THE NORFOLK 



and although he was comparatively new at the game, his Mastership has 

 been a most successful one. Like his predecessor, he hunts the hounds him- 

 self, and although a busy man, finds time to be on hand three days a week, 

 and sometimes four. Although not a hound man to begin with, Mr. 

 Vaughan has taken infinite pains to better his pack. It has steadily im- 

 proved under him, and some very good hounds have been bred. In 1 904 

 and 1 905 he had drafts from the Cheshire, and these, together with occa- 

 sional drafts from the Genesee Valley and the Montreal, have brought the 

 pack to a high level of excellence. In 1905, Mr. Vaughan showed five 

 couples of hounds at the Country Club Horse Show and won, competing 

 against the best packs in New England and, although the hounds have not 

 been seen much of late on the flags, except at the National Hound Show, 

 the pack is of a much higher quality than when Mr. Vaughan took hold of 

 it. The Master, who holds the office of Secretary of the Masters of Fox- 

 hounds Association of America, has taken great interest in the South Lin- 

 coln Show and the Norfolk entries have carried off some very good trophies, 

 notably the Champion Bitch Cup won in 1 906 by " Woodnote." 



McGregor, the huntsman, has a strong liking for Amencan hounds and has 

 managed to interest the Master in them to a considerable extent. " Vanquish," 

 a bitch bred by Mr. Vaughan at the Norfolk ketmels, is by the Cheshire 

 "Dashwood" out of a half-bred American bitch, and has won the title of 

 "Champion" at the various shows at which she has appeared in American 

 foxhound classes. This fact is mentioned by the authors to show how lax 

 is the standard for American hounds on the flags today. Be this as it may, 

 Mr. Vaughan's experiments in the crossing of English and American hounds 

 will doubtless prove of great interest and assistance to New England hound 

 men in general, and it is to be hoped that a near day may see the Norfolk 

 devoting more of its time to fox-hunting. The Cape Cod season, now last- 

 ing but two weeks, has become an annual feature, and the taste it gives the 

 members of the better sport will do much to whet their appetites. 



Mr. Vaughan himself has some doubts as to whether this will ever oc- 

 cur, for, although many of the members find time each year to go to the 

 Cape for a couple of weeks' hunting, the home country is so infested with 



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