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WEIGHT RECORD SET; THO DEER KILL LOW „ Although no deer were checked in during this week of hunting season, and the total stands at a low of 3, Rappahannock can claim a record-over the 1953 hunting season.

Last season, Allison Atkins of Sperryville killed an 8 point, 170 pound buck, the largest of 8 felled during the open season in Rappahannock. '

A 218 pound, 8 point deer was checked in at Payne’s Garage last week by Mrs. Clark Jones. Her deer is reported by several old timers to be the largest they have ever seen.

Away To The Hunt

In days past, the journalistic emphasis in the Hunt field was on the hunt itself and not on the hunt breakfast. The hunt was described in detail by a member of the hunt or by an interested observer. It read like an exciting narrative, with a less brilliant light cast on the social event—the hunt breakfast.

Mrs. Frank Moffett has described many a hunt, picturing with skill the hunter’s sentiments outlined i n his native jargon: Given below is one of her best accounts of the hunt as published in

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