The Lima Hunt 



MASTER - - Dr. Charles A. Dohan 



SECRETARY - - Joseph M. Dohan. Esq.. Philadelphia, Pa. 



HON. HUNTSMAN - - John Yamell, Esq. 



HON. WHIPPERS-IN - -.-- \ \'\ Leander W^RJddle Esq. 



( Znd, Joseph M. Uohan, Esq. 



HOUNDS - - -- 18 1-2 couples, American 



KENNELS AND POST-OFFICE - Lima, Delaware County, Pa. 



DAYS OF MEETING - Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, 



with an occasional bye 



LENGTH OF SEASON November 1st to April 1st 



OF all the people of the United States, perhaps the Pennsylvanians 

 and Virginians are the greatest lovers of fox-hunting, and, as will 

 be seen in the chapter on the Rose Tree Hunt, the inhabitants 

 of Delaware and Chester counties, almost to a man, kept a few foxhounds. 

 The trencher-fed packs that resulted eventually crystallized into the various 

 Hunts which now exist, and the Lima is one of these. In 1 885, the farmers 

 and landowTiers in what is now the Lima country made an association of 

 their hounds under the name of the Lima Fox Hunting Club, and, like 

 many other organizations of its kind located in the vicinity of Philadelphia, 

 it traces its origin to the Gloucester Fox Hunting Club. 



Unfortunately, no records are available to tell us of the founders and of the 

 early Masters, but in 1 892, the present Master, Dr. Charlas A. Dohan, was 

 elected and has continued in office ever since. Under his rule, the pack has 

 been carefully looked after and steadily improved, until at present there are 

 eighteen and a half couples of American hounds in the kennels, which have 

 the reputation of being one of the best working packs in the country. 

 There are seventy-five members of the Lima Hunt, whose pack, by-the- 



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