lo The Apocrypha 



The sport of hunting was suggested at Winchester 

 by Mr. F. H. Prince, who had followed the hounds 

 at Newport. In 1881, hounds were brought from 

 Canada to Winchester by Master H. A. Allan. Here 

 occurred, on an unusually fine December morning, 

 the famous " kill " when snow was on the ground, 

 described by those who were there as having more 

 of the quality of true sport than any other hunting 

 scene they had ever witnessed. 



Genuine " brushes " of the Reynard variety exist 

 at this day which were once worn by Winchester 

 foxes. 



As the Hunt first passed through Lexington Green 

 the pink was an apparition to the old town, rich in 

 Revolutionary history. Old flintlocks fell from over 

 the fireplace where they had lain for a century in 

 their efforts to get into action. What might have 

 happened is mere conjecture. The humorous re- 

 mark of the oldest inhabitant as the Hunt proceeded 

 towards the interior, that " ' redcoats ' when last seen 

 on Lexington Green were going the other way," 

 probably prevented a riot. 



Some Myopians are perhaps not aware that several 

 private packs of hounds were owned in New Eng- 

 land at least seventy-five years ago. 



The first case of a Boston lawyer, now one of the 

 oldest members of the profession in the city, was 

 against a huntsman almost sixty years ago. He 



