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De La Brooke Foxhounds W


De La Brooke Foxhounds W
41290 Breton Beach Rd.,
Leonardtown, Maryland 20650.
Established 1961.
Recognized 1976.
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De La Brooke Foxhounds W
41290 Breton Beach Rd.,
Leonardtown, Maryland 20650.
Established 1961.
Recognized 1976.

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Hunt Attire: Scarlet, royal blue collar, gold piping. Evening–scarlet, royal blue lapels piped with gold. MFH: (1999) John McFadden, Bayside Farm, 41290 Breton Beach Rd., Leonardtown, MD 20650, Tel: 301-475-2554. Hon. Sec.: Sandy Sweikar Jr., Wingfield Farm, P.O. Box 9, Dameron, MD 20628-0009, Tel: 301-872-4055. Huntsman: (Prof) Adam Townsend. Whippers-In: (hon) Donald Lee Utz, Tim White, Sarah Vandervliet, Albert W. Zahniser III. Kennels: Mt. Victoria, Md. Foxhounds: 20 couples Penn-Marydel. Hunting: Fox. Season: November–mid-March. Meet: Wednesdays, Saturdays and every other Monday. Visitors permitted to hunt–for details contact the Hon. Sec. Hounds went out 88 times last season.
The country is approximately 25 by 45 miles. Rolling inland country and flat-lands fronted by tidewater creeks, rivers and bays, fenced with coops and post and rails. This is the first country hunted for pleasure in the New World. Robert Brooke of De La Brooke Manor brought his pack of foxhounds here from Whitchurch in Hampshire, England, in 1650.

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