Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-07-10
FAIRFIELD COUNTY HUNT
POPULAR IN CONNECTICUT
charles ID. fanicr Began Custom
Nine Years Ago, When He
BOMrht Belle.

GKEENWICH. CONN. July s.-In
no section OF tie East has a greater
degree of interest been manifested
III the Thoroughbred. half ana three
quarter-bred types OF horses than
iiercabouts. The Fairfield County
Hunt. OF which John McE. Bowrna n
and Roy Jackson are Joint masters.
has been in measure responsible
for the popularity OF the hunter I'm
TINS region. though the horse show.
amateur races and ghymkHnas have
played their part.
IL al! had its .rnmg. however.
nine years ago. VIII, : the New York
publisher. Charles -. l.nn!er. who
was master OF tn" Fairfield Hunt FOR
seven years. and has been "a consistent
phtr~l OF the horse shows. exhibit
ing rlly horses used In the hunting
field by his daughters and himself.
! brought the little chestnut thorough.
bred mare. Belle, up from Virginia.
She was Il daughter OF imported
Fathericss. and was bred BY the Ham
cocks at Charlottesville.
Mr. I.anIcr wanted something TO
ride IN his shooting expeditions. He
found Belle up to the work. though
she was only li.3 hands high Snc
went chcerfuliy all day ana wanted
10 play coming home at night. The
little mare WAS brought TO the
Laniec place here and became a fam
iiy pet. Miss Becky Lanicr. whose
SIKH and intrcpldiiy has been "A fca-
turc OF horse shows in the East for
;hc past few years. where She has
won champions hips with Down East
and Boiling, by Yankee and Pcrkeo.
respectively. was years OF age at
the time. She and Belle became
great friends. 1t was the li;Se girls
custom TO spend four or five hours
In the saddle daily. With desire
TO be near his daughter. Mr.. Lanier
bought another thoroughbred, This
is "A hunting country, with post and
rail fences and stone walls. and il
wasn't long untii father and dauEh-
ter were taking the obstacles IN the
course OF their early morning rides.
Soon friends and neighbors became
Interested in horses. and almost be-
fore this community realized what
was happening, there w"!c enough
enthusiasts 10 form q liant That was
the beginning a: the Fairfield which
has become so popular that splcn-
through the season. ii being csti
mated that fully $50 good hunters
are owned In Fairfield and Wcstchcs-
wi N-p.I' III Grey T.
whose Owcnokc farm has some SUI
pcrb hunters in charge OF Leonard
Congcr; John Mex. Bowman, Fred :
eric Eontecu and Godfrey Tower,
whose places are nearer PortchcSter
than Greenwich, are patrons OF the
Fairfield. y feature of the drag is
the number o. children seen regular
~ In the saddle. The manner in
which they handle their mounts and
the behavior Of The horses are tcSti-
monials TO thct cleverness OF the
riders and the temper and Adaptable
ity OF the animals.
Miss Becky Lanicr, now in her
fourteenth year, hunts all OF her
fathers horses. and Miss Ivy Madi-
son Is another yOurg woman who is
in the saddl" daily. Those who re-
gard the Thoroughbred as a racin =
machine with a high temper should
see loycar-old Sallie Lanicr ride
Down East and others of her fathers
hunters at exercise. There are no
finer hands" anywhere than this lit
tie girl possesses. Size is only one
OF many children in this locality
which display high qualities OF horse
manShip At IA recent ghymkana
here there were twenty-five entries
in a. hunt team class Many Of the
horses were thoroughi I'd. and all of
them were half-brcd at least. Most
of them had children up, and they
scored over those handled hy GroomS
and professionals. Such Il thing
would have been rnheard OF n few
years ago.
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