THE HUNT COUNTRY

THE HUNT COUNTRY

By Nina Carter Tabb

© The Washington Post (1923-1954); Sep 15, 1940; ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Washington Post pg. S1

Mr. and Mrs. Gould Shaw, and their two daughters, Penelope and Elaine, have returned after spending August at Saratoga. They were among the spectators at the last game played here the other day by the Fauquier-Loudoun Polo Club, which has been unable to enjoy the sport for the last month, because the constant rain kept the fields too soft.

The club will send a team to Baltimore today to play the Maryland Polo Club. Going are Richard Kirkpatrick, Robert Vanderpool Clark, Hubert Phipps and C.V.B Cushman. There will consequently be no polo here today.

Miss Mary Dutton has had her houseguest this week, the Misses Margarita Stirling, Mary Theresa Norris and Marion Norris, all of Washington. Jack Butler, Jr., had with him Robert Duggan, of Long Island, and Talbot Adamson and Bill Adamson, of Philadelphia.

Mrs. Rush Rowland, of Philadelphia, was visiting Mrs. Arthur Marshall at her home, Crednal. Mrs. Rowland was honor guest at a luncheon given on Saturday, by her sister, Mrs. C. F. Rinker at her home in Upperville. Among the guests were Mrs .Peter

B. Wood of Baltimore; Mrs. Edwin H Brown, of Washington; Mrs. Raymond Knight, of Jacksonville, Florida;-all of whom are visiting in Virginia- and Mrs. Marshall

Miss Mary Webb Tyler, of Upperville has returned home from a visit to Mrs. Dorsey Cullen at Green Wood, near Charlottesville, Va.

MISS PRISCILLA MACY has returned to her home in New York after summering with her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. John C. Butler. She will come back later this fall to hunt with the Piedmont Fox Hounds.

Jack Butler, son of Mr. and Mrs. John C. Butler will enter Princeton later this month as a freshman. Charles Baird, son of the Charles Bairds of Rectortown, is going to Harvard

Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Jones were hosts at dinner on Friday at their home near Bluefield. Their house guests, Mr. and Mrs. Monty Boyd of Richmond, were present, and others included Mr. and Mrs. Taylor, Hardin, Mr. and Mrs. Luddington Patton, Mr. and Mrs. Turner Wilshire, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Sabin, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Sands and Mr. and Mrs. Daniel deButts, of Baltimore.

Miss Nanny Fred has returned to her home Sunny Bank after visiting Col. and Mrs. Harry Whitfield on Long Island.

Robert Montague of Charleston, S. C., who is now in business in Philadelphia, recently visited his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. William Poindexter Montague at their home Melmore, in Middleburg

MISS JANET ROSZEL, who has been staying with her aunt Mrs. H, Gwynne Tayloe, and her cousin, Miss Southgate Morison, has returned to her home in Baltimore.

Mr. and Mrs. Philip Connors will return to their home near Middleburg this week. Mrs. Connors, the former Miss Connie Reagan of Lexington, Ky., is being congratulated on the birth of a son at Doctors Hospital in New York.

Nina Carter Tabb (1883-1950) lived in Middleburg and is buried at the Sharon Cemetery. She wrote for The Washington Post. This article is reprinted with permission.