The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-01-04
Member National Hunts Com
mittcc for Virginia Will
Be Named.
TWO CANDIDATES ANNOUNCED
Old Dominion Leads in Number
OF Recognized Clubs in
United States.
by GUS MAI.nEnT.

by GUS MALBEnT.
The annual meeting OF the masters
hunt clubs in the State of Virginia
will be held at the Commonwealth Ciuh
on saturday afternoon at . o'clock, for
me purpose OF selecting q member OF
the hunts committee o; the National
Steeplechase and Hunt Association %
me United states; The position on this
committee tor Virginia has been nrc
viously held by Harry w. Smith. nj, F
III. or the Loudoun Hunt. but his re-
noyal from the state caused II vacancy.
N which must be Allied, Mr.. Smith is
Hounds. at Grafton. Mass.
Here In Virginia, whero the chase
OF ora Keynard has ever been the chief
outdoors, relict of the days when
the forcbears OF the men who now
rue to the hounds followed the cali o,
the horn in good old Albion, the meet
ing to be held Saturday. and over
/ which w. Q. Young. NJ II. H. of Deem
KUN Hunt. has been designated to pre-
side, IL OF peculiar interest. for this
committee OF the national organization
prac tically controls fox and drag hunt
inS BY recognized clubs in the Uuiteo
States.
Duties of Hunt Committee.
me hunt committee Of the national
recognized hunt clubs: directs ana
makes laws for races run under the
ansplGes of recognized hunt clubs; es-
tahlishes the qualifications or huni
ers and standa rdization OF hounds. and
the manifold things which are part and
parcel or the conduct OF recognized
hunts.
Among those mentioned as probable
candidates for the vacanc yare james
W Graves, ri Deep Run Hunt. and j.
~ MadduN. of Warrenton. The man
selected Will look after the affairs Of
the various recognized clubs in tho
Stute and report to the full committee.
q meeting of which is held each month
curing the hunting season, usually in
New York City.
The virginia representative on the
committee VIII have no small task. He
must visit each OF the clubs. report
on the condition of affairs In general,
but more particularly as TO tho condi-
ton of the several packs, the success
of the hunts. the condition OF the va :
rious countries and other matters o!
interest.
Each VIII Be ncprcsentcd.
1t Is expected that each Of the eigh-
teen recognized clubs in the State will
be represented ut the meeting by tho
masters of the clubs or their proxies.
And right here IL is of vast interest
10 note that the official publication
of the National Stceplcchasc and Hunt
hSsocia tion--the racing COLLABORATION
December records but fifty-onc recog-
nized hunt clubs in the United states,
ana OF this number eighteen arc in
Virginia. Pennsylvania lays claim to
ten; New York contains six; Maryland
affords four: New Jersey three: while
there IS one each in Ohio. South Caro-
lima and Vermont.
From the above II Will be noted that
Virginia contains more recognized
hunts than any other two States In the
country. and nearly as many as any
thrcc This fact alone gives the Old
Dominion prestige with the sports
men scattered throughout the breadth
of the land, and the member from Viz
ginia will be a great factor In direct
Inc In. ff..i NJ 10 n III
course. there are "A number of hunts
throughout the United States which are
not recognized. yet which furnish eX-
cellent sport for their members.
1t is interesting that the United
states Army has one recognized hunt
the Eleventh Cavalry Hunt. stationed
two recognized packs oIs,ed by indi-
viduals-Jamcs *. MadduN. of War
renton. and Thomas Hitchcock. Jr,, of
Aiken, s. c.
List of virginia Clubs.
The list of Virginia packs recos.
nized by the National Steeplechase and
Hunt Association follows:
Albenlarle County Hunt, a. ,.
Craven. master. Greenwood Va.
Blue Ridge Hunt Club. Edward &.
Jacobs, master. MilIwood. Va;
Castle Hill Hounds Mrs, Allen Potts.
master. Gordonsville. Va.
ter. Marshall. Va.
Deep Run Hunt Club, w. o. YOUNG
CASTOR Hounds. George linn, master.
Keswiek Hunt Club, Julian Morris.
master. Keswick Va.
Loudoun Hunt, D. r. Tenant mas
ter, Leesburg, Va.
Lynchburg Hounds. j. NJ. B. Lewis.
master. Lynchburg. Va.
Middleburg Hunt Club. S. r.. Fred
and John II. Townsend, masters. Mid
dleburE, Va.
Maddux Hounds, I. *. Maddux.
master. WarrentoR. Va
Oak Ridge Hounds. w. c. Blackwell,
master. Oak Ridge. Va.
Orange County Hunt, Robert l. Gerry
and John S. Ames, masters, The Plains.
Piedmont Hunt club, D. C. Sands.
Jr. master, Upperville. Va.
| Remlik Hunt. Wills sharpe killner,
ma ster. Remlik, Va.
Riverside Hunt Club. Harvey Seward
master. Petersburg, Va
Tomahawk Hunt Club, Wallace San
| ford. master, Orange. Va.
| Warrcnton Hunt Club. c. Fl. Smith.
| master, Warrcnton. Va
| Thc present hunt committee of the
| National Association is composed as
| follows: a. j. Devercux, of Pennsyl-
/