"Set x 10 Millbrook (NY) Fox-Hunt Brass Coat Buttons"
$450
Sz: 7/8"D
A Brief History of The Millbrook Hunt
Foxhunting in Millbrook was first recorded in local newspapers in 1889. The sport was sporadic until 1907 when the Millbrook Hunt was officially recognized by the Masters of Fox Hounds of America thanks to Charles C. Marshall, a hunting enthusiast who briefly acted as Master. In 1910, Oakleigh Thorne took over with the goal of establishing the finest hunt in America. He built kennels, opened up country for horse and hound, recruited professional staff, and assembled premier packs of both fox hounds and harriers. Under his mastership the Millbrook Hunt hunted six days a week: four days for fox with two separate packs of fox hounds, and two days for hare with a pack of harriers. Mr. Thorne retired in 1927, and a group of Millbrook Foxhunters led by Howard Collins organized and re-incorporated The Millbrook Hunt as the membership club we know today.