The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-02-27

wonderful people come amongst
us, people that have done lot
for our country.
OF course, some have tried to
make us over, and change the
charm of the place (Which is
really the reason they came),
but they didn't succeed. We
still have supper at night, in
stead of dinner. have hot bread
and do many queer things.
have wandered from my
subject. What I started out to
say is that to my mind the per-
son Who has come and done
more for the pleasure of other
people l. this part of Virginia
is William P. Hubert. He or
ganized and started polo,, q
thing that has caused more in
terest than anything else here
except fox hunting, which we
have always had. Polo was
played and started first here in
Virginia by Mr.. Swan, Mr.. Dixie,
and Mr.. Luttrul years ago, and
went along Swimmingly until
Jack Swan was killed at Maria
gansett. Then it died out en-
tirely. So it was Bill Hubert
who started the present team,
and his enthusiasm and hard
work got all the other men in
tereSted and playing on the first
field on Melbourne Farm.
Since then, three other fields
have been made. They play
three days a week, and it is a
meeting place for every one, for,
no matter what you are doing,
you want to stop on polo after
noon and go.
Several Games Yearly
I think polo has given more
pleasure to this community
than anything else and it is
all due to Bill Hubert. He has
several match games a season,
bringing in teams from afar
and entertaining the whole
countryside.
Then his horses! No one
schools horses any better than
Bill, or is keener about hunting.
He developed and made at his
stable two horses told you of
last week, Feather Rock and
Big knight, two of the horses
that Arthur White sold in st,
Louis that are doing so well,
and he has many others besides
these: His driving horses, tan
dems and pairs; his -four in
hand" that he drives so well
and to every horse show and
race meeting. People love it, cars
get out of the way for him to
go by and in Middleburg every
one will stop work to see him
drive through. 1t is considered
a privilege to be invited to 20
on his coach to the races or
horse shows. and it is lots of
fun, too. Bill keeps up the
interest of others in driving,
and has been the cause of
numbers of people continuing
and starting to drive -four"
He loves boats. A few years
ago, Bill had a boat built down
in southern Virginia. He would
drive down there almost every
week and see how his boat was
coming on. and almost helped
build it. He will go off sailing
for days at a time, with a few
congenial friends-and how he
does love it! l believe it is his
chief recreation.
Bills workshop is fascinating
to see. There is nothing he
can't make in hardware, leather
goods or wooden things of all
kinds. He is always carving
and inventing something out of
wood now!
His house and farm are kept
up so well-the house so un-
usual and attractive. He bought
a small house and did it over
beautifully. And then every
time child was born he would
add another wing.
Four Children, Four Wings
He has four lovely wings now,
and four lovelier children. You
see Katherine, and you think
she is the most attractive and
interesting. Then Helen comes
in, and you can't make up your
mind. Here comes Billy, jr., the
only boy, and you are sure there
is not another like him-just
All Boy. Last, that fascinating
little witch, Elizabeth, with her
long tow-hair All the girls have
long hair, in two pig-tails down
their backs. That in itself is
so attractive in this day of
bobbed hair!
Charming Mrs. Hubert Il
will have to take a whole day
to tell you of herr who was
Mary Chittendon.
All of these divine people
make Bill Hulbert's house just
about the most interesting and
attractive of all the nice houses
there are to go to in this part of
Virginia. And the greatest
compliment he can have, I
think: We Virginians just feel
like he is a Virginian-he takes
so much interest in and does
SO much for Virginia.