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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-09-12
HON. LADY McCALMONT SAYS

display in the arena under the control of
my huntsman, Fred FitzSimons, and his
whippers-in.
The whoIe-hearted unanimous cheer
which rings out from everybody in Ire
land in appreciation of sport resounded
over and over again and helped to lessen
for me the wrench of separation.
have only been in America twice (fish-
ing) and know comparatively little of
hunting the wild fox there But 1 would
like to recommend the book, Thoughts on
Hunting" by Peter Beckford of Stapleton
Hall, Dorcetshire. This book first came
out in 1881. It was written, believe, in
1779 There are six modern editions Cf
recall correctly, the last of which came
out in 1926.
Ireland has been proverbial, for gen.
erations, for it's horses, possibly due to
the even climate, the lime water and the
marvellous grass, and their jumping capa-
bilities to the variety of fences, most of
which have to be ridden over at different
speeds and often at different angles. This
also gives riders in Ireland, both men and
women, practice in various equitation ef~
forts which do not present themselves in
England and other countries where the
fences are more or less all timber or
hedges with bitches on either slde),
which can all be taken on" at any reason
able speed with the same ease of motion
to horse and rider, except when they fall.
Now, the only way to verify the fore
going observation would be for all fox
hunters of America to come over and try
our Irish sport. They will be cordially
welcomed.
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Best of Sport

Showing horses is another of
his hobbies and he is president
of the Bryn Mawr Horse Show
Association and has been a men,
Der Of this association and an
annual exhibitor for a score Of
years. He is a charter member
Of the Master Of Fox Hounds
Association of America.
In the succeeding years since
Mr.. Stewart came to Unionville,
to hunt with the Cheshire
Hounds has become a diStinc-
tion-only enjoyed on the in
vitation of the Master-and al
most certain to produce the
best Of sport. The hospitality
dispensed at Brooklawn, the
Masters estate (where, before
his friends began to buy land
and settle around him, he
was won't to entertain, large
hunting parties for weeks at a
time, in his spacious Colonial
residence) has become proven
bal.
The hunting areas closer to
Philadelphia have become less
productive Of good sport as the
enjoyed Mr.. Stewards hospital.
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antiquity but enhances it's live
ability by modern embellish-
ment.
Mr.. William M. Kerr, who
has perhaps won more steeple-
chases than any other man in
America, under the name Of
Mr.. McMurtrie, has also &C.
quired a large place. On it
accommodations are provided
for his stable of hunters and
race horses, for, although Mr..
Kerr has retired from active
participation in racing, he re"
mains a vigorous patron of the
Sport of Kings and will con-
tinue his stock farm at Trainer,
Pa, as well as at Unionville.
DR.. James P. Hutchinson, M.
F. H. of the Rose Tree Hunt,
which hunts in adjacent Della.
ware County, to the east of
the Cheshire country, is also
resident in the colony and often
hunts with Cheshire when his
own pack is not afield. The
Rose Tree Hunt, chartered in
1859 and the oldest in this Sec
ton of the country, claims even
earlier ancestry, tracing it's de-
scent from the Gloucester Hunt,
founded by Philadelphia Colon
ial gentry in 1855.
DR.. and Mrs. Hutchinson,
both enthusiasts in foX-hunting
sport, also impart an intellect
ual tone to the colony by virtue
of Mrs. Hutchinson (nee Amory
Hare, her pen nance, being a
poetess of repute, and an au-
thoresS. Only recently there
appeared on the new-book
shelves Deep Country" from
her pen, a novel with fox hunt
ing as its background and the
section Of Pennsylvania she in
habits as its locale.
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English Hounds

The Cheshire pack is mainly
composed of English hounds,
many of them prize winners in
various hound shows. Only a
year or so ago Mr.. Stewart pur-
chased and brought to this coun-
try the entire bitch puck Of the
famous Cricklade Hounds, in
England. This pack ranged the
Vale of the White Horse coun-
try, in Leicestershire, in which
lies that vale taking its name
from the outline of a gigantic
horse, it's outline cut in the hill
side turf to expose the under
lying chalk formation. Recol-
lections of reading TON
Browns Schooldays" will re-
fresh one on the Vale and its
horse.
Mr.. Stewart bought this pack
from Col. w. F. Fuller, a figure
of prominence in British fox
hunting life, who was M. F.. H.
of the Vale-of -the-White- Horse
Hunt for nearly 80 years.
Oakleigh Goldsmith, one of
the Cheshire pack, was judged
the best stallion hound in the
Bryn Mawr Hound Show in Sep
TENDER last, on the seventeenth
annual occasion of that fox
hound classic in America. Gold
smith by this win gave the
Cheshire pack a win on the
fourth BoggeStowe Cup, offered
by Mrs. J. Stanley Reeve, a we'll
known fox-hunting sports
woman. Mr.. Stewards Oatleigh
Godospar won the third Bog
gestowe Cup a year ago.
Cheshire also won the second
Boggestowe Cup.
Goldsmith, a sound, good
fronted and licked animal,
lemon and white in color, was
judged the champion dog in the
English classes at Bryn Mawr
this year, and his kennel mate,
Sarah, was judged the champion
female English hound. Sarah
was among the bitch pack pur-
chased by Mr.. Stewart from the
Cricklade Hounds. Goldsmith
won the dog hound champion
ship at Peterborough, England's
famous fox-hound show, a few
years ago.
Brooklawn, where Mr.. Stew
art and his wife, the former
Mrs. R. Penn Smith, jr., widow
of distinguished sportsman,
preside as Master and Hostess,
was the nucleus of what bids
fair to be one of the big fash
ionable hunting centers of the
country. Mr.. Stewart is one of
the largest landowners in the
region, his holdings aggregat-
ing some 5000 acres.
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Collectively, they have hold.
tngs Of between 10000 and 30
900 acres of fine hunting coun-
try, so the chase can proceed
with small likelihood that in.
dignant farmers will protest,
NOR rashly curse the hunting
squire, should his steed, with
trampling feet, be urged across
the tender wheat"
And should the chase lead
farther afield than their own
holdings, they have an expanse
Of the best hunting country
stretching westward to the Oc
torara River, and beyond. The
Brandywine River (creek, it
was, and is, in that locality -,
a stream chronicled in history
and in story and song, is the
eastern boundary of their hunt
ing country, and the Octorara,
another ambling stream, mark
ing the line between Chester
and Lancaster counties, is the
western boundary.
Beyond the Octorara lies more
hunting country-but that is an
other story, or, at least, an ad-
dendum to this one.
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Continuation of MorYIond's Hunt Roster

and Joe Fraley. Foxhounds: 10
couple American. Kennels on
the farm of John Fraley, Der
wood. Fox hunting November l
to March /, one day per week;
regular schedule on Saturday
morning; bye days on call Of
Master. Strangers or visitors
permitted to hunt, by payment
Of $25 subscription or cap
charge of So per hunt. For in
formation as to hotel accommo-
dalton and renting of hunters,
apply to secretary. Hunter trials
are planned at close of hunting
season.
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T DISLIKE writing of any Sort and
l. agree with Mr.. Jorrocks that all time
is lost whats not spent in uniting" How
ever, shall write few lines for and to
the fox hunters of America.
Since my childhood in Galway, when
my uncle, the late Burton Persse of Moy-
ode, was Master of the County Galway
Hounds (The Blazers), I have hunted
regularly all over Ireland and England,
which means that have hunted for we'll
over 60 years.
1t was three years ago that I took up
the Mastership of the Kildare Hounds,
to help them through difficulties arising
out of the Irish trouble. 1t is with great
regret that am obliged this year to re-
i'll health.
There have been so many books writ
ten by experts, on hunting and Riding to
Hounds, etc., etc., that dilating on such
matters appears rather unnecessary to
me, but what l would like to impress on
all is this: No one knows until he has eX-
perienced it the additional interest in the
hounds, and in sport, and in the welfare
of fox hunting generally, that the Master
ship inspires, though it means lot of con-
tinuOus work to be tactfully carried out,
and numerous unexpected calls on ones
own pocket, which no sportsman or sports
woman minds whatever his or her means
may be.
Every hound in the pack becomes en-
deared to you, and I cannot describe my
feelings at the recent Royal Dublin So
ciety's Horse Show when the pack l had
mostly got together gave such splendid
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-09-12

has written authoritatively and
extensively on the sport.
Mr.. Reeve has built hunting
box on an estate he acquired
by the purchase of Runnymede
from the Maule family, it's own
ers and tenants since Colonial
times. Runnymede viii h
name Mr.. Reeve has preserved,
comprises several hundred acres
on Doe Run, a little stream that
furnished motive power to an
ancient mill where flour was
ground a century or so ago, and
to an iron furnace where iron
for scythe blades and other
peace-time implements, and for
bayonets during the War of the
Revolution, was Smelted by the
Maule forebearS.
Mr.. and Mrs. Reeve have
erected a handsome stone
manor of Georgian design, and
this is the scene of much ante
hunt and post-hunt entertain
ing during the season afield.
Large stables accommodate Mr..
Reeves string of hunters.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gouverneur
Cadwalader have a hunting box
in the Unionville district and
are well-known members of the
hunting set. Mr.. Cadwalader,
a gentleman sportsman whose
interest also lies in the breeding
of fine Guernsey cattle. on his
farm at WaWaSet, not far away,
has his ancestral estate at Camp
Hill, the site of an engagement
in the Revolutionary War, fol-
lowing the Battle of German
town, in which his great grand
father, General Cadawalder,
fought with distinction.
Mr.. Arthur 1. Meigs, also a
descendant of a Colonial Phila-
delphia family, is another who
has Joined the Unionville hunt.
ing colony and follows the Che
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Son of Maryland

This is a fox-hunting evolu-
ton in Southeastern Pennsyl-
Vania. AS for being a fox-hunt-
ing country, Chester county has
been that since Colonial days.
The westward migration of the
sports enthusiasts and their
families. to congregate around
Unionville, picturesque ham,
let and the postal center of the
community, has been going on
for the past Is years.
The hunting colonists fol-
lowed the pioneering of the
Master Of Cheshire" into this
new country. Mr.. w. Plunkett
Stewart came to Unionville
and Chester county - abou t
1915, and acquired a large es-
tate as the headquarters for
his hunting establishment. His
pack he named mr.. Stewards
Cheshire Fox Hounds" it being
and still remaining, his own
private organization, with him.
self as M. F. H.
Hunting his hounds in this
country, Mr.. Stewart rounds out
40 years as a fox-hunting man.
The son Of an old Maryland
family, he comes Of fox-hunting
stock, and took to the field
when a lad with the Green
Spring Valley Hunt, Of Glyn.
don, Md, of which his brother,
Mr.. Redmond C. Stewart. was
Master for a score of years.
Coming to Philadelphia, Mr..
Stewart was accorded a place
there among fox-hunting sports
men-a place befitting his
standing in the sport. He
hunted with Radnor for some
years after taking up resi-
dence in the Philadelphia area.
Later, his hunting fancy turned
to beagling, and he hunted a
pack of beagles in the Radnor
country, which pack became ia
nous for the sport it provided.
When he gave up his beagle
pack, Mr.. Stewart assembled
his Cheshire pack and re-
turned to fox hunting as Mas
ter in his own right.
His achievements in eques-
trian sport have been diversi-
fled. He has been a patron of
and a gentleman rider in point.
to-point and steeplechase racing.
Twice he won the Maryland
Hunt Cup, the blue-ribbon
event in American croSS-coun-
try racing, once with The
Squire as his mount and once
on Marcellinus.
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Penn Manor

Mr.. and Mrs. Radcliffe Ches-
ton, jr., another hunting fam
lily, have an estate near the
kennels, and so has Mr.. Lamont
du Pont, the latter having &C
uuired about 1000 acres. An.
other is Mr.. J. Andrews Harris,
who, with his wife, the former
Miss Flagler, daughter of the
late Henry M. Flagler, enter
tains during the hunt season
in a house they have built on
baronial lines, they having pur-
chased the PENIS Manor prop
erty of the late R. Penn Smith,
jr.
Mrs. Howe Low, noted eques-
trian SportSwoman, is another
who, like Mr.. Reeve, purchased
an ancient property, which she
has had done over in a manner
that preserves the beauty Of its
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Of the Eastern Shore Of Mary
land breed. Kennels in Queen
Anne County, about a mile and
a half from CheStertown. Fox
hunting November / to April,
Tuesday and Friday. Hotel &C
commodation at Chestertown,
one and a half miles from ken
nels. Kent County Horse Show,
Of which Mr.. Hubbard is preSi-
dent, will hold its annual show
in August.
Country claimed is about Is
miles square. It is level courA.
try with good going all winter.
The jumps are only the natural
fences with q few chicken coops
put in the wire fences, but it is
hoped gradually to panel the
country.
MIR. RIDDLES HOUNDS,
Glen Riddle Farm, Berlin. Rec
ognized 1882. Private pack, no
dues or subscriptions. Uniform
and colors: Green, apple green,
black collar; evening pink,
black collar, canary facings.
Button: Brass, Ri. Master:
s. D. Riddle. Honorary Secre-
tary: w. Whaley. HuntSman:
Howard Facine. Whippers-In:
Howard Wood and Harry Star.
Foxhounds: Is couple American.
Kennels at Glen Riddle Farm.
Both red and gray fox hunting,
four days a week. Strangers are
welcome to hunt; no charges.
Accommodation at Atlantic Ho.
tel, Berlin. Hunters cannot be
rented. Country is 40 miles in
length and 20 miles wide.
REDLAND HUNT, Rockville.
Established 1882. Private pack,
supported by subscription. Uni
form and colors: Scarlet, old
gold collar with black piping.
Button: Profile of standing
hound with right side to view,
the letter r above and H below.
Master: Thomas T. Mott. Hon.
orary Secretary: H. T. Cole.
Huntsman: Frank Fraley *.
HI. Whippers-In: (Honorary)
H. T. Cole and Mrs. Alice Berry;
professionally William Fraley
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-09-12
Fox Hunting Is
Sane Recreation

Men Of affairs find crossing
country on a good horse real
recreation, because the sport re-
quires concentration as we'll as
ability, and takes the mind off
other and troublesome things.
The excitement of following
running hounds has, of course,
its dangers with it's thrills. Yet,
ability to ride cross-country.-
under proper conditions, fox
hunting is splendid and sane
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1934-09-12
Americas Leicestershire
May E voIve As Sportsmen
Settle Chester County
Bv ROBERT MERRICK

Widely Known Writer of Foo Hunting and Steeplc-
chasing Who Rides aCith the Radnor
Some of the foxhuntng gentry in the of Phila-
dephia creating counterpart of Engands famous
hunting shires" in Chester county, which lies in the
southeastern of Pennsylvania
The Worcestershire of America" may evolve, for
scenicay and geographically, Chester county
less resembles of Englands best foxhunting
tries and the colonization by hunting families is further
ing the similarity and vivfyng the British atmosphere
score people have acquired property-nostly
large andholdngs-and establishing themselves there
with the prime object of chasing Sir Reynard the
beautiful rolling hills and wooded dales of Chester
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Editors Note: The Honorable Lady Me-
Calmont, beloved Irish sportswoman, is
past IS gears of age. During the past
three gears, ovhen she aUas NJ. F. H., Kill
dare Hounds, she shoWed the best of sport.
OF late she has not been feeling any too
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aUeu, but all who know her eOish for her
a speedy return to the hunting field she
LOVES so Well. Lady McCalmont's home,
Moorefield, Ne1vbridge, County Kildare,
ireland, is noted center of hospitality,
where foe hunters Always cordially ere
WelcOmed.
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STRIVE TO CREATE COUNTERPART Of ENGLAN
CONTINUED from Page 12)

April; Worthington Valley Horse
Show first Saturday in October.
The country extends about Is
miles north and south and about
IL miles east and west in the area
of Glyndcn. The home country
is open and rolling with a great
deal of grass. Outlying districts
are rough and heavily wooded.
Post-and-rail and board fences
predominant. Strongly made
hounds with a great deal Of
note and able to persevere with
out help are necessary for the
country; this has been accom-
plished by the judicious cross
ing of American and English
foxhounds. On the east side the
country adjoinS the Elkridge and
Hartford countries.
HARTFORD HUNT CLUB, Tay.
lor, Monkton. Established 1913;
recognized 1918. Club. Uniform
and colors: Scarlet, white col
lar; evening scarlet, white
facings. Flat button, bearing
embossed fox and words Har-
ford Hunt. Master: Harvey S.
Ladew. Hunt Secretary: Alfred
j. Smithwick. HuntSman: Alfred
Smithwick, Whippers-In (Profes-
sionaD: Dallas Leith and Jake
Robinson. FoxhoundS: so couple
American. English, and cross
bred. Kennels at Monkton. Fox
hunting october l to March 81,
four days a week. Strangers or
visitors permitted to hunt, by
invitation, cap or subscription.
Nearest hotel accommodation at
Baltimore, % miles from ken.
nels. Hunters can be rented &C.
casionally, by arrangement. Race
meeting in November on Mr..
Harvey Ladew's estate, pleas.
ant Valley Farm"
The area hunted is roughly
200 square miles. Country
hunted is Baltimore County,
north of Gunpowder River and
to Pennsylvania line in Hartford
County. Rolling country. with
timber fences.
THE HOWARD COUNTY
HUNT. Ellicott City. Established
1880. Private pack. Uniform and
colors: Scarlet and canary vel
low. Joint Masters wear circular
button with gold tint and letters
NTH. Hunt button: HIGH be
low fox head. Joint Masters:
Augustus Riggs, 3rd, and c.
Leigh Matthews. Honorary Sec.
rotary: Somerset o. Jones,
Huntsman: Philip Bowen. Whip.
perS-In: M. L. Dawson Lee, Ken
meth Hobbs, Somerset o. Jones,
E. Read Beard, and r. G. Har.
per Carroll. FoXhounds: IS
couple American. Kennels at
Glenelg, Howard County. Foz
hunting September is to April
80, usually Tuesday, Thursday
and Saturday. Strangers or Wis
itors permitted to hunt, upon
invitation of member. Hotel &C.
commodation at Baltimore OF
Washington, Is miles from ken
nels. Hunters cannot be rented,
Country covers approximately
$50 square miles-about 10
miles wide, 20 miles long. Agri.
cultural country mostly, rolling,
with section hilly and wooded.
Jumps are natural post-and-rail
fences with post-and-rail panels
where there is wire.
MR.. HUBBARD'S FOX
HOUNDS, Chestertown. Estab'
lished 1881. Private pack. Uni.
form and colors: Pink coat with
lavender velvet collar; evening,
pink coat with lavender silk
lapels. Button: Fox head.
Master: Wilbur Ross Hubbard
Huntsman: leonard Crew
Whipper-In: Sylvester Gable.
Foxhounds: 5 couple American
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Known Abroad

A leading figure in the col.
ony is Mr.. j. Stanley Reeve. He
is not only one of the most ar
dent followers and patrons of
fox hunting in this country but
is almost as equally well known
in England in the sport. He
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fide paid-up members in this town
for them to get 40 together"
williams said the strike talk" has
done his firm an injustice. He said
some concerns which have been plac-
ing their entire orders for years with
Weirton are proposing to give part
of the business to others as pre-
caution" against possible strike.
IF the union would call its strike
the fact that their threat is only
farce would quickly be seen," the
veteran steelman said emphatically.
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LIFE-SAvING MEDAL
GIVEN TO SERGEANT
Alfred A. Dufresne Honored for
Rescuing Fellow Soldier From
Shark-Infested Waters.

For rescuing a fellow soldier from
drowning in the shark-infested Gulf
of Chihli, China, on June 27, 1882,
Sergt. Alfred A. Dufresne has been
awarded a silver life-saving medal
by the Treasury Department.
The presentation was made Tues
day at battalion review at Fort
Howard, Md, by Col. Walter w.
Reed commanding officer of the 18th
Infantry at the post where Sergt.
Dufresne is a member of the regi-
mental band
The heroism in saving a comrades
life nearly cost Dufresne his own.
Troops were being transported by
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