Belles, beaux and brains of the 60's . ganized 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 mos
Belles, beaux and brains of the 60's . ganized 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 Hax-all, Joseph Bryan, MajorOtway S. Allen, P. S. A. Brine, and Dr. Jos. A. White, its longtime president andleading spirit. Among the ladies I recall Mrs. Thos. Nel-son Carter, Mrs. Allen Potts (who was Gertrude Rives andhad no cross-country superior), Mrs. Andrew Christian,Misses Skelton, Palmer, Sophie White, and the famous and. CAPTAIN PHILIP HAXALL 26 BELLES, BEAUX AND BEAINS OF THE SIXTIES beautiful Langhorne sisters, who seem to have been born tothe saddle. Shooting followed close in sport, for game was everywherein those early clearings, big game and little. Crack shotslaid the foundation of the marksmanship that won the colonywars, the Revolution and the War of 1812. Racing, too,was legitimate descendant of the hunt. The turf of the olddays was led by Virginia stables and took its tone from Vir-ginia gentlemen, the Randolphs, Doswells, Johnstons andmany more familiar to younger ears. Most familiar to them, likewise, are two ancient seats inter-woven with the history and the courtliness of all our country,Arlington and Mount Vernon, literally household words today. The first Custis we note is John, in 1640. He had six sonsand one daughter. She married Colonel Argal Yeardley, sonof Governor Yeardley. Her brothers in Virginia were John,William and Joseph; Thomas, in B
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