The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-04-03
AMATEUR SPORTSMEN OF NOTE
VETERINWHOR iSSPECIALIZED
Ar POIO All FON ~ MING.
n. .. Herb~Ti Hss been Ridlng - Hounds !
SE HerdioG . Pony Tor Thirty three
Years ONUrr 80 Huntrrs n Fame.
IsIsh jumpers aRI sterpIerhascrs. I

oF Eseutling . Pony Tor Thirty -'laree
Years Owner ~ Huntrrs ~ Fame.
H'sh jumpers s0d sterpIerhascrs.
Their, il ono item among the assets Of
professional ~ 'Hisinsss man that an ac-
sr,irt,ut Nhs hs, l..-n called va 70 exam
,na thu l,ou.S q ;rplit~ tern, Tor ferTeting
cu' tho person cash md credit 10 always
Stat - Epd snI -"t- o. high value on. He
dos not put ~ dn'yn in figures. yet the
mental note IL Inndr that TIA" security
1ioui,las the worth ~ the capital. II is
Rood hcslIl'. th,. lu.ty. vigorous and mas-
tsrful brand of go,.d health This 10 now
an 'urr among those who iIas their tai
euts ~ good advantage but IN IS7. --thht'a
thc thTi NJ = century ago there were not
- many IN trade. the Law. art or the SCI
snc,r To- nppreciats. that the benefits ~
Hvsteuaii, npsn air exercise u "a good
- rnuu~Y in the hans
tine exception here ~ ManhRttAn ~
H"u' iloyd Norbert Ei,o took up With
r,oio ard ioN hunting thirtN-thTeH years
ago a., soon =, h" heCam~ established IN
hus,ness We has not missed n seasons
hunting since. sNc"pt IN $50. during which
Mr. H~-',rrt ~ y, bedruom prisoner with
. l'ros.,n ihigh. th- result of q cropper
Tho r,I',ug rAss,on way have h~lned along
his ,",,,, "ry. for whom cut on clutches
be ioirn.yed to Ov~,er BAY To Iook On
at It rne.; 81 the Meadow Brook Hunt
r. ' ,o,''er hsi Punch out az SCI
end hor-a and CoaNeI Mr. Hert,ert to
TAX" -hr nlo'Ini Presently. a. nuick ~
\. tho ,.ripp!.s cid at tho rool 10 Bethesda.
the injured sportsman cast asi1" the
cr,itchH, aud vas h"!ps,l into the saddle.
-rhe,s Eas fuu- mics almost without a
Che,k over "a ~tIe country recalls the
rsdsr - didn't ENJOY u. for every jolt
hroueFt . Pain. bur Vt m,s; haV" been the
hero, t-eitnr"a' that WIS needed. for
4 have f'I.t-r regularly sysr since
P'lp and faN hunting have hsen Mr..
H-rta-t = SPECIAL sports. Hs mas had
nl'',.h ~ d. with ho-~" shows. ~ the early
slav- ~ thee" institutions ss an exhibitor
~ hunters and now A. n valued judge.
Odd a = u nav seem in these days. those
who introduced fnN hunting ON Long
island had e. endure public calumny.
ricliculs and blsckmai' certain news
rslT~rs &c the period dubbed them Anglo
vraniars aud Sa'd they broke down the
fence. ard killed. chickens on the farms
without t,sying for the damages. They
were cariCa'.r~d IN the Illustrates
w4ekles. There was feeling created
that be fnV hunters regarded them
selves - artstocrais and the thrifty
Long ISLANDER A. peasants and clods.
- psrNers'. ant annoying a twist 20 the
raj situation b.tWe"n the -portsmeu
ard the r~=IdentS a. may ~ conc@jvAd-
Tho fox hunters for "A few years were the
victims ~ thu r,.ckle-sly welded lead
p~uri- Time ~ last proved tho fallacy
- tho charges and al concerned have
since haau GOo-i friends A. far back "a
1879 the -uin pald 10 farmers hv one Long
Island hunt after ne sea son Wa- $3.50.
There VS. "a tim" when you dared not
show a U'nE ""Jt gong Ia a hunt nn a
Long Island tram" .sid Mr. Herbert
Whoever DID So woAild hsv" l-sen mol,ts-d
y GRAY tri-wold started foy hunting
al-rut New WORK near Hackensack IN
's7s IN Is57 10 established tht. Queens
county HTut ~ Garden city and I hogan
riding '" ho,nds Abpuj i~1a tbs Rock
away Hurting t'luh lecanpa o-gRniz-d.
With k~nu.I~ az Lawrence and John u.
Cb~evs- ~ NJ r u. The two cpnsoh.
dated " iSS1 a. fh.. Queens county Hounds
~ the Rockawav Hunting club. with Nj.
Griswold az VI. + ". The Meadow Brook
Hunt. with g. y Morgan "a master.
had meanwhile h"sn organized. I ba-
Inuged a. both hunts AMI was out three
times a weak. which required much
busting about a. always put NV business
before pleasure.
These v-r. good days for sport
When the frost stopped hunting IN his
own country Mr. Gr1swold would take
the hounds to the Ronkonkorna neigh.
horhood where the sandy soil kept Hnft
and live fov". wore chased among the
~cr1Ibbv osks and open glens. Tie hunted
At Iarchmont Manor ia isS2. taking the
hounds and horses acro=- the Sound
being kept up nv the Westchsstsr County
Hunt The RDckavsy Hunting Club
opened it- present clubhouse and grounds
NJ Cedarhur-t IN issJ.'
QtIas-ns countv ~ iho-a IN - wa@
MOSTLY grass land. with villas and placards
announcing plots for sale, row - ia
rniliar on the Landscape. quite unknown.
TIE houses. few and far between. had
farmers or gardeners a. tenants. There .
was hne galioping. and the pace was
always hot Mr. Herbert has hunted I
since from Melton MOwbray in Leicester
~hiYe. fastest - turf count riee. but he 7
has still love for Long Island and has
heart thYills AZ the memory ~ the gallops
in Queens All! thirty three years ago. Z
BE still hunts with the Meadow Brook. :
but his home country IN nat of the Mon
mouth County Hunt. Mr.. Herbert -
out - every 1ns-~t and rides a. zealously !
~ith Robert } collier - NJ =. ". - ha /
u-~d - With his father. the late y. y. |
Collier. founder - the pack
There was plenty ~ enterprise IN those
davs IN m. winter ~ 1897 there was
= hunt dinner 80 IeinDpnico'a happy /
Thought hui nov Unknown for members
Il the Nesdnw Brook. RoCkaway and
QUEENS 'cuutv ~li''ss. Zach having -the !
privilege ~ bT nRinG lsdyT Point
80 p"iut ste~pt"chAsIng. ~ popular 81
late m EnEisnf md taken Up AZ Hemp
-tsad laa' wear with = fFnfsr" - appre- !
RATION. had - trv0ut there - far hack
- 1853 The "ot.rse WvS II about four
~ 70. ~ tie Meadow Prrnk country and
fr-rly s'lf With from thirty - forty j'ifnns
There were 1fts-rI starters and " = y
:-t1kss finished iiVsi "u has hunter Iericho /
NT HA-is"-' 'ssiuC ~ss"ODd and STANLEY
Npvtituer th'rd Fo-hHll = kesns who ,
fsd q mount - ',np - George Work
hnT-.-- received a f.li and broke his
Coilz rbous
Hunt ,l'Ip ra"s tnsotiEEs verN freursnt
f,olu ia puWGTd III Herbert rOsie ~
uHps - ~" race and % many h"rs~s ut', .
L.. .Ias Il f. IL