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Show Troosevelt makes following THE j' HOUNDS POPULAR IN WASHINGTON. WAB1IINOTON I C May 31 The lloosevelta have made riding popular In Anililngton nnd one must lie aeen t hoisebnik every pleasant ufternoon If one la In be considered In the swim at all Cavalcade after cavalcade of )ountr penpto gallop along the countr) roads In the neighborhood of the Capitol whenever when-ever Iho wealhei permits, and n fad tor hunting nnd other rougher exeiclsca of equestrianism Is lupldly developing "lhis hua given n special boom to tho (hevy ChaBi Hunt club, which Includea In Ua membership practicality all of Ihe rlrli or otherwise Inipollant people In Washington who have a tasto for sport heveral L'nltcd Hloteii Senators nro inembera of the club UeutOen Miles and AdJl fren Cnrbln belong to It, und Thomas Iselsnn Tage Is promlrtently (onnecled wllh Ihe iiiRHiilsutlnn One-third nf Its membeishlp Is composed of ladles, whose pattlclpallon In the nmtisemcntB, Inrlu ling the hunting, makes 4hem additionally uttmctlvi Mia Mllea anl Mrs Corhln both belong, us a mutter if enuise the rule being thnt the ndmlsslon of in m extends to hla wife nnd d itiRhtera If he has nil), nil the privileges of the ifub There are, however how-ever munis wldins undhouncholdspluBtcis, ' who are mini bun In theli own rlkht The club has n fine pnek of foxhounds but the clnse Is reatrlctcd to the nnlaeseed bag which whllo surer and lesa troiibleaome than the fox, Is almost i quail) nmualng nB a cUnri) There arc l lenty ot foxes In Maryland, nnd niross the river In Mrglnla nro to be found numerous descen lants of tho wily old fellows hunted lij (leorgc iifchlngtnii In his dny, but the fashionable huntsmen hunts-men nml huntswomen would have tn go ton fni tu look for them, and so they lonlent thenuelvea wllh (he nnlseseid big 'Hie home of the t'hevy tlmse iltib la the oil Hradley mansion, formerly owned b) u prnmlnint lnw)er nf . at name, who died about twent) )eirs ago It lud orlglnnll) some S00 acres ot I ind connected with It, nnd the estate was one of Ihe famous munlr) plates near Washington locnled at n dlatance of ulKitit eight mllea from Ihe White House After Mr Ilrndley s death It pissed Into the hnnds of an army officer Cnpt Hodgers and u Mr Ilullltt of Plill-i-delpbli, who soil most of the firm tn the istato of Seintor Aharon, represented repre-sented by Mr Ncnlunls the Nevadi ConBiessmun who was a son-in-law of yh iron New lands who mule n big fortune by the deil, became much Interested In the ei) Chase Hunt club later on Cnpt 'lodgers rented the house (nnd ten uerea of lull width he had retalnel) tn Ihe club At first the organUa-Hon organUa-Hon consisted morel) nf n few riding men who used to go out to the old mm-slnn mm-slnn In parties of two or three or half a dozen nnd pla) poker or entertain themselves them-selves otherwise The) bought a small pack nf hounds, and from thnt time on thi thing grew until llmlli the club bought the propert) of Cnpt ltodgers The blstor) of the club from thnt time on Ins bet n one nf steady expansion. Congressman Newlands Usui all his Influence to mike it fushlonnble, nnd np-lllcallons np-lllcallons for membership poure I In 1 hough nt first It was purely and simply n hunting organization tn which cml) riding men belongel, It grndtiill) us-stum us-stum u bunder divilopment nnd toda) a goo 1 deal of Ihe attention of Ita inembera Is devotel In golf Tho links nie not aurptsscd an) where In tho I nlled htntes and theie are cupel li tennis courts also Nattirall) th iidmisslnn of women worked n notable chtnge In tho man-nrement man-nrement anl olio of the club, ml onto a )cnr then Is a so called hunt-ball, at which the men weir ping coit with svv illon tails nnd black facings blick nnd red being the loors of the elub of lite ping ong ins become a favorite Indoor nmusement f the memluis The house orcui led by the Chev) i hn. club Is todiy much as It wna during dur-ing the lifetime of Its orlglnnl ownu Mi l)iaui) It has various Interesting features such as an likely to be foun I In old Southern mansions, Including a haunted rhamber anl lalng out loom In the latter, which Is now milled ni a siliall dlnlng-ronm members of the Hrldle) f mill) who died through several generations were tail out for burl il s for the m)sterous chamber. It Is supposed sup-posed to bo hnunted b) a lad) In white who haB been repeatedly seen to vv-ilk across tho room und dlsuppear In a huge wurdrobe but who she Is, or for what reason she does the hountlng nobod) now surviving seems to be aw ate One of the most conspicuous members of the club Is Mr Hoot, secretary of War, and nnothci Is Count on IHekc of the dcrniin embass) Others nn I'u-genn I'u-genn Hie, J , son of I nltel states Senator Hale who is n capital rider, and by no means to be firgotten Mr Hugh l,egarc. Mr Legnre Is one of the most conspicuous of Washington s fishlonnbl men, nnd has recently started the fad for tiding bnrehcndel a mode In which he has already found a number of Iml-tutnra Iml-tutnra among compintlvel) oung men who ire threatened with baldness and hope to recovet tin r hnld by this pccullir ai)le of exposure Among the 1 idles who 1 elnng to the club mil who are numbered nmong the beat a-lcjers nre Mra II Chattlol I Chntllcld-Taylor, famous for her skill nt golf, nnd the daughter of Senator Mason, who rides nstrl le Pretty Miss Lang-home Lang-home la also a member, nnd so likewise la Miss Paulding, niece of Senator Chnuncey M Depew |
