Evening star., 1940-10-13

Tho Manor Hunt, which has its
kennels just outside Washington.
at Layhill, Nd, is starting its new
season with dogs imported from one
of the famous packs Of Canada
that Of the Toronto and North York
Hunt. The eight couples OF English
hounds brought to Maryland last
June were trained with hunt now
entering its Tooth consecutive year.
for in october, 1840, Col. Elliott OF
the Royal Canadian Rifles and other
officers garrisoned in Toronto, i'm
ported dogs from England, and no
subsequent year saw a break In the
hunts activity.
According to c. Boyd Keyes OF
Silver Spring, Md, Manor hunts
man, these Canadian hounds are
wonderfully trained to horse, word
of mouth and whip. Early clubbing
indicates q season of great sport,
for although perhaps not as fast as
the native hounds (the hunt also
has 13 couples Of cross-bred Ameri-
can hounds), the Canadian dogs
work so cleverly that the fox is
viewed frequently.
The Manor Hunt Club numbers
20 members who hunt twice week
over a territory Of about IS square
miles Of half wooded, half open
country.
Another group Of local enthusiasts
whose sport takes them outdoors
with their dogs Is banded into the
National Capital Field Trial Club,
which enters its 2Sth year with the
new right to add the syllable zinc"
to its name. Incorporation papers
have recently gone through in
Maryland, the club having its own
headquarters, a well-equipped club
house, in Bradley Hills. President
Of the field trial group is DR.. E. E.
Huffer; first vice president, w. F.
Burrows; second vice president. Dr.
John H. Lyons, and secretary
treasurer, Ford Young.
The annual fall trials will be
held November l and on the
Mount Pleasant Farm, Falls Road.
between Rockville and Potomac. AS
these are the only field trials in or
near Washington, they are attended
not only by local sportsmen, but
by many who come from consider
able distance. The trials have been
regular spring and fall events dur
ing all the years Of the clubs exist
ence. There are hundred members
and of course their dogs represent
q cross section of the sporting group
Mr.. Young specializes in the rather
unusual Llewellyn settlers.
This Is the story of Honey, fawn-
colored bulldog whose owner wishes
10 remain anonymous.
Every day, Honey goes to work
at a war relief shop with her mis-
tress who recently. in an extrava-
CANT moment, bought herself new
leopard jacket.
They stopped at q tearoom for
lunch, and Honey's owner bade the
bulldog sit beside the table; then
settling herself to read the menu
she flung her jacket carelessly ovel
the back Of her chair. Too care
lessly, for as a waitress passed with
a trayful Of dishes. there was a
scream, a crash of china and glass.
ware breaking. The waitress fled
shrieking, There's . wild animal
in the place"
Alarmed. the Red Cross worker
looked beside her. There sat Honey
calm and complacent, the leopard
skin jacket draped about her anc
her ugly bulldog mug, red tongue
boiling, protruding from its spotted
folds.
A fattering win was recently
ehalked up to the West Highland
white terrier kennels Of Mrs. A. S
Mike Monroney, wife Of the Repre-.
sentative from Oklahoma and q
GEORGETOWN resident when Con-
gress is In session. Mrs. Monroney