Mr. MADDUX'S Hounds 



MASTER -James K. Maddux, Esq. 



HUNTSMAN - - - - The Master 



WHIPPER-IN - - Frank Helm 



HOUNDS - - ~ 1 couples, American 



KENNELS AND POST-OFFICE - - "Leeton HUl," Warrenton, Va. 



DAYS OF MEETING Every hunting day 



LENGTH OF SEASON - October 1st to April ist 



IN 1888, Mr. James K. Maddux first began to keep his own hounds, 

 having hunted before that time with the various packs which were 

 maintained in and about Warrenton; a pack of some sort having 

 always been kept there. Toward the end of the 80's so many new settlers 

 came in that it seemed likely that support could be secured for two regular 

 packs, and the Warrenton Hounds divided the country with the private pack, 

 which Mr. Maddux established. 



No stauncher supporter of the American hound breathes than Mr. Mad- 

 dux, and it is perhaps needless to say that his hounds are all of that 

 variety, and when Mr. Maddux says " American," he means it, his hounds 

 not having to his knowledge a single cross of English blood. Just what 

 their breeding is it would be difficult to prove, but they are not, as are some 

 of the so-called American hounds, three-quarters English. Mr. Maddux 

 states that in the country over which he hunts, which is hilly and contains 

 large tracts of woodland, and areas where it is quite impossible for the hunts- 

 man to be with hounds much of the time, the independence and free 

 tongues of his hounds enable him to get better sport with them than he can 

 with any others. 



The fencing is varied, consisting of stone walls, post-and-rail, " snake " 

 and plank fences, but the going is not bad, and in the open parts of the 



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