The Shelburne Hounds 



(MR. WEBB'S) 



DISTINCTIVE UNIFORM Scarlet coat, black coUar and cuffs 



EVENING DRESS - Scarlet coat, scarlet facings, black collar 



MASTER - J. Watson Webb. Esq. 



FIRST WHIPPER-IN AND KENNEL HUNTSMAN - W. Hopkins 



HOUNDS - 1 5 couples, English. 



KENNELS - " Shelburne Farms," Shelburne, Vt. 



POST-OFFICE - Shelburne. Vt. 



DAYS OF MEETING ~ Three days a week 



LENGTH OF SEASON \ SeP'^'"^'" 'f;° ^°r""^'' ' ^'^ l 



( April I st to May 3Uth, when weather permits 



VERMONT is the northernmost of all the eastern states which 

 can boast a recognized pack of foxhounds, although there are 

 several packs which have long been maintained just over the 

 border, in Canada. 



On the borders of Lake Champlain, about eight miles from Burlington, 

 Vt., is situated "Shelburne Farms," the great estate of Dr. W. Seward 

 Webb, which comprises about four thousand acres of pasture land, culti- 

 vated fields and wooded uplands. The surrounding country is of much the 

 same character as Mr. Webb's estate and is held by a class of landowners 

 all of whom are friendly to him and some of whom are interested in sport. 



These are the conditions which existed in 1902 when Mr. J. Watson 

 Webb, eldest son of Dr. Webb, began hunting a pack of beagles at "Shel- 

 burne Farms, " and these are the conditions which exist today. The beagles 

 sufficed for two seasons and then a scratch pack of harriers took their place 

 in order to get more pace. But since these could not fulfil the desired re- 

 quirements, they were in turn replaced, in 1 904, by a small importation of 

 six couples of English foxhounds from the Ledbury and other packs; and 



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