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cry, with hunters close behind. In the old days 

 of these undisciplined but earnest hunts it was the 

 custom to hang near the kennels at the Rose Tree 

 a slate, on which the laggards at the meet could 

 learn the direction in which the chase lay and catch 

 up ere the finish. 



"the present club. 



"The Rose Tree Fox Hunting Club as it 

 exists to-day has a history of a decade or more. 

 Among its members it boasts the best and most 

 fearless riders in Delaware county and those most 

 ardently devoted to the chase in the city of Phila- 

 delphia. Mr. Fairman Rogers, a gentleman 

 widely known for his love of field sports, quick 

 reHsh for the hunt and chase, and study of the 

 noblest of all animals — the horse — is one of the 

 leading members. Alexander J. Cassatt, Frank 

 Thomson, James P. Scott, Charles H. Godfrey, C. 

 H. Townsend, Aubrey Jones, Moncure Robinson, 

 and Dr. Rush S. Huidekoper, of Philadelphia, and 

 J. M. Baker, George E. Darlington, Howard and 

 Samuel Lewis, Samuel Miller, George Lewis, 

 William H. Lewis, and many others of the 

 county, are members. Dr. Huidekoper has been 

 connected with the hunt for a number of years, 

 and his enthusiasm and liberality have done much 

 to build the club up and make it what it is — the 



