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ARTHUR WHITE. |
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ARTHUR WHITE.
NOT the least picturesque
occupation practiced in
Charlottesville is the
making of horses into hunters.
To take a two hundred dollar
horse and by instructing him
in the art of carrying himself
and his rider over fences, walls
and ditches, to turn him into a
five hundred or thousand dollar
timbertopper, requires a peculiar
knack that comparatively
few men possess, although
many enjoy using the finished
product in fox or drag hunting.
One of the most successful
engaged in this rather strenuous
occupation is Mr. Arthur
White.
Those in the picture, from left to right are: Mr. Frank Hough, on Highflier; Mrs. White, on Huntsman; Mr. Kenneth
Brown, on Grey Boy; Miss Marion Farish, on Lucky; Mr. Arthur White, on Birdwood;
Miss Carrie Randolph, on Tatnall; Master Payne, on Robert of Lincoln.
Last fall and winter he acted
as M. F. H. of the Charlottesville
Hunt Club and laid many
interesting drags over the country
around town.
During the summer, he, with
Mrs. White, Arthur Jr., and
several friends, may be seen
any afternoon starting out for
a cross country ride along the
foot of Carter's Mountain,
where the stone walls of the
old Ficklin farm induce green
horses to jump high and safe.
Mr White always has some ten
or twelve horses in his stables,
from the raw beginner that
needs the persuasive hands of
the master, to the finished product
who will teach the green
rider what the latter does not
know himself about the fascinating
sport of foxhunting.
"Albemarle Pippins"
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