THE WATCHUNG 



removal to Plainfield) for several months, vs^hen they were sent to Millbrook, 

 Dutchess County, N. Y., where they are now being hunted by Dr. O'Malley 

 Knott, who has established a pack in that part of the country. In the late 

 summer of 1 907, there was purchased a draft of twelve and one half couples 

 from Lewas G. Young, Esq., M. F. H. of the Union County Draghounds, 

 of which ten couples came from the Montreal and were brought in from 

 Canada in the previous year by Mr. Young. These hounds are good-look- 

 ing and have excellent bone and substance, being bred from the best blood 

 obtainable in England. They were hunted during the fall and winter of 

 1 907 and proved most satisfactory, showing the keenness and drive of the 

 American hound, with the excellent manners and discipline of the English. 

 They have been carefully looked after smce they came into the possession 

 of the Hunt by Chris. Comins, the huntsman, who deserves great credit for 

 their physical condition and manners. 



Early in 1 908, two public-spirited members, Messrs. E. F. Hooley and 

 Harvey Fisk, bought a small draft from the Middlesex and presented them 

 to the Hunt. This draft, though small, was very high in quality, containing 

 among others, the well known Champion " Vaulter " and several very good 

 brood bitches, whose blood should make a noticeable improvement in the 

 pack. With such members as Messrs. Hooley and Fisk, who seem to 

 take a strong interest in the welfare of the pack, and a young and enthusiastic 

 Master, the Watchung is certainly going about putting its pack on a level 

 with the best in the country and getting good foxhound blood instead of 

 wasting time and money over a lot of nondescript draghounds and taking no 

 pains as to their breeding or care. 



It is regrettable that there are some Masters in America who think that 

 anything is good enough for a "dog" and that so long as six or eight couples 

 of " dogs " turn up at a meet and babble on a drag that they have a pack 

 worthy of their Hunt. 



For the past three years, the annual race meeting has been held on 

 Decoration Day and the second day preceding it, and there have been 

 gathered together at these meetings the best cross-country horses throughout 

 New Jersey and Long Island. These annual affairs have been very success- 



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