The Washington herald., 1920-11-28

Washingtonians Journey
Northward to Witness
Army and Navy Game

plans Tor the early meet failed TO
materislize. II seemed 10 me quite
appropriate. however. to bold the.
first meet on Thanksgiving. Some
how one always connects Thsnksgiv-,
ing with the out-of-doorr. as well
as turkeys and pumpkin pies. In the
old days in Maryland and Virginia
the Thanksgiving hunt was an an
nuai feature. and Il seems pleasant
to have the old custom revived
Only fourteen Of the hunters
showed up for the day. but those
who went tell me they had a perfect
time. The day and weather were
just right Clear and cold with a
bit Of snap to the air. Among those
who went were Miss Ruth Hitch-i
cock. Miss Julia b. whiting. Mr.. and
Mrs "cy" Cummings, Roy Norton,
George Mullin. All Of the DevereuNt
boys were there-but am afraid
that's exaggerating. There are some
ten members of the Devereux fam
lily. and / don't know the exact
number of boys. The ones that
really did attend were Joe. James
and John. Joe Devereux, by the
way. is to be the NJ r. II. He is a
wonderful horseman, and Il seems
to me the selection is quite appro-'
pirate.
OF course, the jackson girls.
I, Elizabeth. Nancy and Eleanor. q
daughters OF Mr.. and Mrs Lowndes.
jackson, were there. They have
been chiefly responsible for the sue
cess Of the plans for the hunt and
IL they had failed to turn up for.
the first meet-well J. doubt IL there
would have been a frst one. In
fact the hunt started from the
Jackson place out in Prince Georges
County and ended there with a sim.
( ply gorgeous hunt breakfast. They
left about ten in the morning and
returned quite a bit after noon.
Mrs. Cummings was telling me
that the course was simply perfect.
They rode up through the country
toward Laurel over about seven
miles OF gorgeous hunting country.
The hunt included the old Riggs
place, in Prince Georges County, by.
the way. You remember ] told you
that the place bad been paneIIed
and laid out for the hunt some.
months ago. a1
FOX TO ENLIyEN
HUNT EVERY WEEK.
II was a drag hunt. In the fu-'
ture, however. I understand. that
one hunt week is to be after a.
live fox They are planning to hoId,
two hunts each week One on.
Tuesday and one on Saturday. The
Saturday hunt will be the drag and-
on Tuesdays they hope TO start a
live fox i think hunting a live
I fox is more fun than a drag. but IL
/ Frequently isn't so pleasant for the,
farmers over whose land the hunters
pass. You can tell where a drag
4 is going but a fox has a habit or
-solng where IL pleases and ftsi
course is not so easily controlled
Unfortunately several of those
who have been actively Interested
You know you can be interested
without being active-in the organi--
zation OF the hunt were unable to
be present at the first meet. Brig.
Gen. Mitchell Chilly" MitcheID has
been quite enthusiastic about il but
he had to go up TO New York on
Tuesday and SO was unable to be.
present Mrs. Mitchell went with.
him and they both returned yester-I
day so / suppose he will be there
on Tuesday.
haven't heard whether or not n.
IL TO take his little girls with him
but as he believes in breaking a,
: horSeman, and horsewoman, In
early 1 don't doubt he will. or
course, they are in school, but I ann
ASAAAg mink
hunt more important than books.
The youngsters are such wonderful
horsewomen that they would b.
perfectly capable OF following even
the most difficult course You
know, the youngest Harriet. is only
| a baby-e, i believe-but she car
take high jump with all the skill
OF a veteran. The oldest girl, Eliza
beth. Is about IL, and rides beauti--
fully.
Another horseman missing at the =
meet was "BilT' Shea Mr.. Shea
went TO Emmitsburg, Nd. for a
visit and missed the hunt He went
up to New York for the game yes
terday. so he may not be back in
time for the Tuesday meet. Neither
was Maj. Harry Leonard present.
and I understand he is very much
interested in the hunt, Saw him
riding in the park the other day
with his little step-daughter, Nell
/ Thoron. She is an attractive young
ster and under Maj. Leonard,s- In
/ struction will soon bid fair TO COM
I Pete for the baby championship in
the same class as Harriet Mitchell.
She always wears a little high
lander's cap when she rides and
looks more a sturdy little boy than
such beautiful long curls that no
one could possibly mistake them for
members Of the sterner sex. Nelrs
curls, however. are cut quite short,
and she has such a determined little
race that anyone would be excused
for mistsking her for a boy. B.,
RESUME GYMKHANA
FOR YOUNGSTERS. 80
CPEAKING OF the children re-
minds me that the Riding and
- Hunt Club has resumed its
weekly gymkhana for the young
sters, the usual crowd turning out
for them. namely: Evelyn walker,
Harriet Mitchell, Nell Thoron ana
Merritt Cootes; in the potato spear
ing, Sidney Neale, Helen Marye,
Evelyn Walker and Harriet Mitch
ell; in musical chairs, Harriet
Mitchell. Peggy Hall. Merritt
Cootes and George McLanahan. In.
equestrian skm the winners of the
first division were Helen Marye,
Evelyn Walker. Lillian Sanger and
Victoria Frelinghuysen: in the sec
ond division Tom Letter. George
MeLanahan, Emily Frefinghuysen
and Susan Hall. In the jumping
contest the winners We're Peggy
Hail. winifred West. Emily walker
and Lillian Sanger. Others who
rode were Isobel Hart, Roswell
Hart. May Vance. Elizabeth Mohun.
Richard Hawkins. Joseph Letter. jr,
Dan Moore. Rahil Davies, Joseph
FrelinGhuNsen ar Rnrh.r EIl~ks.