THE HARKAWAY 



At the same time, a new organization, which was christened the Harkaway 

 Hunt, was organized, and the following gentlemen were elected officers : 

 Walter Lyons, President ; Addison M. Irwin, Secretary ; Edward McDonald, 

 Treasurer, and Frank M. Lowry, M. F. H. 



The officers have varied from time to time, but Mr. Lowry has always 

 held the Mastership, and it is to his unflagging energy and enthusiasm that 

 the Hunt owes its present flourishing condition, and its pack of sixteen 

 couples. The town of McDonald is only a short distance from Pittsburgh, 

 on the line of the Pennsylvania Railroad, and is quite easily accessible from 

 the city. The country hunted over is an open, rolling one, with small coverts 

 which are plenrifully supplied with foxes, and although a few drags are run 

 during the season, fox-hunting proper is the more popular sport and the one 

 most indulged in. 



Canadian half- or three-quarter-bred horses are used almost universally, 

 having been found best suited to the climate and country. Some few horses 

 have been brought up from Virginia, but they do not seem to thrive. 



The Hunt is, of course, in an embryonic condition, and its promoters hope 

 that in a few more years a better pack can be established to hunt what 

 promises to be a very good country. 



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