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ears and deep voices. These hounds seem especially well 

 adapted to hunt that part of the country. In colour they are 

 "Ring streaked and speckled," nevertheless they are as fine 

 a hunting pack of hounds as one would care to see. With such 

 an old hunt club it would be a pity ever to depart from this 

 style of hound. The pride in the hunt is the fact that they are 

 preser\ing as nearly as possible the original American type of 

 hounds, and all other customs and traditions of ye olden times. 

 May they never change it for more modern notions, but pre- 

 serve it forever without taint or tarnish. As the years go on 

 this feature Avill become more and more interesting and as such, 

 it would be a shame ever to destroy it. 



Another delightful old time feature which the club 

 members are most assiduous in preserving is a monthly supper, 

 "On the full of the moon," not only during the hunting season 

 but for every month in the year. Pennsylvania farmers have 

 always been noted for their sacred observance of doing im- 

 portant things on the full of the moon — "hog killing," "barn 

 raising," and many other events of the year. Agreeable to 

 this time-honoured custom the members of the Rose Tree 

 Hunt come together thirteen times a year when the sign is 

 right. They also say that the man in the moon is the proper 

 one to get full on these occasions and saves a lot of big-headed- 

 ness, which makes such a difference, especially the next 

 morning. 



Not only do these Rose Tree sportsmen entertain them- 

 selves in this most delightful manner, but they do not forget 

 the farmers, to whom they are beholden for the courtesy of 

 crossing their land. Twice a year at the beginning and closing 

 of the season, they give them a dinner, the members of the club 

 putting on aprons and waiting upon their guests, — millionaires 

 and farmers, railroad presidents and gardeners. It is the most 

 democratic club I have ever visited. 



The wriiij" has had a good deal to say about class and 



