William Thomas
Mr.. Powell Catlett, Mr.. Tom Bridger:
and a number OF negroes, among then
being an excellent fox-hunter BY name
i Peasants.
The packs made up Of splendid ex
amples OF the best type of Virgini:
II hounds, We're as follows: Glouceste
Pack-Remus, Queen, Sweet, Driver
Ring, Noble. Trailer, Lead Fanny