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hunted by Mr. John R. Townsend and Mr. E. H. 

 Haniman, in Orange and Fauquier Counties, Va., 

 afford most excellent sport to their many friends 

 every other day throughout the season. The 

 pack is a good one of twelve couples American 

 and twenty-six couples English; the foxes are 

 red with straightaway inclinations. The English 

 hounds are used in the drag. 



The Chevy Chase Club, of Washington, D. C, 

 organized in 1892, has a membership of 750. 

 Mr. Clarence Moore has beeii the Master for the 

 past seven years, and hunts twenty-two couples of 

 English and twelve of American hounds in Mont- 

 gomery County, Md., the country being rolling, 

 farming country and well adapted to the drag as 

 well as fox hunts, which are held almost daily 

 throughout a season extending- from November 

 15th to April 15th. A larger percentage of ladies 

 hunt in this club than in any other, at least one- 

 fourth of the field being composed of ladies. The 

 coverts are small and fences easy, showing op- 

 portunities for good bursts of speed. 



The Essex Hunt. — Master, Charles Pfizer; 

 Huntsman, Wm. Howard since 1890; Whipper- 

 jn-Kennelmeu, all professionals, being subject to 

 changes. Hounds, imported English, thirty-five 

 couples, a draft being imported annually to main- 

 tain a good average. Location of Kennels, Glad- 

 stone, N. J. Telegraph office and railroad station, 

 Gladstone, N. J. Post-office, Gladstone, N. J. 



