Evening star., 1937-01-13
BY NINA CARTER TABB.

NLAODE HAIS1Et0 VI WI SiiAe,
one of the best huntsmen and
handlers of hounds in the
~ United States, who has been
out In Ohio this season hunting hounds
for the Headley Hunt at GAINESVILLE,
Is back In Virginia and has the posi-
ton as huntsman for the Fairfax
Hunt. This will be of great interest
10 all foxhunting people in this Sec
tion, Mr.. Hatchers home. He has
had some of the best packs in the
country, among them the first Middle
burg pack started by Mr.. E. H. Harri-
man, the Piedmont pack, Fairfax pack
and Loudoun pack.
Last Summer Mr.. Hatcher went to
Ohio to hunt hounds and had most
successful season. Mr.. Trafford Tai
madge, M. F. H. of Headley Hunt,
has closed the season there on account
of cold weather and may come to
Virginia to get in some hunting be-
fore our season ends.
Claude Hatcher took over his duties
as huntsman for Fairfax Hunt on
January 2, when hounds met at the
Warrenton pike at Cub Run Bridge.
They had good run and used three
and a half couples of hounds that Mr..
Hatcher had brought back from Ohio
with the Fairfax pack. On Tuesday
Fairfax Hounds met at Mr.. Stewart
Freezes place, with Reed Thomas,
former master of the pack, acting
master in the absence of DR.. William
Mcclellan NJ. F. H. Claude cast
hounds back of Government farm and
soon started fox there. AS they ran
a second fox was gotten up, which split
the pack A few of the hounds went
after one fox on such hot trail that
they couldn't be called of, but the
majority of the pack gave the field the
run Of the season. Going toward
NAPLES Hill they ran over that coun-
try and came back to Snake Den.
Here the underground was too thick
for horses and riders to follow, how
ever. and they were very tired and
stopped, while the hounds went on
into the night before returning to
the kennels. Among those enjoying
the days sport besides Reed Thomas
and Claude Hatcher we're Miss Phyllis
Swing. George Benoit, Joe Wheeler,
Major McSherry and Stewart Preece.
WARRENTON HOUNDS met at
"Overbrook" farm on Saturday
with the temperature registering IS
degrees. A South wind. the bane Of
fox hunters, blew Justify and the
prospect of sport looked rather poor
as the field rode off to draw the
Mitchell Harrison cover. At any rate
scent or no scent, run or no run,
here was chance to really get warm
and rid one of the excess holiday
avoirdupois nearly everyone had ac-
quired. A fox was found in Col.
Robert Wallachs pines and despite
the South wind, hounds hurried him
along at great rate. and he was put
to ground after lively 40-minute run.
Horses were blown and wet, the
temperature was still rising and the
field had had enough, so the master,
Amory S. Carhart, decided to call it
a day. Those out were, Mrs. Baldwin
Spilman, Mrs. George Sloane, Miss
Mildred Gaines. Mrs. Robert Winmill,
Miss Viola Winmill, Miss Emily North
King, Miss Dorothy Montgomery,
Miss Lucie Duer, Miss Dorothy Ney-
hart, Miss "Babs" Batchelder, David
Batchelder, Francis Green. Capt.
Richard Kirkpatrick, Alex Calvert and
Harry Poole.
Warrenton Hunt, meeting recently
at Waterloo, had a small field of keen
but hardy enthusiasts out. Several
short. but spirited, bursts were en-
1oyed, but no run of any duration
gave the followers enough. Mr.. Harry
Pool, acting as master in the absence
of Mr.. Amory Carhart, persisted in
sending hounds on through various
covers under bad scenting conditions.
About dusk fox was found, which