THE RADNOR 



was purchased, the Club organized, and very primitive kennels erected. Mr. 

 James Rawle was elected President, Horace Montgomery first Master, and 

 John Mather, son of the former owner of the pack, was employed as hunts- 

 man. While the pack was enlarged and kenneled, no change in the method 

 of hunting, handling or breeding was made during this regime, which lasted 

 until 1887. A complete re-organization then took place, Mr. A. J. Cassatt 

 being elected President and Mr. C. E. Mather M. F. H.; Mr. Charltan 

 Yarnall succeeding Mr. Herbert Lycett as Secretary. 



Mr. A. J. Cassatt contmued as President until his death m 1906, when 

 he was succeeded by Mr. Rudolph Ellis, the present incumbent. Mr. 

 Charltan Yarnall was succeeded as Secretary by Mr. J. R. Valentine, followed 

 in turn by Mr. Henry Geyelin, Mr. W. S. Ellis, and the present Secretary, 

 Mr. H. W. Harrison. 



Mr. Mather hunted the American hounds, which he found there at the 

 time of his election as M. F. H., for several years, and showed satisfactory 

 sport v«th them. The pack consisted of sixteen and one-half couples, of the 

 usual uneven and undisciplined character found among the numerous packs 

 in Pennsylvania, and although new blood was introduced, no serious attempt 

 was made to do much with them for several years, except to keep the pack 

 up to a strength equal to that found at the start, and to have hounds which 

 would hunt and run the line of a fox well. In these early days the hounds, 

 with true American independence, scorned all discipline. However, they 

 answered their purpose, and many a pleasant day was spent over the hills 

 and dales of the Radnor country with them, until misfortune in the shape 

 of rabies appeared, and practically the whole pack was destroyed. 



It was in a measure to replace this loss that the Master began the importa- 

 tion of English hounds, a move which was to lead ultimately to the present 

 splendid pack of half-bred hounds, although at first the nucleus remained 

 American. Mr. Mather soon became so enthusiastic in regard to the merits 

 of the English hounds, that eventually he drafted out all the American blood, 

 and for several seasons hunted the English pack alone, until, yielding to the 

 pressure of the majority of his Field, he again introduced American hounds 

 into the kennels. Later, finding the sentiment at Radnor very strong in 



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