The Blackstone Valley Hunt 



DISTINCTIVE UNIFORM Dark blue coat, hunt buttons 



MASTER Paul Whitin, Esq. 



SECRETARY E. Kent Swih, Esq.. Whitinsville. Mass. 



HUNTSMAN The Master 



KENNEL HUNTSMAN - George Davies 



HOUNDS 1 1 couples, American 



KENNELS AND POST OFFICE Northbridge. Mass. 



DAYS OF MEETING Wednesday and Saturday 



LENGTH OF SEASON October Ist to February I si 



IN the autumn of 1 906, the Messrs. Paul Whitin, James E. Whitin and 

 Leon W. Campbell, decided to try the experiment of putting together 

 a number of hounds which each owned, as a scratch pack. Invita- 

 tions were sent to a number of their friends, making regular fixtures for 

 meets for a month, and arranging for Hunt Breakfasts at their various estates 

 on some of the days of meeting. Mr. Paul Whitin, who had had a good 

 deal of experience with foxhounds, having been honorary whipper-in to Mr. 

 Smith's pack (the Grafton) until 1 905, carried the horn himself and man- 

 aged to show such good sport that the meets proved much more popular 

 than had been anticipated; the enthusiasm aroused ultimately leading to the 

 formation of the Blackstone Valley Hunt in January of 1 907. Mr. Whitin 

 was, as a matter of course, elected M. F. H. and, considering the short time 

 in which he has had the hounds, has developed a very fair working pack. 



The Master is a rabid American hound man, whom no amount of argu- 

 ment can stir from his conviction that English hounds are absolutely unsuited 

 to New England fox-hunting conditions. The following statement quoted 

 from a letter to the authors, shows his position quite clearly: " We use 



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