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made, and the gray fox was discovered high 

 among the Hmbs of a tall tree that he had 

 climbed, and where he was permitted to remain, 

 the hounds being called oft and taken to the 

 kennels, the puppies having shown good scent 

 and hunting qualities. 



CHAPTER III. 



FIRST AMERICAN ORGANIZED HUNT CLUB. 



The first organized fox hunting club we have 

 any knowledge of we get from the records of the 

 Historical Society of Pennsylvania, and it is of 

 the "Gloucester Fox Hunting Club," whose 

 membership included quite a number of gentle- 

 men prominent in civic and military life in Phila- 

 delphia, about the time of the Revolution. The 

 first meeting of this club was held on December 

 13th, 1766, in the old Philadelphia Coffee House, 

 at the northwest corner of Front and Market 

 streets. From that time the meeting place was at 

 the old ferry house, kept by William Hugg, at 

 Gloucester. The club at its organization was com- 

 posed entirely of Philadelphians, who adopted a 

 code of rules for its regulation, and the club 

 flourished until long after the Revolution. The 

 roll of membership exceeds 125, and includes such 

 names as Benjamin Chew, Charles Willing, 



