Evening star., 1938-01-10

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- days hunting Of the season
Friday, when hounds met at
4 New Ford at l O'Clock. They
crossed the bridge. rode up the hill
and turned in right on the Benny
Fletcher farm to draw west towards
Goose Greek and on the Victor
Emanuel and back of Atoka Store
started two foxes at the same time.
Hounds carried one of them across
Panther Skin Creek at the little polo
field, crossed Melbourne. the Slater
place, on to Houghton Metcalf's, circled
back to the Charles Sahin farm,
crossed Goose Creek to the Benny
Fletcher place again. Jumped across
pike into Raymond Guests, ran by
Atoka School House, from there to
the Lake place, where hounds lost
the fox in an old icehouse. This
vas one of the fastest runs I have
ever seen. lasting for IS minutes, and
was greatly enjoyed by all OF those
following. They drew west from the
Lake place to Goose Greek. crossed
that and rode up the bottom to the
land owned by Mrs. Isabel Lennon
Gardner, started two foxes within 10
minutes from the time they made
the loss Running in a straight line,
they crossed West View and Grafton
farms-passing over the old Piedmont
Steeplechase Court. where the fences
are perfect for jumping; circled on
Grafton and West View back to the
Gardner land and where the fox had
Seen started-put him to earth.
They had been running continually
fer over three hours so took hounds in.
As the field" rode home with the
master. DR.. A. c. Randolph, there
we're many compliments passed to him
on the fine day with hounds. Mrs.
Robert Winmill. Miss Lucie Duer,
Miss Jane Wilber and Mr.. William
STREET. vanned their horses over from
Warrenton to hunt with Piedmont
that day. Others cut were Miss Julia
Gatewood, Mrs. John Hay Whitney,
Mrs. Diana Guest Sevastopoulo. Mr..
and Mrs. George Slater, Mr.. and Mrs.
Turner Wiltshire, DR.. Cary Lang
horne. Paul Nelson, Dulany Randolph,
Freddy Warburg, Richards Peach,
Henry Frost, Barry Hall and numbers
of others.
Baron and Baroness d'Epremesnil
entertained at dinner Friday night at
Edgewood, Mrs. Henry T. Oxnard's
home near Upperville. After a de-
licious and well done" dinner for
which the hostess, Baroness dEpre-
mesnli's mother, is famous. some Of the
guests played bridge while others sat
around and chatted of the wonderful
hunting day. a topic of conversation
that never pals in these parts. The
guests were Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Pool,
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Winmill of War;
renton; Mr.. and Mrs. Kenneth Gilpin
of Millwood; Mr.. and Mrs. Oliver
Iselin of Middleburg; Harry Wor-
cester Smith and DR.. A. c. Randolph.
Maj. Gen. Leon KRONER and his
daughter, Miss Jane KRONER. motored
out to Middleburg from Washington
Yesterday and lunched with Harry
Worcester Smith at My Hunting Box.
Mr.. Smith. who Is an authority on
fox hunting, entertained his guests
with accounts of the good hunting
days he has enjoyed lately. He says
the sport has been of the very best
with wonderful scenting days. Maj.
Kroner and Col T. :. johnson van
ned their horses here to hunt with
Middleburg Hunt today, when hounds
met at Philomont. Col. Johnson, on
duty in Washington, is chief OF re-
mount activities in the breeding line
for the United States Army.
Mr.. Samuel Sands spent several
days last week in Richmond. He re-
turned here for the week end, bring
ing with him Miss Courtnay Sands
and Mr.. Jack Sands of Richmond,
who are visiting him at his home
near Unison. These three Sands
went fox hunting with Middleburg
pack Saturday and when the visitors
were introduced to the master. Dan
lei C. Sands, at the meet. he showed
great interest at havin 6 50 many
Sands in the field. They discovered
that none of them are in any way
related Jack Sands is secretary Of
the Deep Run Hunt at Richmond and
says they have had most successful
season with excellent runs. The Deep
Run Hunt has pack Of live fox
hounds that go out three times a