The White Marsh Valley Hunt 



DISTINCTIVE UNIFORM - Green coat, scarlet collar 



EVENING DRESS - Scarlet coat, green facings 



MASTER - Welsh Strawbridge, Esq. 



SECRETARY - - Thomas Stokes, Esq., Philadelphia, Pa. 



HON. HUNTSMAN - James G. Leiper. Jr., Esq. 



HON. WHIPPERSIN ..- \ 1^"^^''" S'okes ^^q. 



( 2nd, Edward N. Benson, Jr., Esq. 



HOUNDS - - 1 2 couples, half-bred English auid American 



KENNELS - "Erdenheim," While Marsh Valley Township, Pa. 



RAILWAY STATION -Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia. Pa. 



POST-OFFICE — Flourtown. Pa. 



DAYS OF MEETING - Wednesday and Saturday, and all holidays 



LENGTH OF SEASON October 1st to April 1st 



ALTHOUGH the White Marsh Valley Hunt was not founded 

 until 1 903, by the Messrs. Edward D. Toland, Thomas Stokes, 

 James G. Leiper, Jr., R. H. Johnson, Jr., and Welsh Strawbridge, 

 the fathers of several of these gentlemen had run paper-chases in that part 

 of the country for some years, and the interest in cross-country riding, having 

 been handed down to the present generation, had never entirely died out, so 

 that as these gentlemen grew up and began to ride, they in their turn kept 

 up the paper-chases in a desultory sort of way. The runs became more 

 frequent and their devotees increased ; until presently, as is often the case, 

 came the taste for hounds, and in 1 903 a few couples were bought. The 

 natural advantages of the country, which is level and largely used for graz- 

 ing purposes, were all favorable, and as soon as the residents of the White 

 Marsh Valley found how much pleasure could be derived from riding to 

 hounds, they all joined in with a will and the Club was soon formed. 



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