Evening star., 1937-02-19
BY NINA CARTER TABB.

DIX NINA OAhxEn IADos
Among the visitors to Middle5urg
this week for the fox hunting Is Mr..
Homer B. Gray, M. F. H. Of the Rom
bout Riding and Hunt Club, Green
vale Farm, near Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
He Is joint master of the hunt with
Miss Harriet E. Behrend and visited
Mr.. Harry Worcester Smith here last
season, when he had great sport fol-
lowing the Piedmont, Orange County
and Middleburg hounds.
Mr.. Gray was very successful at the
Masters Of Foxhounds Hound Show
during the Westminster Kennel Club
Show at Madison Square Garden in
New York last week, winning the
awards for the best American fox
hound in the snow, best bitch and best
couple Of bitches. These victories
thrilled him greatly, as he had bred
them all and bred their mothers. Mr..
Gray Is again visiting his friend,
Harry Worcester Smith, here and
after hunting for several days
around Middleburg will go to South
ern Pines for visit. This has been
such an open Winter in New York
State that his Rombout hounds have
been able to go out right along and
Mr.. Gray says they have had good
hunting all season.
A number of Virginia and Mary
land masters Of foxhoundS attended
the annual masters Of foxhounds'
dinner last week (held in conjunc-
tion with the hound show), at the
Union Club, in New York. This is
a gorgeous affair, when all masters
and former masters appear in evening
pink, making it most colorful. After
the dinner, which was over about -
o'clock, there were many late parties
given at the French Casino. As the
pink-coated sportsmen entered the
place some one was heard to say,
Here come the gay 90 minstrels. I"
They were gazed at and wondered
about by the New York audience.
Later on the gentlemen wearing pink
coats took the stage with their part
ners and gave an exhibition dance,
and many spectators, never having
seen pink coats before, thought they
were a part Of the show.
Quite late, when every one had
gotten into the spirit Of the occasion
and the last floor performance was
going on, springing board was placed
out from the stage and very lovely
girl, scantily clad, came walking down
the board-as though she would spring
or dive into the audience. Just as
she was balanced most gracefully on
the very end Of the board a we'll
known M. F. H. gave the cry Of
"Harking Hounds" whereupon about
30 masters who were present took up
the cry. You who have heard the
'Harking Of Hounds" from one man in
the open field can imagine what it
sounded like from this crowd indoors.
Anyway, the girl evidently thought
bedlam had let loose, for she turned,
ran back down the springing board, of
the stage, and that was the end Of
the performance. The country boys
had great time and came home CIV
ing entertaining accounts Of the gala
affair.
Riding and Hunt Club Hounds, last
time out, met at Mr.. Cranford's Gate
at LAS. It was a good day and Dr.
Fred r. Sanderson, M. F. H, had an
enthusiastic field following him as
they rode off to draw Mrs. Bradley's
Woods on the Seven Locks road, and
found in about is minutes. Claud
Owen. acting at honorary whip,
viewed the fox away across the fields
Of Allnut's farm and on they went
Tor a run of 10 or IL miles. Into
Robinson's woods, then to clagett's
place. circling back to Bradley's, they
crossed the Potomac-Rockville pike