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eighty-five members, Francis Peabody, Jr., being 

 President. The Board of Governors is composed 

 of the President, Secretary, Treasurer, and Mas- 

 ter, and three Stewards. Mr. Henry G. Vaughn, 

 ihe Master, hunts the twenty-five couples of 

 American and EngHsh hounds. The drag hunt- 

 ing in Norfolk and adjoining counties is done 

 entirely with the English hounds from the be- 

 ginning of the season in September until after 

 Thanksgiving, when the ground becomes frozen, 

 the meets are changed to Cape Cod and wild foxes 

 are hunted with the American hounds until late 

 in December, over a good, smooth country with 

 the usual New England stone walls. Owing to 

 the muddy and sandy soil, the going is heavy. 

 The proportion of men and women is about six 

 to one. 



The Cameron Hunt Club, with seventy-five 

 members, thirteen couples of English hounds, es- 

 tablished in 1897, hold drag meets twice a week 

 and holidays. Mr. Robert E. Lee, Jr., is Presi- 

 dent, and Mr. Courtland H. Smith is Master. 

 The country hunted is Alexandria and Fairfax 

 Counties, Va., a good negotiable country for 

 cross-country riding. 



The Chester Valley Club (Pennsylvania), R. 

 Penn Smith, Master, organized in 1897, has 

 twenty couples of American hounds (subscrip- 

 tion) which are hunted from November 22d to 

 March 17th. The country is open, an abundance 



