The Washington times., 1933-09-20
Virginia

AIbEMAELE COUNTY HUNT
Greenwood. Established 1841; rec
pgnized 1907. Club, supported by
dues and subscriptions, no cap
ping. Uniform and colors: Cub
bing and fox hunting-gray mel
ton, Belgian blue collar; drag
scarlet, Belgian blue collar. But
ton: Clubbing and fox hunting.
bone; drag, brass; monogram
ACH. Joint Masters: George Las
Gales Maxwell and j. Churchill
Newcomb. Honorary secretary: D.
A. Langhorne. HuntSman: Phil
Mawyer. Whipper-in: c. w. Gar
risson. Foxhounds: 20 couple
American. Kennels at Green
wood. Fox and drag hunting
Monday, Wednesday, and (drag)
Saturday; cub hunting begins
August IS, regular season. october
to April /. Strangers or visitors
may hunt by permission Of the
master.
Nearest convenient hotel &C.
commodation, the Monticello, 20
miles away at Charlottesville.
Hunters can be rented from Fox
Brothers, Greenwood. Race meet
ing and hunter trials in October,
horse show in May. Region
hunted is upper Piedmont VAL
ley. The country extends from
Mechum's River west to Rockfish
adjoining the Pennington country
on the east. Hilly red clay coun-
try with large woodlands. Post
and rail, plank, rail, and stake
and rider fences. Considerable
wire, paneled with chicken coopS.
BATH COUNTY HOUNDS, Hot
Springs. Established 1882. Pri-
vate park, supported by the mas
Ter, and subscriptions toward q
paneling fund. Uniform and
colors: Woodsman green, scarlet
collar and waistcoat for fox hunt
ing; pink coat with canary collar
and waiStcoat for drag. Button:
BCH, under fox mask. Master:
Mrs. Fay ingalls,. Huntsman: The
master. Whippers-in: Cecil luke
and Adison Gudshaw. Foxhounds:
Three couple English, sixteen
couple American and half-bred.
kennels by Mrs. Fay ingalls,
house. Fox and drag hunting
from October to May; fox hunt
ing Wednesday, drag hunting
Saturday. Strangers or visitors
permitted to hunt, by invita-.
zion: guests at the Homestead
Hotel pay 81 Gaping fee. Hotel,
Hot Springs, about a mile and a
nuarter from kennels. Hunters
can be rented from the Virginia
Hot Springs Company at $40 per
hunt, or from the Independent
Livery. Horse show in August.
Rough fox-hunting country,
mountainous, rocky, and steep;
beautiful drag country with nat
ural rail fences, post and rail
panels, huge logs, streams, bitches.
Very few chicken coops or stone
walls.
BLUE RIDGE HUNT CLUB,
Aillwood, Clarke county. Estab-
iished 1880. Club, supported by
dues and subscriptions from land
owners. Uniform and colors:
Pink, light blue collar; evenings
pink, light blue collar and facings.
Brass button, B. R. over fox and
hound head, 1880 below. Master:
William Bell Watkins. Honorary
secretary: George H. Burwell.
Foxhounds: IS couple American.
kennels at Boyce, Clarke county.
Fox hunting Monday, Wednesday
and Saturday, November l to end
of February; clubbing starts Sep
tember IS. Strangers or visitors
permitted to hunt, if acceptable
TO master or board at the club;
k15 a day, $3.50 a month, $500 a
season. Hotel accommodation at
Winchester, IL miles, and at Ber-
ryville, four miles from kennels.
FOR rented hunters, consult mas
ter. Horse show at Carter Hall
I'm May: race meeting at Anne
field. estate of w. B. Watkins. in
October.
Country lies along the shenan-
doah River from top Of the Blue
Ridge Mountains, down the west
side. bounded by West Virginia on
north crest of Blue Ridge Noun
tains, on east continuing to Rap
oahannock county south, and TAX
ang in Shenandoah Valley to Al
legheny Mountains, west. Jumps
are stone walls, post and rails,
chicken coops, snake fences. The
country is rolling.
CARTER HOUNDS. Orange.
Established about 1905. Private
pack. Uniform and colors: Ok
ford gray coat, blue collar piped
with scarlet. Master: Manley w.
Garter. Honorary SECRETARY: Mrs.
Manley w. Carter. Huntsman:
savoy Beck. Whippers-in: Jack
Payne Ohonorary), Mrs. A. c.
WamberSie and Mrs. R. M.
BRADY. Foxhounds: 20 couple
American. Kennels two miles
west Of orange. Fox hunting,
September IS to March IS, three
days q week. Strangers or visitors
permitted to hunt, by invitation.
Accommodation at James Madl-
son Hotel, Orange, two miles
from kennels. Hunters can be
rented. Country is about 20 miles
long and about 10 miles wide,