THE LOUDOUN COUNTY 



come. Finding that the hounds which belonged to the Hunt when he took 

 office were very unmanageable, — killing twenty-nine sheep on one of the 

 first days in the field, — he destroyed them all, and bought a small draft from 

 Mr. Bywaters of Culpepper, Virginia. Mr. Bywaters breeds the American 

 foxhound, " in its pure state," and claims to have as good as there are in 

 America. 



Mr. Heflin also very kindly loaned the Club five or six couples of his 

 hounds, and these were hunted two days a week throughout the season of 

 1 906 by Robert Dodd, with George Glasscock whipping-in to him. During 

 the summer, the Board of Governors had invited Mr. A. Henry Higginson 

 of Massachusetts to bring the Middlesex Foxhounds to Virginia for the sea- 

 son, and this pack was hunted on alternate days with the home pack from 

 November 1 st to January 1 5 th, the Loudoun taking the field on Tuesday and 

 Saturday and the Middlesex on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. The 

 season was a good one and the excellent sport which both packs showed 

 attracted many visitors from Washington and the north. 



The season of 1 907 was exceptionally open, and the sport was better 

 than ever, the Middlesex taking four days a week and the Loudoun retain- 

 ing the Tuesday and Saturday meets. Mr. Davis, however, found himself 

 very much occupied with business matters and could not give as much atten- 

 tion to the pack as formerly, which led him to tender his resignation, to take 

 effect at the end of the season. 



The authors know the Loudoun country very well, having hunted with 

 the Middlesex Foxhounds there throughout the seasons of 1906 and 1907, 

 and feel competent to give a more accurate descnption of it than of almost 

 any in America except their own. As they consider that, judging from last 

 season's Fields, Loudoun County will eventually become the Mecca of all 

 hunting men in America, they hope that their readers v^all excuse them for 

 going somewhat into details. 



To the north of the town, lies what is knowTi as the "Lucketts" country, 

 a strip of territory some twelve miles in length and five or six in width, lying 

 between the Potomac River and the Hog Back range of mountains. The 

 country here is very open and flat ; its best coverts being along the banks of 



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