THE MEADOW BROOK 



Charley CuUinan as huntsman and Jim Bergen as whipper-in; and the sport 

 Kimished proving most satisfactory, Long Island hunting was at last estab- 

 lished on a permanent basis. 



In 1881, the Club was incorporated, among its chief supporters being 

 Messrs. William Jay, August Belmont, Winthrop Rutherford and the late 

 William R. Travers, who was elected to the Presidency of the newly 

 formed organization. About this time, Mr. Griswold, finding that the West- 

 chester country was unsatisfactory, returned to Long Island, bringing with 

 him the Queen's County hounds, of which he was now sole owner. The 

 Long Island country was large enough for both packs, and an amicable ar- 

 rangement between Mr. Griswold and the Meadow Brook Hunt as to the 

 division of the country was made. 



The Rockaway Hunt, which enjoyed many years of prosperity but was 

 eventually driven out by lack of sufficient territory, was started about this 

 time by Mr. John Cheever. It became a regular organization and numbered 

 among its Masters, Messrs. R. L. la Montagne, J. G. Austin, Farley Clark, 

 John E. Cowdin, Eben Stevens, Foxhall P. Keene (\a\eT M. F. H. of 

 Meadow Brook), and at one time was hunted by Mr. Griswold in connec- 

 tion with his own country. Of late years, the Rockaway Hunt has been 

 rejuvenated under the name of the Rockaway Hunting Club, and although 

 its territory does not permit of its keeping up a pack of foxhounds, a race- 

 meeting is held annually at Cedarhurst, Long Island, and its members always 

 hope that at some future date the pack can be re-established. 



The Meadow Brook Hunt continued to gain in popularity and, after a 

 while, Mr. Belmont Purdy retired from the Mastership and was succeeded 

 by Mr. F. R. Appleton. After Mr. Appleton came Mr. E. D. Morgan, 

 Mr. R. W. Stuart and Mr. Thomas Hitchcock, Jr., in 1891 and 1892. 



In 1 893, Mr. Griswold was re-elected Master of the Meadow Brook and 

 he, after supporting the Queen's County hounds for his own amusement for 

 a number of years, amalgamated them with the Meadow Brook pack and 

 continued to hunt the two countries until 1 895, when he resigned, turning 

 the country over to the Meadow Brook at that time. 



Mr. Griswold was Master of Draghounds from 1877 to 1895, some of 



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