OFFICERS
Chairman
Joseph B. Wiley Jr., MBH
President
William E. Bobbit Jr., MB
1st Vice President
Forbes R. Reback, MB
2nd Vice President
Richard H. Askins, MBH
Secretary
Emily Southgate
Assistant Secretary
Mandy Bobbitt, MB
Treasurer
Richard Nunez
Assistant Treasurer
Sharon L. Clark
Secretary for Supporting Members
Janice E. Schmidt
DIRECTORS
Term Expires
Joan Barrett 2006
Nancy Bergstrom 2008
Wanda Borsa 2007
Lawrence L. Bright 2008
Mrs. Peyton Cochran Jr. 2009
Diane Dougherty 2007
Jeff Eichler 2006
Stephen Fox 2006
Francis B. Jacobs II 2006
John P. Kingsley 2008
Joseph J. McKenna Jr. 2007
Elizabeth Park 2006
Mary Reed 2006
Arie M. Rijke 2006
President, Institute Corporation
Forbes R. Reback
President, Loudoun Agricultural and Chemical Institute Foundation
John M. Groff
AKC Delegate
Edmund Dziuk
BEAGLE PACKS
Apple Grove Beagles
Unionville, Pennsylvania.
Registered 1983.
Recognized 1984.
A private pack. Uniform: Green coat, royal purple collar with yellow piping, white breeches, green stockings. MB: J. Clayton Bright, 1399 Doe Run Rd., Coatesville, PA 19320, Tel.: 610-347-9712. E-mail: StudioJCB@aol.com. Huntsman: The MB. Hon. Whipper-in: Starr Cummin Bright. Kennels: Unionville, Pa. Meets: August�March at the MB’s convenience. Visitors welcome. The country, 25 miles southwest of Philadelphia, is hunted courtesy of Mr. Stewart’s Cheshire Foxhounds and Mr. Jefford’s Andrews Bridge Hounds. Bounded by Route 30 from Gap to Coatesville, Route 100 to Chadd’s Ford, Route 1 to Conowingo, the Susquehanna River to Route 372, and Route 372 to Gap, all in Pennsylvania.
Ardrossan Beagles
Villanova, Pennsylvania.
Organized 1924.
Recognized 1961.
A subscription pack. Uniform: Green coat, Yale blue collar with brick brown piping, hunt buttons and pack name. Evening�Same with Yale blue facing. MBs: Francis B. Jacobs II, 14 Rabbit Run Rd., Malvern, PA 19355. Tel.: 610-647-9529. E-mail: francisbjacobs@yahoo.com; L. Stockton Illoway, 535 Merlin Rd., Phoenixville, PA 19460. Tel.: 610-935-0203. E-mail: Illoway.Stockton@pmlmail.com. HuntsmEn: L. Stockton Illoway, jt.-MB, Francis Jacobs, jt.-MB. Field Master: James B. Congdon. Hon. Whippers-in: Joseph J. McKenna, Millard H. Jackson III, Bernadette Downey, Henry W. Wessells III, Virginia Jackson, John H. Richards III, John N. Strawbridge, Robert Keller, Susan Cadwalader, Henry Cadwalader, Hayden Cadwalader, Kent Cadwalader, David Hain. jr. Whipper-in: Tory Hain. Hon. Sec.: Patricia H. Jacobs. Hon. Treasurer: Edith Lamb Hollister. Chairman Of Hunt Committee: James B. Congdon. Kennels: Radnor Hunt Club, Malvern, Pa. Hounds: 15 couples 13″ and 15″. Hunt cottontail. Meets: October�March, Sundays and holidays. Informal on Saturdays and bye days August�March. The country is gently rolling farmlands with small coverts lying to the west of Philadelphia. This pack was originally established in 1924 as the Treweryn Beagles. Half of the Treweryn Beagles became the Ardrossan Beagles in 1961.
Bedlam Beagles
Rockbridge Baths, Virginia.
Organized 1977.
Recognized 1979.
A private pack. Uniform: Green coat, tan collar with dark brown piping. Buttons inscribed with a running rabbit and Bedlam Beagles. MB: Mandy McC. Bobbitt, WEB Hill Farm, 2092 Hays Creek Rd., Rockbridge Baths, VA 24473-2127, Tel.: 540-348-5799. E-mail: webhill@rockbridge.net. Huntsman: The MB. First Whipper-in: William E. Bobbitt Jr. Hon. Whipper-in: Miles C. Bobbitt. Kennels: WEB Hill Farm, Rockbridge Baths, Va. Hounds: 14 couples 13″ and 15″. The country hunted is by kind permission of Glenbarr Beagles. Rolling overgrown pasture-land located in Walkers Creek District of Rockbridge County, Va., in the vicinity of Jump Mountain and in portions of Riverheads Magisterial District of Augusta County, Va.
Clear Creek Beagles
Pewee Valley, Kentucky.
Organized 1902.
Reorganized 1982 (The pack is an amalgamation of the Rollington Foot Beagles and the Fincastle Beagles, est. 1902, as the Clear Creek Beagles). A private pack supported by subscriptions. Uniform: Green coat, blue collar, green piping, tan breeches, green stockings. Bone buttons with hare’s mask and CCB. MBs: Mr. & Mrs. W.P. Wiseman Jr., Darby Ford Farm, 3111 Hall’s Hill Rd., Crestwood, KY 40014, Tel.: 502-241-1500. E-mail: darbyford@aol.com; Nathan S. Lord, 1412 Willow Ave. #49, Louisville, KY 40204. E-mail: folo412@insightb.com. Huntsman: W.P. Wiseman Jr., jt.-MB. FIRST Whipper-in: Jean S. McLean. Whippers-in: Mrs. Henry Heyburn, David Oberg, Robert Halliday, Neville Blakemore, Camille Bathurst, Gregory Bozle, Culver Halliday. Chairman of Hunt Committee: W.P. Wiseman Jr., jt.-MB. Hon. Sec.: Jean S. McLean, 4109 Lime Kiln Ln., Louisville, KY 40222. E-mail: clearcreekbeagles@aol.com. Website: www.clearcreekbeagles.net. Treasurer: Gerald G. Tyrrell. Kennel Huntsman: Jean S. McLean. Hounds: 25 couples. Hunt cottontail. Meets: October�April; Sundays, holidays and frequent Saturday bye days. Contact the Huntsman. The country is open rolling farming, horse and cattle country lying in Oldham, Shelby, Mercer, Clark and Fayette counties in Kentucky. Portions of the country are hunted with the kind permission of the Long Run Hounds, the Woodford Hounds and the Iroquois Hunt. The country has been hunted continuously since 1902 by the Clear Creek, the Fincastle and the Rollington Foot Beagles.
Fairview Beagles
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Organized 1996.
Registered 2001.
A private pack. Uniform: Green coat with midnight blue collar and white piping. Tan brush pants. MB: Thomas A. Hancock, 646 Hunterstown Rd., Gettysburg, PA 17325. Huntsman: The MB. Hon. Whippers-In: Jane Hancock, Hannah Kapner, Elspeth Kapner, Linnhe Kapner. Kennels: Fairview Farm. HOUNDS: 9 couples, 15″ and 13″. Meets: August �April, at the MB’s convenience. The country is in Adams County, Pa., the townships of Reading, Latimore, Tyrone, Huntington and Menallen. State maintained game lands and farmland with hedgerows and woods.
Farmington Beagles
Albemarle County, Virginia.
Organized 1985.
Recognized 1985.
A subscription pack. Uniform: Green coat, Belgian blue collar and brass hunt buttons inscribed with the initials FB over a coiled whip. Evening�Same with Belgian blue facings. MBs: Forbes R. Reback, P.O. Box 20, Charlottesville, VA 22902, Tel.: 804-295-1196 or 804-823-2540. E-mail: forbes.reback@BBRS.net; Richard S. Crampton, 1106 Rugby Rd., Charlottesville, VA 22903, Tel.: 804-295-1991; Magruder Dent III, 4052 Blufton Mill Rd., Free Union, VA 22940; Charlotte D. Buttrick. Huntsmen: The MBs. Field MaSters: John B. Fiery, Theodore Caplow, Ralph Rush Jr. First Whipper-in: Ann M. Via. Hon. Whippers-in: Robert F. Bryan, David W. Wheeler, Charles Forsman, Sara Lee Barnes, Bailey H. Dent, John P. Moore, Claire R. Hunter, Blake Souder. Hon. Sec.: Forbes R. Reback, jt.-MB. Hon. Treasurer: Magruder Dent III, jt.-MB. Chairman of Hunt Committee: Robert F. Bryan. Kennels: Foxfield, Albemarle County, Va. Hounds: 17 couples 13″ and 15″. Hunt native cottontail. Meets: October�mid-April, Sundays and holidays. Bye days at the MBs’ convenience. The country lies east of the Blue Ridge and west of Richmond in Albemarle and Louisa counties and coincides with that of the Farmington and the Keswick Hunt Clubs. Hunted with the kind permission of the Masters. The country is rolling northern Piedmont grass and woodland crossed by numerous small rivers and streams.
Glenbarr Beagles
Rockbridge Baths, Virginia.
Organized 1978.
Recognized 1981.
A private pack. Uniform: Green coat, apricot collar with charcoal piping. Hunt buttons inscribed G.B. with running hound. MB: William E. Bobbitt Jr., WEB Hill Farm, 2092 Hays Creek Rd., Rockbridge Baths, VA 24473-2127, Tel.: 540-348-5799, 540-332-7845 (work). E-mail: webhill@rockbridge.net. Huntsman: The MB. Hon. WhipperS-in: Mandy McC. Bobbitt, Miles C. Bobbitt. Kennels: WEB Hill Farm, Rockbridge Baths, Va. Hounds: 13 couples 13″ and 15″. Meets: Sundays, holidays and bye days at the convenience of the MB. Visitors welcome. The country has rolling open and brush covered pasture fields and wooded mountain foothills located in Walkers Creek District of Rockbridge County, Va., in the vicinity of Riverheads Magisterial District of Augusta County, Va.
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Hidden Meadows Beagles
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
Organized 1998.
Registered 2000.
A private pack. Uniform: Green coat, yellow collar with white piping, white pants. Informal: Green shirt or jacket and tan pants. MB: Diane L. Dougherty, 40 Wenschoff Rd., Fairfield, PA 17320, Tel.: 717-337-1990. E-mail: badattbob@hotmail.com. Huntsman: The MB. Field Master: Kitty Hofman. Hon. Whippers-in: Mary W. Dudderar, Robert E. Dougherty Jr., Debora A. Carman. Hon. Jr. Whipper-in: Matthew D. Carman. Hon. Sec.: Mary W. Dudderar, 538 Morelock School House Rd., Westminster, MD 21158, Tel.: 410-848-7355. Kennels: Hidden Meadows, Fairfield, Pa. Hounds: 10 couples of 13″ and 15″. Meet: September�April, Saturdays and bye days. Early hunting from July 1. The country lies in the state of Pennsylvania, Adams County, consisting of farmland, with woods and streams.
Hills Bridge Beagles
Aquasco, Maryland.
Organized 1984.
Recognized 1987.
A private pack supported by subscriptions. Uniform: Green coat, Confederate gray collar, navy blue piping. MBs: Margaret Mikita Addis, P.O. Box 833, Upper Marlboro, MD 20773, Tel.: 410-586-1198; Keith S. Gardner, 81 W. Town Rd., Blackwell, Bristol, United Kingdom BS919 3BQ, Tel.: 011 44 1275 462144. Huntsman: Margaret Mikita Addis, jt.-MB. Hon. Whippers-in: Patty Scasser, Ted Porter. Hon. Jr. Whippers-in: Jennifer & Hampton Addis. Hon. Secs.: Patty Scasser & Dawn Porter. Treasurer: Tina Boyd. Hounds: 12 couples 13″ and 15″. Hunt cottontail. Meets: Saturdays and bye days. September�March. Visitors welcome. The country has rolling cultivated fields and pastures, with coverts of oak and pine. Consists of parts of Prince George’s, Charles, Anne Arundel, and Calvert counties. Hunted with the kind permission of Marlborough Hunt and De La Brooke Foxhounds.
Holly Hill Beagles
New Freedom, Pennsylvania.
Registered 1992.
Recognized 1997.
A private pack. Uniform: Green coat, black
velvet collar with scarlet piping, gold buttons engraved HH, white pants. Evening�Black with scarlet facings. MBs: Wanda Tate Sanders Borsa & John B. Borsa, 10015 Holly Hill Ln., New Freedom, PA 17349, Tel.: 717-235-1031. E-mail: beagling@outdrsnet; Kelly Sanders Karpulk, 185 Scott Rd., York, PA 17403; A. Jedson Smalley, 4530 Harford Creamery Rd., White Hall, MD 21161. Huntsmen: The MBs. Field Master: Kristian Karpulk. Hon. Whippers-in: Peggy Smalley, Sam Heil, Kristine Kraeuter, Amy Burke. Hon. Jr. Whipper-in: Moira Smalley, Bryan Catalano, Hunter Karpulk. Kennels: Holly Hill Kennel. Hounds: 22 couples 13″ and 15″. Meets: October�March at the convenience of the MBs. The country is in the state of Pennsylvania, in the County of York, bounded by the Susquehanna River on the east, the Mason-Dixon Line on the south, Route 30 on the north and Route 516 to Route 611 to Route 30 on the west. The land is mostly wooded and hilly. Hunted by the kind permission of the Masters of the Rose Tree Foxhunting Club and The Warrington Foot Beagles.
Leawood Farm Beagles
Maple Plain, Minnesota.
Organized 1988.
Recognized 1990.
A private pack. Uniform: Green coat, maroon collar with gray piping, hunt buttons inscribed with hunt name and beagle head. MBs: Connie & Nicholas LaFond, Foxscat Farm, 1786 Copeland Rd., Maple Plain, MN 55359, Tel.: 763-972-6712, Fax: 763-972-6926. E-mail: Clafond001@aol.com; Charles Thoreson, 3360 Oxford Rd., Watertown, MN 55388, Tel.: 952-955-2193. Huntsman: Connie LaFond, jt.-MB. Hon. Whippers-in: Nicholas LaFond jt.-MB, John Martinson, Nancy Kwam, Sue Thoreson, Richard Stoller, Melissa Quinn, David Lubben, Cathy Andrews, Chuck Thoreson. Kennels: Foxscat Farm. Hounds: 8 couples 13″ and 15″. Meets: September�April, Sundays, holidays and bye days. The country of the Long Lake Hounds is hunted with their kind permission. Rolling terrain, woods and cropland. This includes the municipalities of Medina, Hamel and Maple Plain in Hennepin County and the municipality of Watertown in Carver County.
Middletown Valley Beagles
Middletown, Maryland.
Organized 1969.
Recognized 1971.
A private pack showing sport for and partially supported by the New Market-Middletown Valley Hunt Club. Uniform: Green coat, rust collar with gold piping, tan trousers or knickers. MB: James P. Farber, 1415 Mt. Church Rd., Middletown, MD 21769, Tel.: 301-371-5325. E-mail: gonaway@adelphia.net. HON. MBs: Randall R. Medd, T. Robert Jones. Huntsman: Steven Minnick. Field Master: Randall R. Medd. Hon. Whippers-in: Jeff Martin, Bill Kopp, John Klish, Gary Scott, Sarah Lewis, Judith Schneider, Stompie Kleinschmidt, Bob Trice, Susan Trice, Pete Medd. Kennels: Middletown Valley Hunt Club, near Burkittsville, Md. Hounds: 15 couples 15″ bitches. Meets: Sundays, September�March. Bye days at the MB’s convenience. The country lies in Frederick and Washington counties, Md., except for a triangle between Interstate 270 south of Frederick city and Intersate 70 east of Frederick; plus those parts of Jefferson and Berkeley counties, West Virginia, within the hunt territory of the New Market-Middletown Valley hounds. Most meets take place within Middletown Valley itself which consists of rolling farmland with intermittent woodlands.
M.O.C. Beagles
The Plains, Virginia.
Organized 1961.
Recognized 1961.
A subscription pack. Uniform: Green coat, white collar. MB: Mrs. Paul Fout, Box 346, Middleburg, VA 20118, Tel.: 540-253-5176. HuntsmAn: Shelly O’Higgins, Marshall, VA, Tel.: 540-764-0174. Field Master: The MB. Hon. Whippers-in: Mrs. Adrien Brooks, Jamie Barrie, Tom Wolf, James Plaskitt. Hon. Sec.: Jamie Barrie, Tom Wolf. Kennels: The Plains, Va. Hounds: 10 couples. Hunt cottontail and fox on foot and mounted. Meets: September�March. Beagles meet regularly Sunday afternoons and Thursdays exercise. Visitors welcome. Pack organized in connection with Middleburg-Orange County Pony Club, and hunts the Middleburg and O.C.H. countries with their permission, to teach young people to enjoy hunting.
Mountain Road Beagles
St. Joseph, Illinois.
Organized 1975.
Recognized 1975. (Inactive 1995�August 1996)
A private pack. Uniform: Green coat, Confederate gray collar with maroon piping. MB: Jonathan H. Foreman, 2249 Homer Lake Rd., St. Joseph, IL 61873, Tel.: 217-469-9014. Huntsman: The MB. Hon. Whippers-In: Forrest Foreman, Elizabeth Spicer, Rene Chicoine, Jason Eaton. Kennels: St. Joseph, Ill. Hounds: 10 couples. Hunt cottontail. MeetS: Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and holidays. Visitors welcome. The country lies in Champaign and Vermillion counties, Ill. The country is flat with big fields of corn, wheat and soybean. Cover is along streams and ditches.
Nantucket-Treweryn Beagles
Berryville, Virginia.
Organized 1924.
Recognized 1924.
A subscription pack. Uniform: Green coat, maroon collar with white piping, white breeches, maroon stockings, maroon waistcoat. Evening�Green coat, maroon facing with white piping. MBs: Peter J. Cook, The Dower House, P.O. Box 187, Berryville, VA 22611; Frederic B. Underwood, P.O. Box 271, Berryville, VA 22611, Tel.: 540-837-2819. E-mail: funderwood@ober.com. Huntsman: Stephen W. Fox. Hon. Whippers-in: Frederic B. Underwood, jt.-MB, Peter J. Cook, jt.-MB, Neil Manger, Babette Alliger, Russell Wagner. field Masters: Joseph H. & Sherry W. Blatz. Chairman of Hunt Committee: Mrs. Wingate Mackay-Smith. Hon. Sec.: Frederic B. Underwood, jt.-MB. Kennelman: Thomas Cox. Kennels: Dower House Farm, Berryville, Va. Hounds: 15 couples of 15″ and 13″, the property of the country. Marked N.T.B. on left ear. Meets: October�March. Saturday, Sunday and bye days. The country is the same as that of the Blue Ridge Hunt, by kind permission of the Masters. It lies in the Shenandoah Valley, Clarke and Warren counties (Va.), and Jefferson County (W.Va.). Mostly open farmland with large apple orchards and rock breaks.
Octorara Beagles
Floyd, Virginia.
Organized 1976.
Recognized 1980.
A private pack. Uniform: Brown field coat, or green hunting coat, yellow collar with purple piping. Brush pants or skirt. Evening�Green with purple collar, yellow lapels. MB: Lawrence L. Bright, 794 Spangler Mill Rd., Floyd, VA 24091, Tel.: 540-745-5790. E-mail: bright@swva.net. Huntsman: The MB. First Whipper-in: Debby Bright. Hon. Whippers-in: George Graham, A. Dunham Hollister, Edith L. Hollister. Hon. Sec.: The MB. Kennels: Spangler Mill Rd., Floyd, Va. Hounds: 8 couples. Hunt cottontail and native hare. Meets: August�March at the convenience of the MB. Visitors welcome. The country is in Floyd, Va., an area of steep hills, deep hollows and thick cover hunted with the kind permission of the local moonshiners. The country consists of an area north of Interstate Route 77, east of Interstate Route 81 and southwest of Roanoke, Va., wherever there happens to be good rabbit cover, but primarily on a few hillsides near Spangler Mill Road in Floyd County.
Old Chatham Hunt Foot Beagles
Old Chatham, New York.
Organized 1953.
Recognized 1953.
A subscription pack. Uniform: Green coat, Cavalry yellow collar, green piping. MBs: John P. Kingsley, 329 Main St., Catskill, NY 12414, Tel.: 518-943-3399; Jessica Anderson, 236 Bashford Rd., Valatie, NY 12184, Tel.: 518-766-0449. E-mail: jessica sanderson@hotmail.com. Hon. HuntsmEn: The MBs. Hon. Sec.: Mrs. F. James Tuttle, 192 Merwin Cake Road, Kinderhook, NY 12106, Tel.: 518-758-7772. Field Masters: Nancy Clark, Nora Tuttle. Hon. Whippers-in: Thomas B. Kelly, F. Thomas Clark, W. Cody Anderson, John B. Carroll, Mitchell J. Goroski, Peter J. Kelly, Pamela Cohen, John Adriance, Marje Cartwright, Robert Allen, Frank J. Tuttle, Kathryn Butler. Kennelman: Paco Perez. Kennels: Reed Road, Malden Bridge, N.Y. Hounds: 15 couples 15″. Hunt cottontail and hare. Meets: September�January, and March. On Sunday afternoons and bye days at the pleasure of the MBs. Visitors welcome. The country is rolling farms, orchards and woodland in northern Columbia County, N.Y.
Orlean Foot Beagles
Marshall, Virginia.
Organized 1998.
Recognized 2002.
A private pack. Uniform: Green coat with charcoal black collar with two vertical scarlet stripes adjacent to the collar points. Brown brush pants with tan nylon facing. Summer: forest green canvas cotton shirt with olive inlayed sleeve patches that run from elbow to cuff. MB: Ramsay A. Barrett, 7831 Carters Run Dr., Marshall, VA 20115, Tel.: 540-349-4628. E-mail: RDZCE5@aol.com. huntsman: The MB. First Whipper-in: Benjamin Barrett. Hon. Whippers-in: Elizabeth Barrett, William Chadwell. Kennels: Marshall, Va. Hounds: 9 couples 13″ and 15″. Meets: October�April, Sundays and holidays. Bye days on Saturdays and weekday early evenings. Early morning hunting throughout the summer. The country lies in the state of Virginia, the county of Fauquier. Rolling country, typically beef cattle pasture, and overgrown fence rows and gullies. Hunted with the kind permission of the Old Dominion Hounds, Warrenton Hunt and Ashland Bassets.
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Paradise Valley Beagles
Gilbert, Arizona.
Organized 1983.
Recognized 1986.
A subscription pack. Uniform: Green coat, Buchanan tartan collar, white breeches, black riding boots. MB: Mrs. Craig Stevenson Jr., 14506 East Wildcat Dr., Scottsdale, AZ 85262, Tel.: 480-892-4018, 928-526-7018 (summer) or 602-819-4636. E-mail: PVbeagles@hotmail.com. Huntsman: The MB. Hon. Whippers-in: Jennie Cure, Peggy Wilson, Stephania Williams, Christi Stevenson, Wendy Borst, Jane Murphy. Hounds: 10 couples 15″. Hunt jackrabbit. Hon. SEC.: Amy Dudley. Meets: Mid-November�mid-March, Thursdays and Sundays, field mounted. Informal July� October, in Flagstaff courtesy of High Country Foxhounds. Visitors welcome. The country is north, east and west of Metropolitan Phoenix, Ariz. Desertland, sparsely covered with greasewood bushes, cactus, mesquite and palos verde trees, intersected by numerous arroyos (dry washes).
Pond Hill Beagles
Ontario, Canada.
Organized 2001.
Registered 2003.
A private pack. MB: Jane Pady, 995611 Mono/Adjala T.L., R.R. #1, Rosemont, Ont. L0N 1R0 CAN, Tel.: 705-435-6110; Patricia Seyfried, Pinebrook, 10955 Clarkway Dr., Brampton, Ont. L6P 0W2 CAN, Tel.: 905-794-0162. Huntsmen: Jane Pady, jt.-MB. Hon. WhipperS-in: Walter Pady, Hon. MFH, Michael Laine, Margaret Quayle, jt.-MFH, Constance Boldt, Alastair Strachan, Leys Johnson. Kennels: Pond Hill, 99561 Mono/Adjala T.L., RR #1, Rosemont, Ont. Hounds: 9 couples 15″. Meets: Sundays, September–March, weather permitting. Guests always welcome, please call an MB for directions. The country is hunted with the kind permission of the Toronto and North York Hunt and the Eglinton & Caledon Hunt.
Roscommon Hounds Foot Beagles
Geneseo, New York.
Organized 1981.
Registered 2002.
A private pack. Uniform: Forest green coat, artillery red collar. Evening�Continental Army blue, silk facings the same; artillary red collar. MBs: Joseph C. O’Dea, Roscommon Farm, Box 307, Geneseo, NY 14454, Tel.: 585-243-2214; Randal Kozlowski, Chestnut Hill Farm, Box 302, Geneseo, NY 14454. Huntsmen: The MBs. HON. WHIPPERS-IN: Colin Coots, Robert Palcovic, William Servis, Sterlin Harris, Karen Schmidt, James Watrous. KENNELS: Roscommon Farm, Geneseo, N.Y. Hounds: 5 couples 13″ bitches. Hunt cottontail. Meets: Hounds go out October 15�April 15 on Sunday afternoon (for which a fixture card is available), on bye days, and at the pleasure of the MBs. Local residents and visitors are welcome. Contact the MBs. The country hunted is the country of the Genesee Valley Hunt and comprises Livingston County and the southern townships of Monroe County, and by invitation certain coverts in the adjoining counties of Genesee and Ontario are occasionally hunted. Rolling pasture, grain fields, farm woodlots and wooded gulleys. The country is hunted through the sufferance of the Masters of the Genesee Valley Hunt (founded 1876) with whom there is a happy and enduring relationship.
Sandanona Hare Hounds
Millbrook, New York.
Organized 1977.
Recognized 1977.
A subscription pack. Uniform: Green coat, yellow collar with gray piping. Evening�Green, yellow silk facings with gray piping. MHs: Oakleigh Thorne, 164 East Farm Rd., Millbrook, NY 12545; Mrs. James M. Park, 96 Flint Hill Rd., Amenia, NY 12501, Tel.: 845-373-8001. E-mail: sharehuntersall@mymailstation.com. Huntsmen: Mrs. James M. Park, jt.-MH, Dorothy Mayo. Kennel Huntsmen: Natasha Kondratiev. Hon. Whippers-in: James Park, Betsy Battistoni, John Kinnear, Bickford Henchey, Dorothy Mayo, Molly Marion, Tim Price, Alex Price. Chairman of Hunt Committee: Farnham Collins. Kennels: Millbrook, N.Y. Hounds: 12 couples 13″ and 15″ Beagles and 12 couples English Bassets. Hunt native brown hare, Kansas jacks and cottontail. Meets: Sundays and bye days. August 1�April 1. The country is rolling farm and woodland in Dutchess County, N.Y., with the kind permission of the Millbrook Hunt. The Sandanona Hare Hounds are successors to the Sandanona Beagles, Morgan Wing, Esq., Master, recognized 1948.
Scotsgrove Beagles
Lyman, South Carolina.
Organized 1994
Registered 1994
A private pack. uniform: Green jacket with red clay mud collar and Confederate gray stripe. Warm weather: Olive green shirt. Brush pants or chaps. MBs: Robert C. & Leslie B. Scott, 39 Hillcrest St., Lyman, SC 29365, Tel.: 864-877-9392. Huntsmen: The MBs. Hon. Whipper-in: Ashley Anderson. Hon. Sec.: The MBs. Kennels: Scottsgrove Farm, 39 Hillcrest St., Lyman, SC 29365. Hounds: 8 couples. Meet: At the convenienice of the MBs. The country lies in Northwestern Spartanburg County, South Carolina.
Settlers Acre Beagles
Greenwood, Missouri.
Organized 1984.
Recognized 1987.
A private pack. Uniform: Green coat, pitcher sage blue collar with buff piping, buttons inscribed with pack name and Beagle above hunting horn, white breeches, green stockings. MBs: James & Carlie Beisel, Settlers Acre, 802 S. 2nd Ave., Greenwood, MO 64034, Tel.: 816-537-6992. E-mail: carliebeisel@aol.com. Huntsman: James Beisel, jt.-MB. Field Master: John Kaczynski. Hon. Whippers-in: Jack Cooley, Perky Beisel, Carlie Beisel, John Blakenship, James Naylor, Janet Staudinger. Kennels: Settlers Acre. Hounds: 131�2 couples 13″ and 15″. Meets: October�March on alternating Saturdays and Sundays and informally on bye days at the MBs’ convenience. Pony clubbers are encouraged to hunt. The country lies in Jackson and Cass counties, Mo., and consists of small and large woodlands, swamps, briar thickets, cropland, rolling pastures intersected by many small streams and large rivers.
Sir Sister Beagles
Barrington, New Hampshire.
Organized 1897.
Recognized 1903.
A private pack. Uniform: Hunting green coat with scarlet collar. MB: Roger D. & Carla C. Williams, Coot Farm, 40 Canaan Back Rd., Barrington, NH 03825, Tel.: 603-664-2503. Huntsman: Roger D. Williams, jt-MB. Hon. Huntsman: Dennis Frizado. FIRST Whipper-in: Piervito Williams. Hon. WhipperS-in: Angelo Cacciatore, Frank Whitehouse. Hon. Sec.: Dawn Kilmer. Hon. Treasurer: Dawn Kilmer. KennelmEn: Ted Gooch, Kevin Melia. Kennels: Coot Farm, Barrington, N.H. Hounds: 10 couples. Hunt cottontail. Meets: By invitation, at the pleasure of the MBs. The country lies in Strafford County, N.H. and Bristol County, Mass.
Waldingfield Beagles
Albemarle County, Virginia.
Organized 1885.
Re-recognized 1972.
A private pack, supported by subscription. Uniform: Green coat, hunting green collar, hunt buttons inscribed W.B. Evening�Green coat, hunting green collar. MBs: Susan A. Tuckerman (2003), P.O. Box 502, Unionville, PA 19375; Arie M. Rijke (1971), Ridge Lee Farm, 391 Ridge Lee Dr., Charlottesville, VA 22903, Tel.: 434-293-2642. E-mail: amr@virginia.edu. Huntsmen: The Mbs. Hon. Whippers-in: L. Pryor Hale, Paul M. Dee, Louise H. Randolph, Kathy B. Dee. Whippers-in: Felix J. Lockman, Joseph G. Metcalf, Sibylle R. Hunt, Amy Burke, Louise H. Randolph, Julia Carlson. Field Master: Col. (ret.) Henry R. Shelton. Kennels: Ridge Lee Farm. Hounds: 15 couples of 13″. Hunt cottontail. Meets: October�March, Saturdays and holidays. Bye days, Mondays and Wednesdays and at the MBs’ convenience. The country lies north, west and south of Charlottesville, in Albemarle County, and consists of gently rolling farmland with coverts, small streams and woodlands, hunted by permission of the Master of the Farmington Hunt Club. Cubbing is in Cumberland County, Va. The hunt was established in Ipswich, Mass. in 1885 and recognized at the First National Beagle Field Trials in Hyannis, Mass.
Warrington Foot Beagles
Wellsville, Pennsylvania.
Organized 1984.
Registered 1985.
A private pack. Uniform: Green coat, gray collar with green stripe. MBs: Joan Barrett, Valley Farm, 298 Main St., Wellsville, PA 17365, Tel.: 717-432-2214. E-mail: warringtonbeagle@aol.com; Rob McIlvane, 1120 Rohlers Church Rd., Dover, PA 17315, Tel.: 717-292-3239; Chris Hamilton, 1200 Pleasant Ave., Dallastown, PA 17313, Tel.: 717-244-8994. HuntsmEn: The Mbs. Field Master: Audrey A. Barrett. Hon. Whippers-in: Frank Harvey, Linda Bailey, Philip Suraci, Nolan Barshinger, Ben Rickards, Brandon Barshinger, William McGuinn, Dunham Hollister, Edith L. Hollister. Kennels: Valley Farm. Hounds: 15 couples 13″ and 15″. Hunt cottontail. Meets: August�March, Sundays and bye days at the convenience of the MBs. The country lies in York County, Pa., hunted by the Rose Tree Fox Hunting Club and the Beaufort Hunt.
West Dublin Foot Beagles
Perkasie, Pennsylvania.
Organized 2005.
Registered 2005.
A private pack, supported by subscription. Uniform: Green coat, yellow collar with maroon piping, white trousers. MB: Richard B. Daivs, 322 Ashton Circle, Langhorne, PA 19053, Tel.: 215-932-9670. E-mail: rbddtthd@aol.com. Whippers-in: Ned Cathchal, Jerry Reed. Hon. Sec.: Debbie J. Davis. Kennels: Perkasie, Pa. Meets: At the convenience of the MBs and Whippers-in. Guests always welcome. The country lies in Eastern Bucks County, Pa., in the townships of Hilltown, Plumstead, Bedminster, New Britain, West and East Rockhill and Milford.
Windcrest Beagles
Chesterfield, Missouri.
Organized 1986.
Recognized 1987.
A private pack. Uniform: Green coat, royal blue collar with Confederate gray trimming, piped in scarlet. MB: Sally E. Hasting, 615 Babler Park Dr., Chesterfield, MO 63005, Tel.: 314-458-2122. Huntsman: The MB. Hon. Whippers-in: Anton C. Stever, Betsy Lewis Johnson. Kennels: Windcrest Farm. Hounds: 12 couples, 15″. Meets: October�April; Saturdays, Tuesdays and other bye days at the pleasure of the MB. Time and location of meets published one day in advance. Visitors always welcome. The country is woods and some rolling farmland in Wildwood, Mo. Hunted with the kind permission of the Bridlespur Hunt Foxhounds.
Wolver Beagles
Middleburg, Virginia.
Organized 1913.
Recognized 1913.
A private pack. Uniform: Green coat, buff collar, light blue piping. MBs: Susan Stone, P.O. Box 13, Middleburg, VA 20118, Tel.: 540-687-5823; Barbara McWade, P.O. Box 1365, Middleburg, VA 20118, Tel.: 540-687-6003. Huntsmen: The MBs. Hon. Field MasterS: Dario Barozzi, Mrs. Henry O. Chapman. Hon. Whippers-in: Richard McWade, Emily Southgate, Lydia Donaldson. Kennels: Stone Farm, 23354 Easton Ln. Middleburg, Va. Hounds: 10 couples 13″ and 15″ all-bitch pack. Hunt cottontail. Meets: Early October�1st week of April at the convenience of the MBs. Visitors welcome. The country is the same as that of the Middleburg Hunt and the Piedmont Fox Hounds with their kind permission.
Woodfield Beagles
Harrodsburg, Ky & Miccosukee, Florida.
Organized 1950.
Recognized 1959.
A private pack. Uniform: Green coat, light blue collar with black piping. MBs: Mrs. Gilbert W. Humphrey, Woodfield Springs Plantation, Box 91-102, Miccosukee, FL 32309, Tel.: 850-893-2808. Fax: 850-668-7662; G. Watts Humphrey Jr., Scaife Rd., Box 91, Sewickley, PA 15413; Mrs. Klaus D. Bindhardt, Woodlet, Box 91103, Miccosukee, FL 32309, Tel.: 850-668-7977. Hon. Whippers-in: Mrs. J. Anderson Folsom, Mrs. G. Watts Humphrey Jr., Mrs. Andrew Hughs. Kennel Huntsman: Lowell Halstead. Kennels: Woodfield Springs Plantation. Hounds: 16 couples 15″. Hunt cottontail. Meets: At MBs’ convenience, usually 3-4 days a week, including every Sunday. Visitors welcome. The country includes Woodfield Springs Plantation in Florida.