2o8 Horse and Hound. 



making interesting hunting for the half dozen 

 ladies and score and a half men riders who turn 

 out on hunting days. High-class hunters, with 

 the necessary cross-country qualities, are ridden 

 by the members. 



The Deep Run Hunt Club, of Richmond, Va., 

 while having a very large membership (225), 

 probably the largest active in this country, sends 

 but a small percentage to the field, the average at- 

 tendance in the saddle not exceeding fifteen, a 

 third of which are ladies. This is doubtless ac- 

 counted for by the fact that wild foxes are not to 

 be had, having to content themselves with the 

 drag and captive foxes. Were they as energetic 

 as the members of the Myopia Club, most ex- 

 cellent running could be had by going half the 

 distance. Mr. C. C. Pinckney is President, and 

 Mr. H. C. Beattie the Master, who hunts eight 

 couples of American hounds twice a week. Some 

 line hunters of thoroughbred strain are owned by 

 the different members. 



The Onwentsia Hunt Club, of Chicago, is one 

 of the few Western Clubs which is forced to use 

 drag hounds. The pack is about evenly divided 

 between English and American hounds. Its pres- 

 ent membership is fifty, one-half of whom ride 

 three times a week from September to April. Mr. 

 W. Vernon Booth is the Master. 



Organized in 1895 and incorporated in 1901, 

 the Norfolk Hunt Club, of Medfield, Mass., has 



