The Onwentsia Hunt 



EVENING DRESS - — Scarlet coat, yellow facings 



MASTER — James F. Lord, Esq. 



SECRETARY - - - - Francis C. Farwell, Esq., Lake Forest, lU. 



HUNTSMAN - - — - - Arthur Paley 



WHIPPERSIN - \ I''' ^'Z^'t°\ 



( 2nd, Will INaughton 



HOUNDS ~— --- - 16 couples, English 



KENNELS AND POST-OFFICE Lake Forest, lU. 



DAYS OF MEETING - - -Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday 



LENGTH OF SEASON - \ September ist to 



( and April I st to J 



December I st 

 une 1st. 



TWENTY-EIGHT miles north of the city of Chicago is located 

 a colony of business men who, in addition to the sports usually 

 indulged in, in such communities, have endeavored to establish 

 that of cross-country riding. In the autumn of 1 90 1 , a paper-chase club 

 was organized, and this proving very popular, the next step, naturally, was 

 the establishment of a pack of hounds. Being novices at the game, and not 

 wishing to begin on too pretentious a scale, Mr. Arthur T. Aldis, who had 

 been elected Master, looked about to see what sort of hounds would be 

 most advantageous to follow in what seemed a most unpromising country. 

 Hunting men from the older communities of the east and south must bear 

 in mind that the western farmer would surely go into bankruptcy were he 

 to fence his farm in a similar manner to his brother in the east. Wood is 

 at a premium, and far too valuable to use for rail fences; and wire, the 

 hunting man's curse, is the only substitute. Its use about Lake Forest has 

 ruined an otherwise beautiful country and put fox-hunting quite out of the 

 question. 



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