The Iroquois Hunt 



MASTER General Roger D. Williams 



SECRETARY - - W. J. Foley, Esq.. Lexington. Ky. 



HUNTSMAN - B. Stone 



HOUNDS --.. 1 couples, American 



KENNELS ----- - - - - Athens. Ky. 



POST-OFFICE Lexington. Ky. 



DAYS OF MEETING Fridays 



LENGTH OF SEASON - September 1st to March I si 



KENTUCKY can, perhaps, boast of more establishments devoted 

 to the raising of blood-horses than any other State of the Union, 

 and where there are blood-horses is generally to be found a class 

 of sportsmen interested in hounds ; for, after all, one is the complement of the 

 other. 



Thus it happens that Brigadier-General Roger D. Williams, the Master 

 of the Iroquois Hunt, has inherited his love of sport from his father, grand- 

 father and great-grandfather ; all of whom were native Kentuckians and 

 maintained a pack of foxhounds. General Williams has always been a hunt- 

 ing man, and while he has, at various times, imported a few English hounds, 

 has always been a strong believer in, and supporter of, the native product, 

 and the small pack of ten couples which is followed by the members of the 

 Iroquois Hunt are all of his own breeding. 



The Iroquois Hunt proper was founded in 1880, and for twenty-eight 

 years General Williams has acted as M. F. H. 



The country hunted by him, lying about ten miles from Lexington, is for 

 the most part rolling blue-grass pasture land, enclosed with rail fences and 

 stone walls. The existence of many extensive breeding establishments pre- 

 vents hunting nearer to Lexington, but has the advantage of keeping the fences 

 always in good condition and free from wire. 



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