The Missouri Hunt and Polo Club 



DISTINCTIVE COLLAR - Old gold 



MASTER St. Clair Streett, M.D. 



SECRETARY - F. S. Young, Esq., Kansas City, Mo. 



HUNTSMAN L. N. Nagill 



WHIPPERS-IN - \ '^'lY; ,y^-, <^"^™'^y 



( 2nd, Hall Harrison 



HOUNDS \ ^ couples, English 



( 8 couples, American 



KENNELS -. - 5 miles south of Kansas City, Mo. 



POST-OFFICE Westport Station, Kansas City, Mo. 



DAYS OF MEETING- Wednesday and Saturday 



LENGTH OF SEASON \ ^'^ff ["/^■'^"T '?'^ 



( and March 1 5 th to May I 5 th 



SHORTLY after the formation of the Onwentsia Hunt, near Chicago, 

 a number of gentlemen of Kansas City, Missouri, decided to form a 

 club in that vicinity for the furtherance of hunting or, rather, of rid- 

 ing to hounds. As those who have been in the western part of America 

 are aware, wire fencing is general, and while the line of the drag can be 

 laid in such a manner as to avoid this, it is quite out of the question to 

 hunt foxes where wire is as plentiful as it is about Kansas City. Drag- 

 hunting, therefore, has taken the place of the better sport ; and in a country 

 where all the fences are high enough and strong enough to keep in stock, no 

 one can say that the Missourians have chosen a child's game. 



Except for the superabundance of wire, the founders of the club had 

 everything in their favor, many residents of Kansas City bemg found who 

 were only too glad to join in the project. 



In 1902, then, the Missouri Hunt and Polo Club was duly incorporated 

 under the laws of the State of Missouri, and in the autumn Mr. S. H. Velie, 



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