Evening star., 1937-01-11
BY NINA CARTER TABB.


RANGE COUNTY HOUNDS
met at Robert Young's place
on Saturday They crossed
~ the road to draw Mrs. Geroge
CARROTS woods, and in three minutes
they had started fox that ran across
the road to Bobby Young's, turned
left to cross Katrina Mccormick
Barnes farm and on to the Meetz
farm. From there they ran over
Horace Moffett's place and Delaney
Nichols. On the latter farm the pack
split and five hounds carried the fox
on to Mrs. John Anderson's place. the
Walter Woolfe farm, the Rumsey farm
and on toward The Mill" owned by
Jay Phipps.
The field stopped following these
hounds while the huntSmen collected
hounds that had gotten off the trail.
They then drew Mrs. Garrett'S place
again, where another fox was picked
up, but they made a loss. Hounds
were taken to the Young place, drew
that and the Brent farm. going to-
ward the Harper place, turning right
toward Mrs johnson Redmond'S and
then to Whitewood. There they start
ed fox and all set sail for good run
Fletcher Harper, master, had fall
ut the first fence. AS he went down
and was seen to be unhurt, Harry
Worcester Smith-as usual up 'front.'
took the field and they went at fast
clip to cross the Red Brick House farm
and the Brent place to Mr.. Meetz's,
where they turned left by Bobby
Young's and denned on the Brent
place. It was late after this run, SO
they called it day and took the
hounds in.
Among those out were Mr.. and Mrs.
Freddy Prince, Mr.. and Mrs. Delaney
Nichols, Mr.. and Mrs. William c.
Langley. Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Young,
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Harrison, Mrs.
Elizabeth Skinker Herman, Mrs.
Fletcher Harper, William Philips,
Hubert Phipps, Henry Skinker, Horace
Moffett. Roger Lambdon, Fred Carter,
John Rawlings, William Eaton and
"Jazz Bo" Herman.
Horace Moffett sold his lovely 4
year-old gray mare by Tom Tiger, to
Mrs. johnson Redmond last week.
Her young son rode the mare with
Orange County hounds and pro-
nounced her as good a hunter as she
Is good-looking.
Middleburg Hunt met at the race
track on Saturday and drew back
Of Mrs. Newell Wards house and the
Fred land. Hounds started gray fox,
which ran around in circles for. q
little while, and they killed without
the field having anything of a run.
Then they drew the Whitfield place,
Foxcroft, and rode over several farms
in that neighborhood, but started
nothing. 1t was practically a blank
day, as they had been out from IL
am. until after pm. Suddenly, as
they were about to come in, a fox
was jumped on Foxcroft, which ran to
the Whitf1elds', came back to Fox
croft and was lost back of the stable
there, giving the field half an hours
run. The crowd was jubilant over
this, as they were about to 60 in
very sad over the days sport.
The few who had stayed on until
the finish seemed to be well repaid by
this end Of the days run. Among
those hunting were Mr.. and Mrs.
Arthur White, Miss Charlotte Noland,
Miss Laura Sprague, Miss Thresa
Shook, Mrs. Oliver Iselin, Miss Jennie
Green, Miss Julia Whiting, Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Sabin, Miss Bettina Bel
mont, Miss Julia Gatewood, Mrs. John
Hay Whitney, Miss Mamie Fred,
Barry Hall, James B. Skinner Ridgley
White, Robert Clark, Waugh Glasscock,
Rogers Fred, James Pennebaker, Col.
Harry Whitfield and his two daugh-
ters, Mrs. Holga Bidstrup and Mrs.
Gaynor, Miss Connie Regan, Louie
Leith, Miss Louise Myers of Wash
angton and Danny Shea.
Mrs. Dobson Altemus of Philadel-
ptia Is visiting her daughter, Mrs. j.
n. Whitney and was an interested
spectator at the Middleburg meet ON
Saturday, following the road in her
car to see quite bit of the hunt.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Guest have
returned to their Virginia home near
Middleburg after having spent the
Christmas holidays with Mr.. Guests
mother in Palm Beach. Mr.. and Mrs.
Danny Shea of Washington spent the
week end in Middleburg as the guests
Of Miss Connie Regan in her hunt
ing box on the Charles Sabin place.
Mr.. Shea, who has long been famous
as a rider of high jumpers in all Of
the largest show rings, has been
training string of race horses most
successfully for the past year for sew
eral prominent horsemen. He has his
horses out at Benning this winter.
Eight Of them belong to Mr.. Sumner
Pingree of Boston. Mr.. Shea went
well In the hunting field on Saturday.
Hunting Log-Tomorrow's Meets.
Virginia.
Piedmont Fox Hounds-Dr. A. C..
Randolph, M. F. H.; Philmont, l pm.