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History of the Loudoun Hunt West 

Morven Park
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Martyn in front of the Mansion

This beautiful 1,000 acres of garden, fields, lawns and wooded areas with the majestic mansion was purchased by Westmoreland and Marguerite Davis in 1903 and they were in residence for 40 years.   Westmoreland was Governor of Virginia from 1918 to 1922 and also Master of the Loudoun Hunt 1906 to 1908.   Morven Park is operated by the Westmoreland Davis Memorial Foundation, Inc which was established by Marguerite in memory of her husband 13 years after his death.   It is also on the National Register of Historic Places and is a Virginia Historic Landmark.   The Park is in LHW hunt territory as well as being home to the annual Virginia Hound Show and host to at least 3 Steeplechase Race meetings a year.   This photograph, taken by Donna Rogers, was during one of many Hound exhibits/parades that Martyn, his horse, Connor, and his biddable hounds take part in every year.   It's good PR for the LHW as well as Foxhunting in general, to get out amongst people to let them know what really goes on in the Hunting World!!  

Where it all started
1894           Established as the Loudoun County Hunt Club and the kennels of American foxhounds
                  were located in Leesburg, Loudoun County, Virginia.
1894-1903   Hounds were a trencher pack made up from David Tennant and William Heflin.
1906           Purchased entire pack of the Piedmont and bought a small draft of American hounds
                  from Mr. Bywaters of Culpeper.
1906-1908   Country hunted by A.Henry Higginson's Middlesex Foxhounds on an alternating
                  schedule with Loudoun Hunt.   The kennels were then kenneled in Morven Park.
1906           Hounds loaned to the hunt by Mr William Heflin who had hunted the country for
                  25 years with his private pack.   He hunted his own pack as the Loudoun Hunt.
1908-1910   Country hunted 5 days a week by Harry Worcester Smith's Grafton Hounds on
                  an alternating schedule with Loudoun Hunt.
1912-1915   Hunted by Committee.
1915           Purchased the doghounds of the Middlesex.
1922           Given up.
1929           Re-established and the country was recorded by MFHA.
1930           Hounds kenneled 2 miles south of Leesburg.
1943-1946   Inactive.
1945           Re-established
1946           Re-registered
1947           Re-recognized
1962-1994   Dr. Joseph Rogers was an active Master.
1970-1989   Dr. Joseph Rogers hunted the hounds.
1972-1994   American hounds kenneled 2 miles south of Leesburg and English hounds
                  kenneled at Hillbrook Farm, Hamilton. 
1994           The hunt divided with the pack at Hillbrook Farm designated the Loudoun Hunt West.
  
                
  

For more information:
Hunt monitor (540)338-6562 or stabled@hughes.net