The Chester Valley Hunt 



DISTINCTIVE COLLAR Green 



MASTER - - R. Penn Smith, Esq. 



SECRETARY - '. -W. A. Rolin, Esq., Strafford, Pa. 



HUNTSMAN - J. R. Pechin 



WHIPPERS-IN - S '''• "^^''" W^"'^'' 



( 2nd, R. Penn Smith, Jr., Esq. 



HOUNDS 25 couples, American 



KENNELS AND POST-OFFICE - Strafford, Chester County, Pa. 



DAYS OF MEETING Monday, Wednesday and Saturday 



LENGTH OF SEASON - November 20th to March 20th 



ONE of the sportsmen who came to the inaugural meeting of the 

 Masters of Foxhounds Association which was held in New 

 York in February, 1 907, was Mr. R, Penn Smith, Master of 

 the Chester Valley Hunt of Pennsylvania. 



Fox-hunting in that State, which, of late years has become so general 

 that packs have sprung up all over the Commonwealth, has its headquarters 

 in and around Philadelphia, whose residents have perhaps a greater percent- 

 age of fox-hunters among their number than any other city in the country. 

 Among the Hunts about Philadelphia, the Chester Valley, although one 

 of the more modest, is well known. Founded in 1 896 by Messrs. E. R. 

 Heyman, R. A. Colgan, R. Penn Smith, J. Comly Hall, Henry O. Garber 

 and E. J. Matthews, it has enjoyed a successful period of sport up to the 

 present time under one able Mastership; and the fact that there has been 

 no change in the governing hand during its history has been productive of 

 the best of results both in the field and in its relations with the landowners. 

 The Master, and for that matter most of the members, are staunch sup- 



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