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afterwards known as the "Old Squire"; Bill and 

 Tom Crosley, of Radnor, hard riders, had a large 

 pack of good, wiry, white-speckled hounds; Bill 

 rode a gray, spirited mare that never refused the 

 stiffest four-rail fence; she afterwards was owned 

 and ridden by J. Edward Farnum, of the Rose 

 Tree Club. Pratt and Wash. Bishop, of Upper 

 Providence, both excellent hunters and riders, had 

 good hounds; so had Chandler Thomas and his 

 brother, of Upper Providence, who lived on the 

 farm, now the Bullock property, adjoining the 

 Rose Tree Club house grounds; Bill Noble, of 

 Ridley, had hounds; Jesse Hickman, of Thorn- 

 bury, a skilled hunter, good rider, a great lover 

 of the sport, had a fine pack; also had William 

 Grant and Henry Reynard, Mike Carrigan, of 

 Thornbury, and Levis Speakman, of Birmingham, 

 Wm. Hannum, of Aston, and Osborn Booth, of 

 Concord. 



Hounds were also packed at the Plum Sock 

 tavern on the West Chester road, known as the 

 old William Penn, and kept by Joseph and John 

 Tucker, who were active fox hunters. Later, 

 there was Ned Barber, who had a pack of 

 American hounds with ears trimmed to a bull 

 terrier cut and chopped-off tails; this, however, 

 did not interfere with the goodness of the hounds, 

 but ruined their beauty in the eyes of all the old 



