The Portland Hunt Club 



DISTINCTIVE COLLAR - - White 



EVENING DRESS - Scarlet coat, white collar and facings 



MASTER - T. S. McGrath. Esq. 



HUNTSMAN - - The Master 



HOUNDS - 1 couples, American 



KENNELS AND POST-OFFICE Portland, Ore. 



DAYS OF MEETING _ Two days a week 



LENGTH OF SEASON October 1st to April 1st 



UP in the northwest corner of the United States, some three thou- 

 sand miles from the centre of the hunting communities of the 

 east, is a most enthusiastic group of sportsmen, who have formed 

 themselves into the Portland Hunt Club. Beginning in a small way in 1 900, 

 as a paper-chase organization, they have progressed gradually under the 

 leadership of Mr. T. S. McGrath, who is an ardent horseman, until they 

 have now excellent stables and plans for a clubhouse, which will shortly be 

 completed. Of course, fox-hunting as easterners know it, is an absolutely 

 new sport in the west, and Mr. McGrath deserves a tremendous amount of 

 credit for the enthusiasm and singleness of purpose with which he has stuck 

 to his project. 



In 1 907, some American hounds were procured, — cross-country riding 

 up to that time having taken merely the form of paper-chases. These 

 hounds, — which were used for drag-hunting, — were not entirely satis- 

 factory, nor did this form of sport appeal to the members of the Club ; 

 accordingly in 1 908, a Horse Show was held for the purpose of raising 

 sufficient funds with which to build stables, kennels and a clubhouse, and to 

 procure a really good pack for the purpose of hunting the foxes with which 

 the country abounds. Endless pains were taken to make this show a success 



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