THE DEEP RUN 



lish hounds are now used. There is a drag-hunt every Saturday, and at 

 least two bye-days during the week when foxes are hunted in Chesterfield 

 County, across the James River, and in the upper end of Henrico County. 

 Those who have carried the Master's horn for Deep Run are Major Han- 

 cock, Captain Hancock, Dr. Tritton, Mr. H. C. Beattie, Mr. Allen Potts, 

 and Mr. J. St. George Bryan. 



The country hunted is for the most part open, although there are good 

 bits of woodland here and there. The fences are only fairly high, but there 

 are found wide ditches and a good lot of brooks throughout the runs. The 

 horses best suited to the country are good, strong, quiet half-breds who can 

 jump and gallop well. A rattle-brained thoroughbred would prove a most 

 unsatisfactory mount at Deep Run. The landowTiers are good sportsmen, 

 always most obliging, and are willing to do all they can to further the sport, 

 in many instances cutting their v«re and putting up rails in order to allow the 

 Hunt to cross their fields. 



The accommodations for visiting sportsmen are excellent, there being plenty 

 of amusements of all sorts to provide entertainment on non-hunting days, and 

 good hotels. Provender is cheap and stabling abundant. 



The Club gives two race meetings annually, one in the spring and one in 

 the fall, to which the admission is strictly by invitation. The colors of the 

 club are cardinal red and silver gray, the colors of the Confederacy. 



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