The Middleburg Hunt 



DISTINCTIVE COLLAR Black velvet 



MASTER - - Samuel P. Fred, Esq. 



HUNTSMAN - Claude Hatcher 



KENNELS AND POST-OFFICE Middleburg, Va. 



DAYS OF MEETING - Wednesday and Friday 



LENGTH OF SEASON October 1st to March 15th 



THE Middleburg Hunt dates, as an organization, from 1 906, and 

 was founded by Messrs. Samuel P. Fred, H. J. and A. S. 

 Duffy, Johnson Russell, John R. Townsend, Dr. Luck and 

 several others. 



In 1905, hunting about Middleburg was given a great impetus by the 

 fox-hunting match between the Middlesex and Grafton Hounds, which 

 took place partly in that country. The Master of the Middlesex made his 

 headquarters at Middleburg, and many of the meets were held in what is 

 now the Middleburg country. Such good sport was the result that, in 1 906, 

 the landowners about Middleburg invited Mr. Higginson, Master of the 

 Middlesex, to come back and hunt the country ; but arrangements having 

 already been made by him to hunt the Loudoun Hunt country, adjoining, 

 he was compelled to decline. 



In the spring of 1906 there was a good deal of trouble between Mr. 

 Harry W. Smith, M. F. H. of the Grafton, and Mr. John R. Townsend 

 M. F. H. of the Orange County, with kennels at The Plains, Va., as to who 

 should hunt at Middleburg the following season, Mr. Smith's claims being 

 backed by the Piedmont Hunt, which had always hunted over the district. 

 Mr. Townsend, however, eventually got the better of the dispute and he 

 installed part of the Orange County pack at Middleburg v^ath Mr. Percy 

 Evans as Deputy- Master. During the season of 1 906, The Plains country 



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