90 RADNOR REMINISCENCES 



coats and shorts, the ladies in white or silver dresses with 

 scarlet sashes across one shoulder. 



Mr. Cuyler kindly gave the decorations, including a 

 wonderful hunting scene, painted on a canvas the size of 

 the end of the ballroom, and, being banked in the fore- 

 ground with palms, etc., made the room seem very long, and 

 was quite a distinguishing feature of the ball. 



Most of the prominent hunts of the country were repre- 

 sented at the ball, among them being: A. Henry Higgin- 

 son, M.F.H., and Mrs. Higginson, Middlesex; Harry S. 

 Page, Meadow Brook; James K. Maddox, Warrenton; 

 Thomas Cottman, Green Spring; and others from Myopia, 

 Harford, Elkridge, Rose Tree, Cheshire, Pickering, Cotts- 

 more. White Marsh, Mr. Riddle's, Brandywine, etc. 



The Admiral made quite the hit of the evening, and, 

 although surrendering his sword and buttons, stood by 

 his ship until she sank. 



Thursday, nth January, 19 17 

 It was truly a cold grey dawn of the morning after, when 

 hounds met at the kennels to-day, and a rather jaded, 

 sorry-looking lot of foxhunters turned out in the very, 

 very cold wind, so a bottle of the famous Radnor Yellow 

 Port was opened for good luck before hounds met. 



Fortunately hounds found at once in Mr. George Earle's 

 big meadow, and went away across his lawn to the wood 

 above the house, sank the valley, crossing the breast of the 

 dam and up the hill on the opposite side of the pond, and 

 on into Yarnall's Hollow, on over the road into Tryon 

 Lewis's swamp to Mr. John Brown's where hounds swung 

 right-handed out across the Creek Road into Tryon Lewis's 

 and on to Bob Montgomery's, where the fox went into a 

 drain on his driveway. A passing friendly motor was sent 



