The sun., 1912-08-04
[ENOX RESIDENTS
TAKE CARE Of Town
Their Attitude Of a Duty
Toward the Place Constantly
Acted Upon.
THE BERKSHIRE HUNT
Coming on September Z, It Will
Be Leading Event Of
D the Year.


finished. Absence OF fences when the
.,urist reaches the borders OF the
region. ciosely-cropped lawns, evidences
u landscape work. v!stas cut through
woods to lakes and mountains beyond
eli give tokens Of the labor Of men to
make complete what nature has lav.
.shly scattered about This labor never
ceases. Long since the good road.
movement became the most important
matter Of the town meeting. Miles Of
roadway which cost $4,000 a mile were
aid IN Lenox twenty-five years ago by
George Winthrop Folsom. Care of
.rees and foliage by the roadside was
e.gun years before Massachusetts laws
compelled the annual appointment Of q
tree warden.
Men Of countrywide renown who
I've here nave a care to keep UP the
village walks and bypaths. This week
Joseph II. Clcate wrote a lengthy petit.
don to the Seiectmen OF Stockbridge
describing the condition Of a sidewalk
on Prospect Hill as practically unusable
and asked Tor its reconstruction. Mr..
Choate personally obtained the neces.
sary signatures TO his petition. John
f. Parsons in Lenox. besides acting as
president OF the village library sssocia-
hon and as a director CO the Leuox
electric light and Lenox water conf
panice. Is interested In raising a fund
70 supply riremen with clothing and has
headed the band concert subscription
list Alexander Sedeuick and Francis
Crowuinsh!eld in S;ockbridge lead the
Laurel Hill Association. wcrld-
famous village improvement society.
Women are not behind In their works.
Miss Hcloise Meyer, a sister OF Secre-
'ary Meyer OF the navy, is chairman %
the wayside committee in Leno,,. a
company OF women who see that the
edges Of the road and the yards which
sbut the highways are kept W. Their
~orh consists in having shrubber!'
planted turf laid and fences raised 20
project lawns where passing over ~
.he habit. Results OF this love Of tire
beautiful and The clean are seen on
every hand and the example IS felt in
AL the region. Tourists see the c!eapl..
uSSS cI the -c"ls st.u away i.ls
3esire TO do something 10 improve their
own places Of residence where lack Of
cooperation in keeping up a locality l.
unaffected.
The leading event OF the year will b.
RE Berkshire Hunt races At the L."
Park Saturday. September :. This will
Ne the ninth race meeting. The gradual
EVOLUTION OF hun; race. from paper
chasing followed the first meeting ~:
LenoI riders a Taag,ev God. the cuun-
-ry place % Richard e. DlXe!, where
rare and hounds was an autumn pas
line. The Lenu. riders o.ga an.zed tle
Berkshire Hunt. Bought beaglee and
soon abandoned ,.le beasles FOR English
eoxhounds. and the drag hunts fer sew.
eral years became the highest Interest.
The hunting established the hunt races.
Many prominent Lenox men have rid
Aen In the hunt races IN the past
Giraud Foster. president OF the hunt;
Eswbold Morris, J. Watson Webb.
Joseph W Burden. Henry G. Vaughan.
David T. Dana have contested with
heir mounts for the presidents cup,
. trophy annually offered by G.-aud
Foster. president Of the hunt. There
VII! be six races on this years pro-
y-amme. Taree are steeplechases. The
principal race Is for the Foster plate
and . purse OF $3.50. The race commit.
tee IL Henry Livingston Lee. Joseph H.
Burden and David 7. Dana The
stewards OF the meeting arc Joseph ".
Burden. Oakleigh Thorne, ]. Watson
Webb. J. 2. Davis. Frank X. stursis.
Henry G. Vaughan. James v. Appleton.
IN the night before the races the hunt
Till hold It's annual ball in Shadow
brook. the counrry place Of Spencer p.
saotte! Of Savannah. Giraud Foster IS
chairman Of the ball committee.
St. Anne's Catholic Church. which
~as built from plans by Francis Burial
HOFFMAN. Jr., OF New York. a type %
Norman church adapted to modern sur.
,oundings. Will be dedicated on Sun
FAY. August 90. Carlos de Heredia Is
a,erested In the church aad has given
.beraIly toward the building.
NJ. and Mrs. Robb de Peyster Tytus
rt.i have To do with the 1S0th ami
rs.sary Of the Incorporation Of the town
q Tyr!nGham on September and s.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tytus settled IN Tyr!ng-
ram q dozen years ago and are the lead
'ag residents. He has served In the
State Legislature from that town The
1sw Tytus house 10 being completed
and on the estate vii! be held . big
csnaaks on the last day Of the celebra-
,!on. Miss Constance Leupp. daughter
;, Mr.. and Mrs. Francis Fl. Lsupp. will
hsve charge OF the production Of a
historical pageant at the celebration.
Mrs Edward Tytus OF London has ar
lived snd IS in P!ttSneld TOR the fall
r.ason.
Rains Of the last week have been 20
'.lpfu! 70 eardens that the Lenox Hor-
cultural Society has sent out . notice
= a show OF ANIMALS and perennials on
August 90. There Will be competitions
p. all grades OF garden flowers and also
Classes for fruit and early veGetables-
ia Monday. the Garden Club Of Lenox
r.ll meet at Edsewood farm In Great
3sry!nston, where DR.. and Mrs. Fred.
eric S. Pearson Will entertain. Or.
gorge Macloskie Of Princeton will be
'.e speaker on Butterflies and Moths
= Vie Garden" This will be the drst
a.se,!nS Of the club In Great Barring
IN where there are many beautiful
t-ta,ss.
7as Stockbrtdse artists colony 10 at
''-;: On many paintings Tor the an
al exhibition to be held In the Casino,
ote1lber II to IS. Miss Lydia Field
1'g.e;. tho portraitis.: Edward l..
Morse Walter L. Nettleton, Frederic