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hounds kept by them were Mr. Lewis' ''Rousem," 

 "Slasher/' "Trailer,'' ".Sounder," and "Tetiaw"; 

 and Mr. Darlington's "George" and "Belle," from 

 the Crosley pack, "Hickman," from the Powell 

 pack (and named for the distinguished Congress- 

 man of this district); and "Heenan," from the 

 Mahoney pack (named for the then celebrated 

 prize fighter). Mr. Lewis always said that when 

 "Heenan" was called up to scent on a cold drag 

 and he gave tongue, we were sure it was a fox 

 track. 



CHAPTER VL 



ORIGIN OF THE ROSE TREE CLUB. 



The Rose Tree Club was first formed in the 

 year 1859 at the old Rose Tree Inn, after J. 

 Morgan Baker became the owner and landlord of 

 that ta.vern house, and it was organized by the 

 election of J- Howard Lewis as President, George 

 E. Darlington as Secretary, and J. Morgan Baker 

 as Treasurer, and minutes of meetings and hunts 

 were regularly kept, but, unfortunately, they have 

 been lost. Every member of the club was an 

 active and trained fox hunter, and beins" well 

 qualified to hunt the hounds by practical experi- 

 ence, no master of hounds or huntsman was re- 

 quired. A whipper-in, Jim Miller (colored), v/as 



