THE KESWICK 



one season to the entire satisfaction of the Field. He then resigned, and Col. 

 Randolph again consented to carry the horn, his second Mastership continu- 

 ing until the season of 1 90 1 , when the present Master, Mr. Julian Morris, 

 was elected. This gentleman promptly took steps to put the hunting on a 

 firmer and more modern basis. Heretofore, no uniform had been adopted by 

 the Hunt, but now Master, Hunt Staff, and many of the Field turned out in 

 regulation scarlet, adopting a green collar as their distinguishing badge, and 

 more form and order were maintained in the field than before. 



Mr. Morris has continued to act as Master up to the present time, and 

 during his regime the quality of the sport has steadily improved. The coun- 

 try itself is quite ideal and the climate is such that very few days are missed 

 during the regular season, which lasts from November 1 st, to April I 5th. 



Most of the hunting area is in large estates belonging to members of, or 

 subscribers to, the Hunt, and consequently such obstacles to sport as wire and 

 posted land are rarely to be found. The fences here are generally timber, big 

 and stiff, and require a bold jumping horse to negotiate them successfully. 



The Master maintains a large breeding establishment, and has probably 

 bred and developed as many high-class hunters as anyone in America today. 

 The Keswack Hunt Team has won at the National Horse Show at New 

 York for the last two years, while the names of "Keswick" and "David 

 Gray" are known to all the latter-day frequenters of horse shows. Inciden- 

 tally, it might be said that these show winners are hunted regularly and are 

 excellent performers in the field. The present pack, which is used for drag- 

 hunting on Saturdays and for fox-hunting on Thursdays, is hardly up to the 

 high standard set by the Master of the Keswick in horseflesh, and it is to 

 be hoped that, perhaps in the near future, as much attention will be paid to 

 this very important " arm of the service * as is given to the means of convey- 

 ance across country. 



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