"Meet Of The Myopia Hunt Club Hounds Columbus Day, 1911 Christmas Card"
$175
4 1/2" x 7"
The Myopia Hunt Wishes You A Merry Christmas And A Happy New Year
Signed: James W. Appleton Master Of Hounds
Major James Waldingfield Appleton (1867-1942)
James Waldingfield Appleton was the youngest son of Daniel Fuller Appleton of New York and Julia Randall Appleton. He was born in New York on June 4, 1867; and a graduate of Harvard in 1888. He served in the First World War as a commander of a remount purchasing board and later as a commander of Camp Shelby. James also served as the Master of the Hounds at the Myopia Hunt Club in South Hamilton, Massachusetts for many years. He is credited with gathering the first pack of beagle hounds in the United States, known as the Waldingfield Beagles. He served as the President of the New York Beagle Club, and honorary president of the Ipswich Historical Society. He was a member of the Knickerbocker Club of New York and a member of the Meadowbrook Club of Long Island. James did not marry, and worked for the firm Robbins & Appleton in New York who served as agents for the Waltham Watch Company in Waltham, Massachusetts. James Appleton passed away at the age of 75.