WENT TO DEATH WITH HIS HOUNDS
Washington Herald
Clarence Moore Had Pack of Prize Animals with Him on the Titanic
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That about a hundred of the finest drag hounds money could buy went to a watery grave with Clarence Moore, for many years master of hounds of the exclusive Chevy Chase Hunt Club, and one of the foremost fox hunters in America, when the ill-fated Titanic sank to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, is the belief of several members of the Rock Creek Hunt Club, of this city.
One of the objects of Mr. Moore's trip to Europe, was to purchase a pack of hounds, to be used in hunting about Washington and at Leesburg, Va. Upon starting abroad he told a number of friends that if he could find the kind of hounds he wanted he would bring them home with him. This statement leads his friends to believe the pack was in the hold of the Titanic, and that they met the same death as their owner.
"The main reason for Mr. Moore's trip to Europe was to buy a pack of fine drag hounds and not to witness his horses race as has been reported," said Andrew J. Cummings, a member of the Maryland House of Delegates and of the recently organized Rock Creek Hunt Club, last night.
"For several months prior to his departure Mr. Moore had been endeavorng to get together a pack of good hounds for the purpose of organizing a hunt club in Washington. He had his men travel for miles through Maryland and Virginia buying up the best hounds that were to be obtained. Not satisfied with the character of dogs he was able to buy here, he determined to go to England and purchase a pack. I understand he bought fifty or sixty pairs. No doubt they were in the hold of the Titanic when it sank.
"I think I am safe in saying that Mr. Moore had more to do with the development of Chevy Chase than any other man. It was as the result of hie efforts that the Chevy Chase Hunt became known throughout he country and that the eyes of the society people of Washington were turned toward the suburb which afterward took the name of Chevy Chase.
"Clarence Moore was the most daring horseman I have ever seen, and yet one could not call him reckless. He knew every phase of fox hunting, which was his greatest hobby. That he should go to his death along with a pack of fine hounds he loved so well is a strange coincidence."
Maj. Henry T. Allen, a well-known huntsman and member of the Rock Creek Hunt Club, is also of the opinion that Mr. Moore had a pack of hounds with him on the Titanic.
"I know he contemplated bringing the pack back with him," said Maj. Allen last night, "and no doubt they were in the hold when the gigantic vessel went down."
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That about a hundred of the finest drag hounds money could buy went to a watery grave with Clarence Moore, for many years master of hounds of the exclusive Chevy Chase Hunt Club, and one of the foremost fox hunters in America, when the ill-fated Titanic sank to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, is the belief of several members of the Rock Creek Hunt Club, of this city.
One of the objects of Mr. Moore's trip to Europe, was to purchase a pack of hounds, to be used in hunting about Washington and at Leesburg, Va. Upon starting abroad he told a number of friends that if he could find the kind of hounds he wanted he would bring them home with him. This statement leads his friends to believe the pack was in the hold of the Titanic, and that they met the same death as their owner.
"The main reason for Mr. Moore's trip to Europe was to buy a pack of fine drag hounds and not to witness his horses race as has been reported," said Andrew J. Cummings, a member of the Maryland House of Delegates and of the recently organized Rock Creek Hunt Club, last night.
"For several months prior to his departure Mr. Moore had been endeavorng to get together a pack of good hounds for the purpose of organizing a hunt club in Washington. He had his men travel for miles through Maryland and Virginia buying up the best hounds that were to be obtained. Not satisfied with the character of dogs he was able to buy here, he determined to go to England and purchase a pack. I understand he bought fifty or sixty pairs. No doubt they were in the hold of the Titanic when it sank.
"I think I am safe in saying that Mr. Moore had more to do with the development of Chevy Chase than any other man. It was as the result of hie efforts that the Chevy Chase Hunt became known throughout he country and that the eyes of the society people of Washington were turned toward the suburb which afterward took the name of Chevy Chase.
"Clarence Moore was the most daring horseman I have ever seen, and yet one could not call him reckless. He knew every phase of fox hunting, which was his greatest hobby. That he should go to his death along with a pack of fine hounds he loved so well is a strange coincidence."
Maj. Henry T. Allen, a well-known huntsman and member of the Rock Creek Hunt Club, is also of the opinion that Mr. Moore had a pack of hounds with him on the Titanic.
"I know he contemplated bringing the pack back with him," said Maj. Allen last night, "and no doubt they were in the hold when the gigantic vessel went down."
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