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THE HUNT BALL
The Sandhills Make Merry at the
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Oathering of the Cotfag- Colony
and til Country Squires for
the Annual Event
BANKED against the
shrubbery that flanks
the walks and drves
around the Carolina
Hotel stood the niognl
machines from the coun
try manors and the jitney
buggies of the planta
tion folk; jubilation
was in the air, and glympses of red coats
and riding girls were to be seen frisking
through the' corridors. It is even now
nine o'clock, and the sound of the horn
is echoing down the reaches of the hotel.
Lo, a procession is advancing. It is the
grand march of the Hunt Ball, in majes
tic progress through the vistas of Pea
cock Alley into that glen, the ball room,
festooned with the symbols of patriotism
and mementos of the chase.
Charles Skehens is the hero that leads
them all, a jockey for the time being,
displaying the colors of St. Patrick, and
the gallant disposition of Sir Galahad.
In our memory no such an event has
ever taken place with in the happy cnfines
of the Sandhills. Three deep the walls
were lined with the throngs of the dow
agers and the galleries of spectators, the
seats of the children and the mighty.
Following in line into the dance was the
full cry of the famous hunt. The pink
coats and laughing eyes, riding boots
and troserines, a mingling of white duck
and evening silks, they pressed into the
great ball room and whirled away while
the ecstatic drum rolled out a stucato
delirium. ,
There must have been over a hundred
couples in the game and many a famous
athlete, and many litesome damsel whose
record on the links are known from here
to Pasadena. There were innumerable
parties before the dance, come in to make
holiday. The Warings were there with
Miss Borart and Mrs. Kittridge; the
Duke of Samarcand and Mrs. Pumpelly,
with the George Maurices and Squire But
ler were in from Samarcand j the Philips
clan over Southern Pines way, and Mr.
and Mrs. Franklin Gates and Eussell
Gates from Broadacres, the Dana boys
fresh from the plantation, and Derby,
from his kingdom by the river. No human
being might essay to call the roll of those
dancing, and those flirting in the moon
light, and those lined up before the merry
red punch bowl. The cottage colony
was there the Springs and the Whitte
mores, the Johnson's and the Mays, the
Pearsons and Houstons, and all the gay
throng that goes laughing along when
we all go ahunting today. And appre
ciation of the pains and care Mrs. Daisy
Porter and her faithful committees had
expended to make it all so successful
was universal.
Twelve o'clock came all too soon.
George Leach, M. F. H., wound his horn
as the signal for Breakfast, and all hands
repaired to the dining room. The repast
was highly flavored with the twanging
of the fiddles, and the sounds of feet
dancing among the tables, and the voices
of many making merry. May it always
be so.
TAURUS w m ar S
Alto Nat Ilurd on Traveler. An
Account of the Trotting- Meet
Nat Hurd, the Pittsburgh sportsman,
riding the thoroughbred Traveler from
the Pinehurst stables, won the steeple
chase in Wednesday's matinee, after a
run of some adventure. F. A. Pearson of
New York, was pressing him close on
Tufts' George, and Cameron was at his
heels riding Sam, when Pearson struck a
hurdle, and horse and rider went head
over heels. Fortunately the damage was
small, mostly consisting of bruises and
sad reflections.
Next week it is announced that a big
field is entered for the silver flagon pre
sented by Col. R. A. Swigert, including
once more the formidable Polly from the
Wanamaker stable, and Welch's Jay
Bird. Thomas has several famous horses
arriving before the meet, but it is ques
tionable whether lie will risk them on
the track so soon after the railroad
journey.
The biggest entry of the day was for
the cup in the livery class, quarter-mile
dash. It was a furious finish, with the
whole squadron bunched, C. C. Gieevy of
New York riding Hatta from the Pine
hurst stable a head in the lead. Mr.
Gair, a Boston rider, was second, on
Jesse C. and W. C. Blanding a close third.
Mr. Wellon and George Leach were at
their heels.
McCauley took the purse in the trott
ing race. Red Bird, the Sanford hope,
was in the best of form, and Are Am
Bee seemed to be off mettle, finishing
third to Fred Patchin driven by Thomas.
Next week this event is to be the scene
of a chillenge by a new champion. M. N.
Suggs of Southern Pines has bought him
a trotter for the express purpose of lift
ing this cup, and has an abundance of
confidence that Red Bird and Are Am Bee
will be back numbers when it appears on
the turf.
Charles Williams, whose Grey mule has
for years been the wonder of the Sand
hills, and is probably the most experi
enced fox hunting animal in the Caro
linas, walked away with the Debutante
purse for mules, a spectacle not to be
missed. His understudy, Charlie second,
was close behind him, and the Pinehurst
hurd in its entirety had to take third
place. To atone for this defeat Will
Black entered the Pinehurst Grey, the
champion mule of the golf links pasture
against a little black bull, in a consola
tion race. To the unbounded deight of
the multitude taurus set off at gait so
fast as to completely discourage the don
key breed, and finished amid immense ap
plause, while the mule kicked -out a sec
tion of fence in fierce resentment.
A quarter -mile dash for ladies saddle
horses is added to the program for next
week, and is expected to bring out the
talent among the women of the village,
which has been observed in most cases to
surpass that of the men.
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