. THE CHEVY CHASE 



Mr. Moore's Mastership it was no uncommon sight to see a large and well 

 turned-out Field. The Master, who had poor luck at raising puppies, was 

 forced to rely on yearly drafts from England, and with the able assistance 

 of Robert Curran, his huntsman, kept the standard of his pack at the 

 high level which he had set for himself until 1905, when he resigned, and 

 took the hounds, which were his property, to his farm near Wanenton, 

 Virginia. For a while things looked black, but through the exertions of 

 Mr. Gist Blair and Mr. Charles H. L. Johnston, hunting was revived again. 



Mr. Johnston, who was a firm believer in American hounds, got some 

 ten couples of this variety, and during the season of 1 905-06 showed fair 

 sport. He had an uphill game to play, and received but little support from 

 the visiting element in his Field, but while his hounds were a very nonde- 

 script lot, being gathered from widely scattered private kennels, and were 

 amenable to very little discipline, yet his Hunt staff continued to be well 

 mounted and turned out, and many excellent days' hunting were enjoyed 

 by those of the members who still followed the fortunes of the pack. 



By vote of the Board of Governors, in the spring of 1 906, it was re- 

 solved not to continue the support of the pack, owing to the small numbers 

 of the Fields which followed ; but, when the autumn came on, and other 

 hounds began to hunt, the old feeling revived ; so, in the fall of 1 906, 

 Mr. Clarence Moore was persuaded to again resume the Mastership. 



The country about Washington is very good, and as the open season is 

 a long one and foxes fairly plentiful, there is no reason why fox-hunting 

 should not flourish indefinitely in that neighborhood. 



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