Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1911-11-17
AnnuaI FOxhunt Meet.

dSSoCidtion, WIFI IOFty-One nOunuS, met III
front of the Montgomery House, this town.
The sports were old and young The lat
ter's horses looked to be in fine fettle. to
carry good blood and ready for the chase,
mounted with handsome saddles and bril-
dies. Their riders were dressed in up-to-date
apparel. The style of the older members
we liked too. Their steeds and dress were
more ancient. The entire number of par
Elephants made quaint picture link
ing Of the past with the present
A large majority of the hounds was
large. handsome and breedy-looking dogs.
They were excellently colored by nature
and numerically marked for the chase from
No. to al. The smaller dogs were Of trie
form and looked to be able to give chase
with deer-like foot.
Fox hunting is one of the most exciting,
innocent and economical sports ever intro
duced by man. No mollycoddles ever take
part in the sport. On the contrary, those
who do enter are of the virile kind, full of
courage. eallantry and humanity. 1t is
gratifying to see the young men of the pre-
sent day keeping the sport alive for the
coming generation, and it is believed that
our citizens feel likewise, as the huntsmen
upon this occasion were given the freedom
of the farms of the localities which were
invaded. The hound is favorite dog. His
nightly bark in defense Of his master 8
home lends enchantment to the latter. keep
ing the exciting chase ever present in
mind.
At $50, with ideal weather. the sports
filed through the town to the western limit.
A few hundred yards beyond a fox was
there in waiting. as 1t appeared The
hounds struck his trail lin the pines. Therein
he made double circuit, followed in hot
pursuit by the hounds. Their resembling
voices shook the sensibilities of Reynard
The fables teach us that he talks. If so
his soliloquy at the close of the second
round contained these words: Death
seems imminent here in front of these
wide-mouth dogs. I'm going to leave this
hundred for my home on the Potomac
whose placid waters have a charm for me
Yours truly" With this complimentary
close he left, followed short distance
behind by the hounds. whose chase drove
Reynard into his den on the farm of Mr.
Richard Offutt. overlooking the Potomac
ten miles away from the starting point
Seventeen dogs were on his heels when he
disappeared, and the end of the chase was
witnessed by the three judges R. f. Full
ton. of Laurel j. G. Higgins, of Beltsville
and P. f. Cassard. of Muirkirk. and several
others.
1t was decided that the chase was good
enough for one day, and all came back tC
Rockville to rest up for the big event on
Saturday 81 the pack contest Instead OF
having the puppy race Friday afternoon
as intended, the puppies were allowed to
run in the all-age contest Friday morning
and both classes were judged by their per
Torrance. Among those having dogs in
the chase were the following:
Andrew j. Cummings. seven; E. Cecil
Allnutt. three; Charles H. L. Johnson one
Douglass Edward. one; Edmund C. Davis
three; George Edwards, two; Richard F
Spates. two Charles A. Clagett. two Clay
B. Edwards one John Magruder, one j
T. Atwood, one; II. S. Wheeler. three l.
E. Umstead. two. NJ. A. Umstead, two
William Gates. one; Robert Curtin, three
John C. Bentley, three, and James P. Gott
two. f. Cecil Allnutt, of Rockville. was
master of hounds.
The only lady to accompany the riders
was Miss Zolpha COntner. of Washington
She proved herself an expert hOrsewoman
The judges Friday evening announced the
winners of the days events in the all-age
class. Lee. belonging to Clay b. Edwards
of Rockville. was awarded first honors
Trance. belonging to Cecil Allnutt. of Rock
vile. was placed second, and third place
was given to Florence. belonging to Richard
F. Spates. of POolesville. Fleet. the prop
erty of Charles A. Clagett. of Rockville
and Judy. belonging to Robert Curtin, OF
Chevy Chase. were highly complimented.
Charles Clagett's Mack and Cecil Allnutt's
Lee Harvester were placed first and second
respectively, in the puppy contest, and
third hOnors were awarded to FOeman. be-
m W EI..,orAa nf ~.
vile. Nymto and Snow, belonging. respec.
lively. to William Gates and II. S. Wheeler
both Of Colesville. were placed fourth and
fifth.
First, second and third dogs were award.
ed silver medals suitably inscribed Mack
and Lee Harvester. which finished first and
second. respectively. in the public contest
are the get Of Ginger. Charlie Clagett's
crack dog. which won the derby contest
last fall Ginger has since died.
Two fine exhibitions by hounds. each
resulting in a fox being denned, marked
the second and final day Of the annual
field trials. The weather was very favor
able to trailing and a splendid days sport
was enjoyed.
The event Of the day was the pack con-
test, always the big feature Of meet Of
the kind Five packs of five hounds each
participated and they were followed by
thirty huntsmen. all mounted on horses.
The first fox was started about O'Clock
in the morning in the big pines three miles
east Of Rockville. After circling time
or two the fox went straiehtaway, and
after lively chase to point near Coles
vile, eight miles from where the trail was
first encountered. Reynard was forced to
take to his den. 1t was decided that a
section better adapted to good running
could be found, so the huntsmen struck
across the country to the farm Of Mr.. VIM.
BOgley. three miles south Of Rockville.
Here fox was started without difficulty.
and for nearly two hours he was kept on
the 90 at a terrific pace, the big pack being
in full cry the entire while. Things finally
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