Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-11-19
.HUNTSMEN START
BY HORSEBACK To-
TOAN0 FOR CHASE
Richmond Party to Spend
Night at Providence
Forge.
MRS. TRINKLE WILL
FOLLOW THE HOUNDS
Expcc, 200 TO Attend Four.
Day Session on Virginia
Peninsula.

With horse. hound and horn, tho
Virginia Fox Hunters Association
begins 81 dawn Tuesday its annual
'"hr-day meet at Toano. when mn
wards Of zoo huntsrnen from every
section Of tho OLA dominion will rid,
h"hind l?5 az the best hounds in
Tue STATE IN merry chase after willy
SIR R"ymard over The fields and hills
81 tn" Virginia Peninsula
The vanguard of the assoriation's
in'mh"rshlp iu richmond and yIcIn.
ny VIII lc"N" Tor Toanu today. pro-
cocdin- overland by hurseback uass
Ing IN" night AT Providence Fnrr.
IN order I" r"Nt their steedS aud hnv.
if"nr IN condition Tor tn" gru.iling
Tour days :" follow. when speed an,:
stamina "f hors" and hound viii b..
fuily tested thermometers going 20
IN" meet include Key. George w M.-
Daniel i.onls L. prwclI. DR. William
Rroaddrs Massey, Or ! l'r.sia Joncs.
r : W.ns,on. " i, H.rn.r. ed
mund Struhwick. T.. V. Saunders. Mr..
and Mrs. Robert r Corbcll captaIn
u. ~. H"yer, ~. NJ Wiik.rson. ~
li.shi. TAILOR. " r. T. Johnson. CLAY
I'r""ry. l.ucins T.. Gary. i;arksdaie
l.athron f.1aett I.athrop ana Charies
H. Dr"wrv
G;nv"rnor and Mrs. r lee TrinkIe
WI b" guests of the association
Thursd7y Mrs Trinkle wil be
mounted aud follow tho hounds. Com
missioner OF Game and Inland Fish
cries " Mcdonald tee viii also at
tend \ number of women from va
riors SECTIONS ~ the State viii fol-
low Tic Aging hounds.
F",-s In ,hunhaucr.
Foxes are reported ia abundance
~ the vicinity nf Toano. ana with
N" rain ~ Wednesday having i'm
proved hunting conditions 50 ~ to
max" them almost ideal. officials Of
tho association are looking forward
Ia four days of royal sport !; is OK
r'ctcd That when IN" horns sound
the signal for the start Tuesday the
largest crowd that over saw FOX
hunt ia this State VIII he present.
Already hotel accommodations At
ToHno are said 10 be at = premium.
and to relieve the situation twenty
nv" spring cots and mattresses ana
blankets were sent there b.. S.cre-
tary Cornell yesterday These Will
he placed IN tho Toan" High SCHOOL
auditorium and about the town.
Two stakes are on tho program.
. one FOR derby dog. ard frcc-for-all.
The derby Will b" run Tuesday and
Wedno sday; the all-age on Thursay
and Friday. Handsome sterling sill
YER cups Will be- awarded winners In
each event. \ bench show is also on
the program championship ribbons
being awarded the winners. The an
nuai meeting Of the association. at
which officers FOR the ensuing year
Will be chosen will he held al the
hIEh school auditorium Thursday
night.
Judges FOR the meet are Or. Foy
guson. 30 Halifax. y g.. and u. Til
den clayton. 90 Charleston. w. Va.
" a Haley. OF Charlottesville. VIII
be- master Of hounds. He viii be
assisted by jefferson 6. Philips, OF
Hampton.
Charles W. Hulhsh, Of ChSrlot,os-
vile. is president ~ the association.
Or J Frasia Jones. 81 Richmond.
treasurer. aud K. L. Corbcll, OF this
city, secretary.
Hold Preliminary Hunt.
Preliminary To tho four-day tox
hunt at Toauu fox chase was
staged yesterday morning from
"FNxdean." tn. country home OF L.
s Winston. at Midlothian. IN Chez
terfeid County. and Mrs. Il. Lee
1rirkle. mounted on Alice" was
among those who followed the
hounds.
in view Of more than nifty people
red fox was released, followed a
icw minutes later by nearly seventy
OF the best hounds in Chesterfield
rode with the Governors wife were
7 s. Winston. on "Einford". Miss
Edith Winston, on prince; j. \.
Spears, on BILLIE. W j. +. John
son, on Dolly: DR.. Berkely Martin
ana Edmund Strudwick.