The Smithtown Hunt 



MASTER - - Clarence H. Robbins, Esq. 



SECRETARY John Turton. Esq.. Smithtown, Long Island, N. Y. 



HUNTSMAN ~ — - - -~ - - - -The Master 



HON. WHIPPERS-IN \ 1'^^°^^"^ Gilmore, Jr Esq. 



( Znd, Lawrence Butler, Esq. 



HOUNDS - - 1 couples, English 



KENNELS AND POST-OFFICE - Smithtown, Long Island, N. Y. 



DAYS OF MEETING - Wednesday and Saturday 



LENGTH OF SEASON ~ About four months, autumn and winter 



LONG ISLAND has always been noted for its sportsmen and for 

 its sporting establishments. Two of the greatest race-tracks in 

 the country are situated upon it, and those who have read the 

 chapter on the Meadow Brook Hunt have noted that some of the earliest 

 hunting in the United States was upon its soil. Its area is great enough to 

 allow room for a dozen packs of hounds, — more than there are now, — 

 and the conformation of the country and its fences are adapted to both fox- 

 and drag-hunting. At Bayside, L. I., a pack of hounds had been main- 

 tained for some time, and as the country gradually grew up and became 

 more cramped, the followers of this pack began to feel that a more regular 

 organization was necessary. 



Accordingly, in 1 904, Messrs. R. LawTence Smith, Marshall Smith, Joseph 

 Grace, Russell Grace, Devereux Emmett, John Turton, Winslow White, 

 William Minot, Lawrence Butler, Robert Gilmore and Henry Bell formed 

 themselves into a Hunt Club to be known as the Smithtown Hunt. Mr. R. 

 Lawrence Smith was elected Master and, being a staunch believer in Amer- 

 ican hounds, bought twenty couples in the south and brought them to Long 

 Island, where they have been hunted during the last three years. While 



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