Evening star., 1936-11-25
In the Hunt
Country
Activities Among the
Horse Lovers of Vir-
ginia and Maryland.
BY NINA CARTER TABB.

BY NINA CARTER TABB.
THANKSGIVING DAY Is always
the most gala day for fox
hunting in Virginia and Mary.
\ land, for then every one has .
holiday. Even farmers cease working
to celebrate, so the fields are big and
every one enjoys life.
Probably the biggest hunt Of the
day is the Middleburg Hunt. The meet
is always held at Foxcroft School, on
the lawn, at 10 am, and at ] O'Clock
after the hunt is over Miss Noland
has the entire field and neighborhood
back to Foxcroft for . hunt breakfast.
She has q regular feast for her guests
and the Foxcroft girls wait on them In
the most charming manner. At 2:30
pm. after luncheon there Is the
famous basket ball game at the school
between the Foxes and Hounds. Every
one in the neighborhood Is keenly
interested in this game and has long
since chosen q side. Spectator sec
tions are decorated In the different
colors and every one attending the
game roots until hoarse.
The countryside Is filling up with
guests. for not only do many come
here that day to foxhunt, but parents
Of Foxcroft girls come on from great
distances to be with their children
and to see the hunt, the game and
everything else going on.
The Warrenton Hunt has an equally
gala day. For the Warrenton Country
School entertains that hunt for
luncheon after hunting.
Ioudoun and Fairfax Hunts will
also have large meets on Thanksgiving
day and over in Maryland they are
expecting large crowds. Every one
who owns q pink coat turns out in
them, making these affairs most
colorful.
Harry Worcester Smith Of Grafton
Hunt in Massachusetts, has arrived in
Middleburg for the foxhunting season
and taken an apartment in the nsley
house. Mr.. Smith has already been
out hunting several times and is going
as well and is as keen about the sport
as ever. He seems very 1T although
it is the first time he has been In the
saddle since he left Virginia in the
Spring at the end Of the hunting
season.
Miss Mamie Fred Of Middleburg,
one Of the most ardent followers Of
hounds of that hunt, had painful
accident a few days ago when she was
thrown from her car as she was try
ing to close the door when the car
was moving. Miss Fred cut her knees
badly and will not be able to hunt
again for several weeks.
The Blue Ridge Hunt Club hunter
trials will be held at Farnley, White
Post, Va, Friday, November ~, at
pm. The course of about a mile and
q half provides the conditions ordi-
narily met with in hunting the Blue
Ridge country.
Obstacles, without wings, include
post and rail, snake and plank fences,
chicken coop, log, barway, stone wall,
a jump into a lane at one point and
out at another, and q small brook to
be jumped or waded. Horses will be
required to Jump down hill and at
right or left of gap, to open and
close gate, and to pull up and stand
quietly. No obstacles will be over I
feet and light ticks will not be
counted. The course must be taken
at q fair hunting pace (about 40
yards per minute). Horses will be
judged for way of going, manners,
pace and condition. Conformation
will not be considered, except that
horses must be hunting sound, the
decision of the veterinary to govern
Horses shall be ridden by their owners