. Reminiscences of old Gloucester, or, Incidents in the history of the counties of Gloucester, Atlantic and Camden, New Jersey . eynardcarried the pack in full cry to Salem,It was a point of honor not to give up,until the bush was taken; after whichthere ensued a banquet at Huggs,■whereat he who was first in at the deathwas for the time being the lion. TheGloucester farmers, who suffered muchin those days from the great number offoxes with which the county still abound-ed, were always glad to hear the sound • See Memoirs of Gloucester Fox HuntnigClub, by a Member. Philad. 1830, p. 15. t This g
. Reminiscences of old Gloucester, or, Incidents in the history of the counties of Gloucester, Atlantic and Camden, New Jersey . eynardcarried the pack in full cry to Salem,It was a point of honor not to give up,until the bush was taken; after whichthere ensued a banquet at Huggs,■whereat he who was first in at the deathwas for the time being the lion. TheGloucester farmers, who suffered muchin those days from the great number offoxes with which the county still abound-ed, were always glad to hear the sound • See Memoirs of Gloucester Fox HuntnigClub, by a Member. Philad. 1830, p. 15. t This gentleman, a Gloucester county farmer,won the plaudits of the whole Club by .plunginginto the Delaware after a fox which had brokenthrough th« ie«. Memoirs, Alc. p. SI. TIIK tOWNSHIP ON GLOUCKSTER. 63 of the horns and hounds. From the tenthof October to the tenth of April, the Clubhad the entire freedom of their fieldsand woods, and often on catching themusic of the approaching pack, the sturdyhusbandman bridled his best horse, andjoined the merry dashing train, drinkingas deep as any the excitement of theroyal JONAS CATTELL. [From the Memoirs of the Gloucester Fox Hunt-ing Club.] There were many distinguished menconnected with the Gloucester Club;but none is more deserving immortalitythan Jonas Cattell! For twenty yearsthis worthy fellow was grand guide andwhipper-in to the Hunters, always athis post, says the memorialist, whe-ther at setting out with the company,leading off, at fault, or at the all the rest rode, he travelled onfoot with his gun and tomakawk, andwas always on hand for any emergency,before half the riders came in physical strength and activity werealmost incredible. When about fiftyyears of age he ran a foot race fromMount HollJ to Woodbury with an In-dian runner of great celebrity, and cameoff victor. About the same time he wona wager by going on foot from Wood-bury to Cape Island in one day, deliver-ing a letter, and return
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