The Tomahawk Hunt 



DISTINCTIVE COLLAR — - - Bronze green 



MASTER - — - WaUace W. Sanford. Esq. 



SECRETARY - -- - V. R. Shackelford, Esq., Orange, Va. 



HUNTSMAN ~ - - - - - - The Master 



HOUNDS - - 1 couples. American 



KENNELS - - - — — — " Kenmore ", Orange, Va. 



POST-OFFICE - - - - - Orange, Va. 



DAYS OF MEETING - Thursday, with an occasional bye 



LENGTH OF SEASON - -.- - - October 1st to May 1st 



THE autumn of 1902 saw the founding cf a small Hunt by 

 Messrs. L. S. Ricketts, J. B. McComb, John W. McComb, H. 

 S. Holladay, Jr.. E. B. Sidnor. W. W. Osborne and L. L. 

 Shannon, all residents of Orange County, Virginia. The organization, which 

 was first called the Orange County Hunt, was the outcome of the mterest 

 and enthusiasm of its founders in fox-hunting and of the breeding of the type 

 of horse used for that purpose. 



The first Master was Mr. J. B. McComb, and for the first two seasons he 

 worked hard to get the little Hunt on its feet. In 1 904, Mr. McComb was 

 succeeded by Mr. Jaffrey Woodriff, who also remained in office for two 

 seasons, when the present Master, Mr. Wallace Sanford, was elected. In 

 1 906, the Hunt changed to its present name m order not to conflict with the 

 Orange Count}' Hunt of New York and the Plains, Virginia, and made ap- 

 plication for recognition by the National Steeplechase and Hunt Association, 

 which was promptly granted. Since Mr. Sanford's election, the Hunt has 

 gone forward steadily and now has taken its place as one of the well-known 

 organizations of Virginia. 



The territory hunted over comprises the northwestern half of Orange 



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