The Oak Ridge Hunt Club 



DISTINCTIVE COLLAR - - - - - Seal brown 



EVENING DRESS - ~ - 5carlel coat, seal brown facings 



MASTER - — J. M. B. Lewis, Esq. 



SECRETARY - _ _ H. D. WeUs, Esq., Lynchburg, Va. 



HUNTSMAN - -- _ _ Ed Cash 



HON. WHIPPERS-IN - \ ['\ ^^^^- ^^'^''^"' ^!?- 



( 2na, William Beasley, Esq. 



HOUNDS — - - - - - 1 8 couples, American 



KENNELS AND POST-OFFICE - Lynchburg, Va. 



DAYS OF MEETING - ~ - \ ^°^°^^^' ^^ery hunting day 



( Draghounds, Saturday 



LENGTH OF SEASON - - - October 1st to May 1st 



ABOUT the year 1887, the Messrs. E. C. Hamner. Chas. M. 

 Guggenheimer, Hon. Peter J. Otey, Dr. R. W. Morgan, Chas. 

 E. Heald, N. C. Manson and Maj. Marcellus Moorman, who 

 had been hunting about Lynchburg, Virginia, with the various packs of 

 hounds in that region, joined forces and organized under the name of the Oak 

 Ridge Hunt Club. Electing Dr. R. W. Morgan as M. F. H., they began 

 to hunt foxes on regular days, and the farmers, quick to appreciate the advan- 

 tages of having their country hunted by an organized Hunt, rather than by 

 several individuals, met the wishes of the members in every possible way, 

 allowing them the hunting privileges of their farms and even giving them the 

 most pressing invitations to come frequently. This spirit, which has always 

 been manifest, is a tremendous advantage to the Hunt, and since both red 

 and gray foxes are very numerous and a source of constant annoyance and 

 pecuniary loss to the farmers, the members of the Oak Ridge Hunt endeav- 

 or both by their zeal in hunting and by recognizing their obligations in the 



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