Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-27
HOLIDAY FOX HUNT
HELD AT LOUDOUN
rs Ride Behind Hounds in
Meet on Miller Estate
Near Leesburg.
special Dispatch to The Star.

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LEESBURG, Va, November I'll
With all the pagentry Of red coats top
hats, whinneying of eager thorough
bred horses and restless dogs Straining
at the leash, the Thanksgiving meet OF
the Loudoun hunt got under way yes
terday morning from Greenway, the
historic home Of Mr.. and Mrs. Elmon
A. Miller, near Leesburg. Seventy-five
riders were in the field and as many
followed by automobile and on loot.
Two hundred horse and hound en-
thusiaSts witnessed the start, among
these being friends of the hunt club
members and of the MillerS who, not
riding behind the pack, were there TO
witness the start, and from the terraced
lawn the large veranda viewed the
chase across the wooded hills as far as
the eye could see. Groups waited at
the Miller home for the riders to come
In to hear the story of the chase.
Fox Is Deemed.
Shortly after the hunters started a
fox was jumped on w. A. Metzger's
farm. The chase lasted one and half
hours, and so fast and furious was the
ride that many dropped out. Yet a
number saw the fox, who outran his
pursuers and was denned on the Rob-
ert Wildman Farm IL miles from the
start Leaving the Miller Farm, the
riders during the chase covered part OF
the Allies Farm, the Cromwell estate.
Metzger's Farm and the Wlldman
estate.
A feature Of the hunt this morning
was the riding Of the junior hunt, the
members of the juvenile club keeping
abreast Of the older riders. Juniors
riding this morning were Elmon ana
John Miller, Stanley Green, jr.; John
Gibson, jr.; John Alexander and Joe
Kincaid.
Besides local riders there were repre-
sentatives Of the Middleburg Hunt,
Orange County Hunt, Warrenton Hunt
and from Washington. Among those
riding were Miss Joy Hansel, Miss Anna
Hedrick and Miss Nancy Hanna OF
washington, Mrs. Clement Moore, New
York; Miss Nancy Rust, Pittsburgh;
Duncan Reid and Mrs. Rogers OF new
York, H. T. Cole and George Ferry OF
washington and Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas
Mott.
Alexander, z. A. Miller, William S.
Lipscomb, John Galleher and Howard
T. Cole. Following the hunt Mr.. and
Mrs. Miller entertained at breakfast at
/ o'clock, when they held open house TO
their friends. and the friends Of the
members of the hunt club. The guests
numbered 200 or more and the large
drawing rooms Of Greenway were filled
with guests, discussing with the hunt
erS the mornings chase.
Among the guests from Washington
were Capt. Ralph P. Craft, U. S. N;
Mrs. Craft, Miss Beatrice Graft, Mr
and Mrs. Marshall Rust, Mr.. and Mrs.
G. Bowdoin Craighill, Mr.. and Mrs.
walter j. Harrison, Miss Nancy HarTi-
son, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles B. TebbS,
Mr.. and Mrs. Donald McNeale Mr.. and
Mrs. william g. Lipscomb, Mr.. and
Mrs. Nelson Toby. Misses Ida and Mary
Bowie Clagett, Mr.. and Mrs. Blackwell
Smith. Mr.. and Mrs. Perry West and
the Misses West.
Other Guests.
other guests included Mrs Mary
Bracket, L. A. Jolla, California; Mr..
and Mrs. David N. Rust, Alexandria,
Fletcher, jr., Upperville; Mrs. George F.
Buell. and Miss Elizabeth Buell., Hern-
don; w. K. Lvering, Baltimore; Miss
Mary Lyons, Richmond; James Gale
her, Richmond; Gov. and Mrs. West
moreland Davis, Judge and Mrs. j. r.
H. Alexander and Sam and John Alex-
ander, Mrs. Arthur M. Chichester, Mr..
and Mrs. r. T. Corbell, Miss Helen Cor
bell, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles F. Harrison,
Mr.. and Mrs. Warner Snider, Mr.. and
Mrs. Harrison Williams, Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert B. Wildman, Mr.. and Mrs. A.
Dtbreu, Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin E. Gar
rett, Mr.. and Mrs. John G. Hopkins,
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas M. Fendall, DR..
and Mrs. Harry Gibson, DR.. and Mrs.
John A. Gibson, DR.. and Mrs. Otis Bal
ley, DR.. and Mrs. G. II. MuSgrave, Mr..
and Mrs. William H. Martin, Mr.. and
Mrs. B. F. Male, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Macdonald, Mr.. and Mrs Ashby Chan
cellor, Mr.. and Mrs. Elijah v. White,
Mrs. w. D. Hempstone, Mrs. Thomas
w. Edwards, Mrs. John q. Hopkins, jr.;
Mrs. Edwin @. Rust, Mrs. Hubert T.
Plaster, Mrs. Louise King, Mrs. K. e.
Yount, Misses Margaret Rust, Alice
Tyler, Mary Conrad, Rebecca and Maria
Harrison, Helen Pittman, Ruth Dibrell,
Christine Wildman, David Macdonald,
A. M. Chichester, jr.; Mr.. and Mrs.
James Dizerega. John Galleher, Baylor
Metzger, John Paul, Clark Hoge, Charles
Castleman, Mr.. and Mrs. Howard E.
Cole, Albert White, Dr. Herbert Howard,
Mrs. Richard Dizerega, Mrs. Carlos
Lewis, Miss Ada Alexander, Miss FloS-
sic Giddings, Rev. and Mrs. J. A. We'll
bourne, Rev. and Mrs. G. Priton Craig
hill, Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley Green, Mac