Hunting and Fishing. There is a Fox Hunters' Association in the 

 count}- which holds a field trial every fall in the upper end of the county. 

 This is always very largely attended. There is also a Hunt Club in 

 Che\y Chase which maintains a pack of hounds. A considerable 

 amount of fox hunting is done altogether, chiefiy around Rockville, 

 between Coles\illr iind Brighton, and in the Poolesville District. There 

 is also some coon hunting. 



There is excellent fishing in the Potomac River, particularly in the 

 vicinity of the Great Falls, and this is a favorite pastime with many, 

 especially in the Potomac District. 



Miscellaneous. Rockville has the only public pool room in the 

 county; there are no bowling alleys. Pool and billiards are played 

 privately to a certain extent. Flinch and crockinole are said to be 

 pojiular in the Potomac and Darnestown Districts. 



Agencies Furnishing Recreation Facilities. In general, it will be 

 noticed that there is no agency which feels impelled to furnish recrea- 

 tion facilities out of any sense of its obligation to the community. It 

 is not a desire for service but a need for money that pushes the church 

 and the lodge into this field. The fact that they do perform a public 

 service in providing recreation is quite incidental to the fact that they 

 find this a convenient way to raise funds. Such facilities as do not 

 owe their existence to this circumstance are the results of the efforts 

 of individuals or of groups organized for that purpose, such as card- 

 clubs, athletic associations, etc. 



General Characteristics 



In respect to recreation facilities as in respect to social organization, 

 conditions through the county seem to be somewhat uneven. Certain 

 districts or parts of districts seem to have inadequate local facilities, 

 notably Potomac, Darnestown, Damascus, and parts of Colesville and 

 Wheaton. Throughout the county, there seems to be little provision 

 made for the laboring classes and others less favorably situated; this 

 of course results from the fact which we have mentioned that there are 

 no agencies concerned to furnish recreation for its own sake, so that 

 those who because of economic circumstances, lack of personal initia- 

 tive or some other cause can not provide their own recreation facilities, 

 are left without. These, too, are the classes upon which the church 

 and the lodge have the slightest hold. 



In general, the recreation furnished the various communities is 

 clean and wholesome. There is a little gambling among certain sets 

 some of the jMcnics and a few of the dances are accompanied by drinking 

 But on the whole, there is little that is objectionable and much that is 

 commendable. At one time, Cabin John was popularly described as 



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