The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1916-09-08
INTENSE ENTHUSIASM
MARKS FIRST MEETING
TOPRtPARk FOX HUNT
SOUTHERN RED FOX CLUB LAYS
PLANS FOR RECEPTION OF
VISITING HUNTERS.
MANY COMMITTEES APPOINTED
Will Arrange Every Detail For Nation
al Association Hunt-SoeiaI Hunts
Held Every Night in Every Section
OF county-Horses Must be Secured.

Held Every Night in Every Section
OF County-Horses Must be Secured.
Intense enthusiasm marked the first
meeting of the Southern Red Eek Club
In preparation for the annual meet Of
the National Fox Hunters Associa~
ton, which will be held in Columbia
the week beginning November 20. 4
thorough organization was perfected
by the appointment of committees to
take care Of every phase Of the enter
tainment of the visiting hunters
Much interest was shown in the an
nouncement of w. P. Erwin, delegate
to the directors meeting that chose
Columbia as the location for the Ma
tional meet, that local dogs would b
permitted to take part in the feid
trials by the amendment introduced
into the constitution OF the National
Association granting to owners the
privilege Of entering dogs in the runs
provided they had not hunted within
five miles of the trial ground after
September /.
Social hunts will be held every night
during the gala week of November 20
These hunts will be in the nature Of
a get.together meeting Of the citizens
in the section where they are held and
Of the hunters who come out to attend
them. Every night different section
Of the county will be chosen in order
to give every farmer an opportunity
to participate in at least one real fox
hunt At these meets anyone may
enter and follow his dog; no entry
blanks will be required and real social
fox hunts will take place. Chairman
J. W. Fry appointed as the COMMITTEES
to arrange for these hunts: w. r.
Haywood, Joe Sowell, B. C. Mullins,
W. P. Erwin, A. H. Forgey, James W.
Ridley and Bob Gordon. The commit
tee, after a conference, gave to the
Santa Fe section the honor of having
the first of these hunts, since the citi.
zens In that district have made all
preparations to hold one on the Mon
day night of the meet. Other hunts
will be held at Bigbyville Culleoka.
Ridley, and in other sections Of the
county.
Since the directors Of the National
Association had said that few horses
would be brought to Columbia, due to
the superiority of Maury county horses
over the imported ones, committees
consisting of every liveryman in the
city was appointed to arrange for sad
die horses for the large number OF
visitors who will attend the meet.
The delegates sent to the National
directors meeting promised that the
local organization would provide fres
housing, care-takers and food for the
dogs brought to Maury county. To
secure the dog feed, w. p Erwin and
J. E. Tureman were appointed
! John W. Fry was requested to go
before the Board OF Trade and request
that body to appoint the reception and
finance committees. The reservation
committee, consisting Of T. L. Cum
ningham and c. M. Gamble, were asked
to get to work at once and to secure
homes for the greatly increased mum
Der of visitors who are expected.
The publicity committee, consisting
of w. P. Erwin, chairman; J. F. Ture
man, J. W. Fry, Ashley Sowell, and
Meade Frierson, rJr., was directed ID
advertise the meet in the local and
national papers in order to get all Low.
ers of the red fox in Columbia at the
time Of the big meet.
The time of having the field trials
of the local dogs was left to the dis.
erection of the directors, who will ar
range the date and place for testing
the local hounds. w. P. Erwin pre-
scented to the club carved fox horn
to be given to the winner Of the all
age stake, to be run for at the field
trials Of the local dogs. The directors
Of the local association were en- ow-
cred to formulate plans for soliciting
lady members for the local club. The
meeting then adjourned until Septem-
Der 30, at which time plans will be
layed for the entertainment Of the
American Press Humorists' Associa-
ton, which will come to see a real
Maury county fox on October 4.