2o6 Horse and Hound. 



being exceptional in this State. The country 

 hunted Hes in a radius of twenty-one miles of 

 Lincoln, and varies from rough pasture to good 

 grass fields with the typical New England stone 

 walls varying from three feet to four and a half. 

 The hounds are the property of the Master, Mr. 

 Higginson, who hunts them himself, and are con- 

 sidered fast. 



The Genesee Valley Hunt Club is the oldest 

 hunt club in the United States, having been or- 

 ganized as early as 1876. Major W. A. Wads- 

 worth, a prince of sportsmen, is the President 

 and Master, and the pack, known as the Major 

 Wadsworth Hounds, is composed largely of the 

 American-English cross-bred hounds, containing 

 at present but fourteen couples, being about one- 

 half the usual number. The hunting is in the 

 Genesee Valley, mostly in Livingstone County. 

 and is an ideal fox-hunting country. During the 

 months of October and November wild red foxes 

 are run, and the average attendance for three 

 days in the week is about fifty. The fencing is 

 rail and board, not too stiff to be ridden straight, 

 at least by the members who have the reputation 

 of being hard, straight riders. The hunters are 

 mostly three-quarer and full thoroughbreds, 

 many of them being bred in Canada. It has al- 

 ways been a fox-hunting community, the hard 

 riders and superior jumping hunters being the 

 result of the genuine, high-class sport given them 



