Cobbler
1920 - 1948
(former masters)
Mr S Williamson McCarthy 1920-31
Mr Alvin V Baird 1929-32
Col & Mrs George S Patton Jr 1933-35
Dr Edmund Hogan 1941-43
Mr & Mrs Prentice Porter 1941-48
Pack disbanded in 1948 with 9 couples American Foxhound and 8 couples Hariers. They hunted fox in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains.
Marshall, VA
Dilwyne
Had Harriers in 1937
1928-at least 1949
Mr R R M Carpenter &
Mrs Louisa Carpenter 1928-1940
Miss Dorothy H Pinch 1940-
Mrs Louisa d'A Carpenter 1946-
(joint masters)
pack converted to Foxhounds
Montchannin, DE
Mr Robert P Huntington
Brought a pack of Harriers from England in 1911 and hunted hare for some seasons.
Staatsburg NY
Halfred Farms
~1935-39
Mr Windsor T White
(former master of the Chagrin Valley)
Thirty couples of Harriers.
Ohio
Highland Harriers
at least 1908-1913
BejaminPhillips
Highland Road, Lakeville Mass
Harriers imported fromEngland were registered & shown with AKC.
Hilltown Harriers
1959-1967?
Mr A N B Gravan & Mr M E Quinlan, Joint Masters
MFAA pack with ~30 Harriers from English imports and William Jones.
Longmeadow
Harriers 1939 -to at least 1949, Hunt from 1927 to at least 1949
(former masters)
Mr Randall E Poindexter 1945-
Mr Ernest S Ballard 1942-
Mr Ross J Beatty Jr 1941-42
Mr Denison B Hull 1939-41
Mr Clark J Lawrence 1933-41
Mr Albert E Pierce 1930-33
Mr C Colton Daughaday 1927-30
Established in 1923 as the Indian Hill Hunt, changed to Longmeadow in 1927. Drag Hunting. In 1948 they had 12 couples American Foxhounds and 4 couples Harriers
Northbrook IL
Millbrook
1907 - present
~1910-?? Harriers
Mr Oakleigh Thorne (1910 - 27)
16 couples were purchased from Hawkins Hariers in England in 1912. More Harriers brought over in 1920. Eventually Mr Thorne had 50 couples of Harriers hunting hare. The pack was later split into one group hunting both hare and fox and one hunting hare only. Pack converted later to Virginia Foxhounds presently hunting fox and coyotes. The Millbrook, and the present Oakleigh Thorne family still hunt the same area with a separate pack of "Hare Hounds" comprised of Beagles and Bassets.
Millbrook NY
Mill Creek
Harriers from at least 1929-1942
This Hunt dates from 1920 - present. They had Harriers from at least 1929 to 1942 when the Harrier pack was discontinued. The hunt was completely reorganized in 1947 and presently are English & cross-bred Foxhounds.
Wadsworth IL
Monmouth County
1885 - present
Harriers at least from 1929-1970
Mr Amory Haskell MFH
owner & master 1932-1963
Mr Albert H Smith kennel huntsman 1932-1964
Mr Haskell took over the Monmouth County Draghounds (unknown type) in 1932. He imported from many English Harrier Hunts and also from Mr Reynal. Some of the imports were from "West Country" packs. At their peak, this most famous US Harrier pack had 50 couples hunting Belgian Hare. After Mr Haskell's death in 1964, the pack converted slowly to Foxhounds and by 1970 had only 1/2 couple Harriers. Presently American, Penn-Marydel & cross bred Foxhounds hunting fox although Master and Hunstsmen still wear the Harrier green.
Red Bank, NJ
Nantucket Harriers
1926- at least 1949 (American Harriers)
?? - present (Beagles)
Mr Willam Justice 1926-34
Mr Charles D Lanier 1934-35
Mrs Rebecca Lanier Trimpi 1935-?
In 1948 the Nantucket had 14 Couples "American Harriers" bred mostly from big Beagles. Hunt was recognized by the Masters of Foxhounds Association of America, but Hounds were inelligible for registration. The Nantucket Beagles merged with the Treweryn Beagles in 1964. In the early 70's they hunted jack rabbits on Nantucket all summer and cottontail fall and winter in Pennsylvnia. Present pack hunts in Virginia and West Virginia.
Nantucket, MA
Queens County Hunt
~1878
F Gray Griswold Master
Box 101 New York
Oldest US Hunt with Harriers I have records for. Queens County Harriers, Bouncer and Graceful were entered at the 2nd Westminister KC Bench Show in 1878.
Mr Reynal's Harriers
?? - 1934
Mr Eugene S Reynal
Mr Reynal had a pack of Beagles and converted to Harriers imported from England as he grew older and was no longer able to follow on foot. He hunted the same country as the Millbrook and produced CH Mr Reynal's Monarch. The pack was registered with the AMHB.
Millbrook,NY
Mr Seth Thomas' Harriers
1920-1935 (Harriers)
Mr Seth Thomas Jr 1915-1932
Mr Manning Jacob 1932-38
(Green Village NJ)
Pack converted to drag hunting with blue-ticked foxhounds under the name Spring Valley. The Spring Valley continue to hunt north central New Jesey.
Wayne-DuPage
1944 - ??(Harriers)
Mr McClure Kelly MFH
The Wayne and Dupage hunts merged in 1940 and slowly converted from English Foxhounds to Harriers. In 1948 they had 1.5 couple English Foxhounds and 6 couples Harriers. CH Tyburn Wayne-Dupage Music was champion bitch hound at the 1965 Bryn Mawr Hound Show. Presently American Foxhounds hunting drag with occasional Fox hunting
(Wayne, IL)
Whiteoakes Harriers
1908-1933 (Foot-Beagles)
1933-?? "American Harriers"
Mr E W Clucas
This notable Beagle pack changed its name to Whiteoakes Harriers in 1933. Mr Clucas in his advancing age found he could follow better on horseback and switched to faster hounds. The pack was bred to larger size and mixed with Harriers and later English Foxhounds.
Bedminster NJ