The Charlottesville Hunt 



DISTINCTIVE COLLAR Blue 



EVENING DRESS Scarlet coat, blue facings 



MASTER - A. S. Craven, Esq. 



SECRETARY Henry B. Boone, Esq., "West Cairns," 



Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Va. 



HUNTSMAN - WiUiam Harris 



HON. WHIPPERS-IN \ \'\ ^*^''' ^^''^' t' ^'^- 



( 2nd, Percy Payne, Esq. 



HOUNDS \ ^ Couples, English 



( 1 Couples, American 



KENNELS - " AzaUa," Albemarle County, Va. 



POST-OFFICE Charlottesville, Va. 



DAYS OF MEETING \ F°'^°"n«^'' Tuesday and Friday 



( Draghounds, Thursday 



LENGTH OF SEASON October 15lh to April 15th 



EARLY in 1 854, a subscription pack, kept up by the residents of 

 the country around the university town of Charlottesville, hunted 

 over the territory now claimed by the Charlottesville Hunt. 

 Members of the University of Virginia, founded by President Thomas Jef- 

 ferson of " Monticello," lent their support to the Hunt, which, although 

 carried on in a desultory manner, continued its existence until 1 894, when it 

 was formally founded and reorganized under its present name. 



Not until 1 907, however, did it ask the National Steeplechase and Hunt 

 Association for recognition, which was granted in October of that year. 

 Much of the country about Charlottesville is settled by Englishmen, many 

 of whom maintain breeding establishments and devote their time to the 

 raising of horses in which thoroughbred blood predominates. One of these 



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