The Washington times., 1911-01-17
Andrew and ImOgene
By Roe Fulkerson.
RI SEE by the papers that the Chevy
Chase Hunt Club are fox hunt
ing again." said Imogene. TT

<<J SEE by the papers that the CHEVY
Chase Hunt Club are fox hunt
ing again. said Imogene. 1T
seems to me the Cruelty to Ami
mails Society would get after them for
marrying these poor brutes"
Are you talking about the men or
the fox?" asked Andrew.
THE fox. of COURSE she replied. 81
think 1t is brutal for a lot of big men
and pack of hounds to Worry a poor
little fox to his death"
MY love, you have a wrong idea. of
a fox hunt. It's an easy thing for the
fox. but when II comes to putting half
a dozen young society men, who spend
half their time sitting on down cushions
In cozy corners, on horseback, and then
jumping the horse over a fence, the fox
has the easiest time in the world.
IF you will look at any of the old
time hunting prints which havC recent
" become so popular, you will find at
least one-haf the men leaning with
their elbows on the mantle, or standing
with drink lifted aIoft. These are the
ones who have ridden. The fellows sit
ting down were not in the hunt at all.
- hA~s A~~A DCCliB l4lSy SIT DOWN
1 am strong for these outdoor sports,
though. No man likes to read about
them in the papers any more than I do.
I get all the excitement I can stand
from just reading about 'em. You take
this fox hunting game can 90 ont
and buy a full description Of every foot
of the hunt for l cent, and the fact
that the reporter who wrote it was
never further out in the country than
Chevy Chase circle don't hurt the de-
scription.
The detailed account in the paper
consists of three columns of names OF
society people who attended the hunt
and then one inch of type about the
death of the fox. But there is as much
ceremony attending the death of this
ferocious brute as there is about bury
ing lodge man.
Before you can go actually to work
to properly kill fox, you must call
committee meeting of Archie Butt,
Huidekoper brothers, Brownie Spence,
John Barrett, Clarence Moore, Frank
Harry Cunningham and
Gist Blair to issue invitations to
the funeral. Next you must get pink
pill coats for all the men, a pack
Of baritone hounds, a herd of bang
tailed horses, master of the hunt, and
three extra mixers for the club house
bar. Now, all the best looking girls in
town in derbies and stock collars, so the
tostIe of the horse won't snap their
necks so badly.
The ladies' all have their riding
habits on, of course. and many of the
gentlemen have their habits on also.
Then You get a few truck farms AMI
to ride over and one smarl
red fox, and the stage is set for this
sport.
Now, with a winding horn-whatever
that is-and a view halloo they are OF
toward Bladensburg and the mSry
spat, spat, spat of the saddle against
the riders make sweet music on the
frosty air.
You would think after all these prep
arations a fox would be as big as some
Of the elephants Kermit photographed,
but, nay, nay, Inogene, for 1 have seen
1im in his native lair, which is the per-
fumery ward of the Rock Creek Zoo.
He does light housekeeping in the next
apartment to the civet cat. He is about
the size of a 80 fur boa over on Seventh
street and looks like he had recently
been marked down to S2.9S.
You hear much of the wonderful 81
gacity of the hound in being able to
rail a fox. but sc no particular thing
about this to praise. You can take me
to the Fourteenth street entrance to
he Zoo and you can blindfold me and
will lead you to the fox den If you do
not put cotton in my nose. The fox is
very fragrant"
Still 1 think it's cruel to kill them in
hat way" insisted Imogene. II think
people should be more human. l think
every poor little creature should have
It least a fighting chance for its life.
My love, II you had ever smelled
,ox or seen a member of the Chevy
'hase Club in his hunting togs you
wouldn't care a cent what happened to
,ither one of 'em!'