The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-11-20
sPORTSMEN ATTRACTED
TO THE HOT SPRINGS
Ten Days Open shooting begins Mon
dny--Gucsts Interested In
lspeclal to The mines. pIspatcl.l

Especial to The Tiines-D lspaich.1
Hot Springs, Va, November 1?--
Prospects of an unusually good hunt
ing season begin Monday, when for
ten days the law will permit open
shooting, is attracting a lot OF sports
men this way. The Homestead Iiotcl
tonight held more than - score who
had come down for this especial pur-
pose and for the past two or three
days have been selecting their guides
and the territory that VIII be ira
vcrsed. Quite number are going to
tho Jackson River Hunt Club. which
has n preserve OF 5000 acres, near
Fasslfcrn Farm, and where there are
reported TO be plenty of deer. AT Fas-
sifern there Will be a number of deer
hunts, with dogs and horses, as the
law allows that sort of sport here. aud
the visitors are not slow 10 take ad-
vantage of IL,
Two approaching and putting con
tests on the links near the club house
at the Homestead attracted deal OF
concluding a series of these tourna-
ments that had brought about the
same crowd together Almost daily for
almost Il fortnight. In the concluding
one Mrs. John w. DERRICK contributed
the prizes, cups which were won by
George Elliott and Mrs. Robert a. +,
Black, after they had had close finish
with ]. hartley Mellick and Mrs. {.
Frederick Kohl
Mr.. Melliols in n tournament
got a gold pencil as the Individual low
score prize, though the cups went TO
Miss Cecilia May. playing with Ben
Mrs. Grover Cleveland came down
from her Princeton home Tuesday, ac-
companied by Mrs James Morgan, and
the balance the month /
Mrs. Merritt, wife of General Wesley
II. Merritt. who spends much of the
The weeks arrivals. From Massachu-
sets former Governor tiben Draper
arrived, with Mrs. Draper, who has
been interesting herself daily in horse
voting himself quito as assiduously TO II
golf.
or the recent entertainments by ,visi.
tors at the Homestead luncheon
which Colonel and Mrs. Robert NJ
Thompson gave the other day at the
Daniel Boone Log Cabin was the most
elaborate AFFAIR. II came as the ii>als
to an invitation golf match. WHICH mad
engaged sixteen OF the coionel's friends,
and had been in competition for some
very handsome prizes. At. the lunch
Fellowes .Msrgan, of Short Hills. play
ing with William c. Denny, of WASH
ington, who won first prize, q diamond
srooe While an the M priz9 Rd 1Sr spnE
the latter getting Il handsNne diamond
pin, with the stones set In platinum
eobwe6 work Nv, with Ia an ,o 9gy <. bach
balls, and lne other women who took
part in. the tournament the colonel
presented with souvenir golf pins.
Among those attending the luncheon
were Mesdames William Eellowes Nor
gan, William c. Denny, T. Mcneil Ba-
con 9. l,I Robert 4, Black, Fenry May, J
The Misses ceeelia NAY s'i Isabelle Ii NAY May
Josephine Patton, Hilda sykes ana
Mi Milton s Rarger william " am, e DEM
F. Morgan. Elton Toyt, H., and Colonel
and Mrs. Thompson. II
,r Miss FiSrepse pp5stne got the
turned out at tho drst meet of the
Fassifern Hunt Club
IN the after-election visitation OF
political ghts, which this year is a
Murphy. Of Taminanv Hall. His wife
and daushter are with him. NJ. "ur-
ana has. come hogs only to fest and
play golf. sport he has been devotlns
himsslf TO every day s'ncs his arrival.
often going round the links twice.
I has been quiet week in the villa
colony. owing to many ahsentees, sev-
oral Of the cotta,sers having gone visit
her Of over THANKSGIVING guests who
: wiz shortly BEGIN their arrivals.
one Oh the holiday festivities Is TO |
he II Ing1ecote. where Melville f. In
CELLS, who Is now in Cincinnati with
his family. will entertain ''re
party. Mr.. ana Mrs. Edgar. Bright |
have left Bright View fo~.a saw nars
and are in New York. where Mrs David ! /
Dunlop has also gone for a short visit |
The Misses DUNLOP have remained at |
Barton Lodge. Sir Robert and Lady
!Hadheld have been visiting IN Wash
tnYton.
General e. a. McAlnln, of aios-.~-
town, was a visitor late IN The week,
when he came down with his son Tor
short visit. Both OF them are taking
the baths II
Mrs. Robert w de Forrest has been
planning short automobile tip to
Monterey; in an adjoining county. Her
guests will be Mrs. f. Hall Mccormick
and Mrs ttFohert. Waller.
Among those entertaining at teas
this week have been Mrs Henry May, |
Mr. and Mrs. J. Hartley Msllick. Mrs.
Percy Martin. Mrs. e. j. Rerwnd, Mrs.
II. l, Cowan. Mrs Guy Fairfax Hins-
dale; Mrs. II. ". Bishop and Mrs. c.
FREDERICK Kohl. III