The Orange County Hunt 



EVENING DRESS - - - - Scarlet coat, white coDar 



MASTER - - — - — John R. Townsend, Esq. 



SECRETARY - — _ Irving G. Taylor. Esq.. The Plains. Va. 



HON. HUNTSMAN - - WiUiam Skinker. Jr.. Esq. 



{1 St, Ernest Withers 

 2nd, Charles Glasscock 

 3rd, Byron Whittlesey 



HOUNDS ) ^^ couples. American 



(27 couples, English 



KENNELS - - - - - - Goshen. N. Y.. and The Plains. Va. 



DAYS OF MEETING - Monday. Wednesday and Saturday 



LENGTH OF SEASON - - August 25th to March 25th 



IN the spring of 1 900, four New York gentlemen, Messrs. Edward H. 

 Harriman, F. Gray Griswold, John R. Townsend and Dr. J. O. 

 Green, conceived the idea of keeping a pack of draghounds somewhere 

 in Orange County, New York, and fixed upon the town of Goshen as the 

 most suitable place for their kennels. 



At that time, owning no hounds, and having only a sufficient number of 

 horses to mount themselves, Mr. P. F. Collier, who was then hunting his 

 own pack in Monmouth County, near Eatontown, New Jersey, was appealed 

 to, and kindly loaned ten couples of hounds, a huntsman, a whipper-in, a 

 kennelman and six horses on which to mount the Hunt Staff; — thus ena- 

 bling the Orange County Hunt to become a reality. Hunting was begun 

 early the following autumn, and such good sport resulted that it was decided 

 to empower Mr. Griswold to buy, on his next trip to England, twenty-five 

 couples of hounds. He was successful in procuring a draft of high quality, 

 and in the spring of 1901 they arrived at the kennels in Goshen, N. Y. 

 The management of the Hunt was entrusted to a committee, with Mr. Gris- 

 wold, who had formerly acted in the capacity of Master to the Queen's 



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