80 FOX HUNTING. 



swelling pleasure of the pastime, which nowhere 

 in the United States has taken such a deep hold 

 on the people as in the section of it nigh to the 

 Rose Tree. 



"Last evening the club house was brilliantly 

 lit up and the members were present in force and 

 had the usual hospitable supper at 'Benny's.' 

 Arrangements were completed for the fall race 

 meeting in October and an endeavor will be made 

 to have it the most distinguished of any yet given. 

 The interest in the sport, the facilities of the club 

 house and the entrance of so many Philadelphians 

 into the club and their relish for the pastime be- 

 speak a largely increased notoriety for the club. 

 The races bring out to Media and the Rose Tree, 

 as the Goodwood cup does abroad, the elite of the 

 city, many of whom enjoy the beautiful drive down 

 through the shaded roads in their handsome 

 equipages. 



"No more ennobling exercise than fox hunt- 

 ing — notwithstanding the frequent false criticism 

 of it — can be had, and it is a true Anglo-Saxon 

 pastime. Years of indulgence in it has bred the 

 spirit in our English cousins that triumphed at the 

 Alma and Balaklava, held 'the thin red line,' or 

 fought its way into the citadel at Lucknow. The 

 red cross of St. George would never have floated 

 so high and so brave aloft on rampart and mast- 



