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THE CHEVY CHASE 



Haskins ran his hounds in the '70's and '80's with great satisfaction to 

 himself and his neighbors. The hounds which he kept were, of course, of 

 the American variety, and although they babbled a bit too much, and were 

 under about as good control as the game they hunted, they furnished good 

 sport to their followers. 



It was not till 1 885 that an English pack was imported, and Mr. George 

 Eustis, a keen sportsman and a Washingtonian by birth, was the man who 

 was bold enough to take the step. The hounds were quartered at a farm 

 on the Tenallytown road, where the pack was known as the Dumblane. 

 With the big-boned English hounds came an Englishman named Charlie 

 Briscoe, a huntsman, from a long family of such, who hunted the hounds for 

 four years with much success, Mr. Eustis acting as Master during that period. 



The Hunt was dissolved in 1889, and in 1890 Mr. S. S. Howland, 

 well known as a sportsman and devotee of racing, imported the second 

 pack from England, the hounds being quartered at Dumblane and giving 

 excellent sport during this year. 



In 1 890, Mr. Robert Neville, an Irishman by birth and a Virginian by 

 adoption, was elected Master. The hounds were very popular under his 

 able direction, and the condition of the farmers' fences bore full testimony 

 to the hard riding of the Irish Master and his follovwng. For two years Mr. 

 Neville continued in office, showang the best of sport, and when in 1 89 1 he 

 found it necessary to resign, his loss was greatly felt. 



In 1 892 Mr. Howland came back to Washington and took an old house 

 on the Tenallytown road, known as " Grasslands." There the survivors of 

 the old packs were sent, and Mr. Howland supplemented these with a new 

 draft from England. At this time there were many Englishmen about 

 Washington, and they were only too glad to join their American cousins in 

 the sport which is so popular on the other side. Many a good horse fol- 

 lowed the Washington drag in those days, and every one in this country 

 knows of " Ontario," perhaps one of the greatest jumping horses the Ameri- 

 can Horse Show ring has ever seen. 



Mr. Howland, while he was the Master and organizer of these hounds, 

 was too busy a man to hunt them himself ; and so the Comte de Jamtelle, 



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