FOX HUNTING. II3 



HOUNDS AND KENNELS. 



After Mr. Hill became President and took 

 charge of the pack, the club purchased its hounds 

 largely from Maryland and Virginia through him; 

 their number being increased at one time up to 

 about fifty. They were kept in the kennels winter 

 and summer, the club having then a summer ken- 

 nel on the road to Paxson's Hollow, on the Rogers 

 property, called "Saratoga," which was well shaded 

 and had a running stream of water through it. 

 This was given up after several years' trial by 

 reason of its distance from the club house, and the 

 difficulty in giving it proper superintendence; and 

 the pack, having been reduced to twenty-five or 

 thirty hounds, were then kept constantly in the 

 old kennel near the club house. 



OFFICERS OF THE CLUB. 



J. Howard Lewis, who is now in his eighty- 

 sixth year of age, was elected Vice-President, and 

 George M. Lewis, Second Vice-President, in Oc- 

 tober, 1880, and, by re-elections, both have served 

 in the same official positions to this time. 



Henry E. Saulnier was elected President of 

 the club in October, 1884, and has continued in 

 that position to the present time, and he is now in 

 his ninety-first year of age. 



The genial disposition of Mr. Saulnier, with 



