THE ONWENTSIA 



jumper is needed. Two lines, aggregating from six to nine miles, are usually 

 laid, and as the hounds go a fast pace over this open country, with no stone 

 walls to stop them, a thoroughbred or nearly thoroughbred hunter is re- 

 quired. There are plenty of foxes in the country, but so far it has seemed 

 to the Master impossible to get good sport after them, on account of the 

 prevalence of ware. 



Each year, in July, the Club holds its annual Horse Show, and the steady 

 increase in numbers and quality of the entries m the hunter classes shows 

 that the westerners are in the game to stay. Most of the members have 

 summer homes near the kennels, and there is a good hotel which, wdth the 

 clubhouse, affords ample means for taking good care of any visitors who may 

 turn up to try a day with the Onwentsia hounds. 



As this volume goes to press, word is received that Mr. James F. Lord 

 has been elected Master; taking the place so ably filled for a number of 

 years by Mr. W. Vernon Booth. 



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