Belles, beaux and brains of the 60's . ride anythingthat jumped was recreantto race and custom, as wasthe knight who declined thetilt or the lady of the listswho wore no colors. It is odd, therefore, thatthe first fox-hunting clubswere not formed at the Glouster Hunt Club, ofPennsylvania, was doubtlessthe parent one of the was founded in 1776, agreat and social affair, for the chase and entertaining. Othersmay have arisen, but the second notable club was the BaltimoreHounds, founded in 1818; the parent of later organizations inMaryland and the District of Columbia. Among the
Belles, beaux and brains of the 60's . ride anythingthat jumped was recreantto race and custom, as wasthe knight who declined thetilt or the lady of the listswho wore no colors. It is odd, therefore, thatthe first fox-hunting clubswere not formed at the Glouster Hunt Club, ofPennsylvania, was doubtlessthe parent one of the was founded in 1776, agreat and social affair, for the chase and entertaining. Othersmay have arisen, but the second notable club was the BaltimoreHounds, founded in 1818; the parent of later organizations inMaryland and the District of Columbia. Among these, today,are the Elkridge Fox Club, with Mr. E. A. Jackson as president,and W. Ross Whistler, secretary, and two hundred and fortymembers; the Green Spring Valley, seated in the most pictur-esque and fashionable of Baltimore outlyings, eighteen yearsago, to hunt the wild fox exclusively, with its two hundred mem-bers. The present vigorous heir of former attempt in the dis-trict is the Chevy Chase Hunt, founded on Thanksgiving day of. iMRS. EVELliN CABELL ROBINSON,OF COLLETON BELLES, BEAUX AND BEAINS OF THE SIXTIES 25 twenty years syne. Its leading spirits are Messrs ClarenceMoore, , and Gist Blair, and its suburban club houseis perhaps the seat of most diverse hospitality in the now has four admirably organized and equippedclubs: the Deep Run, of Richmond, the Warrenton, theCheswick (near Charlottesville) and the Piedmont, of Lynch-burg. The Deep Run wasorganized just seventeenyears ago, by Mr. S. H. Han-cock and his Maude Blacker. Theyare English folk: and thelady one of the best ridersand thorough horsewomenin the country. Her father,when he had reached eighty-six, rode as straight tohounds as a youth and nevermissed a meet. Organizedwith only twenty-three mem-bers, it now has over twohundred and fifty. Notablemen and some of the mostcharming women of the wholestate follow its hounds:among its presidents and offi-cers having been Philip
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