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vert!” exclaimed Michael of the day’s hunting. “It was a good day, especially when we came home with all of the hounds [accounted for.]”
“He is an
exceptionally nice
young man, very
pleasant to be
around —
something that is
especially nice to
see in this day and
age.”
Larry LeHew
Foxhunting is firmly entrenched in the Brown blood — Oliver has been the Rappahannock huntsman for 15 years; Michael’s uncle Charlie for five years has hunted the Old Dominion Hounds and was previously a professional whip for the Keswick Hunt; uncle Mike is also an area horseman, competing successfully in local hunter pace events and avidly riding to hounds.
“I got a later start on riding than my dad did,” Michael explained of his equestrian beginnings. “I started really riding late — at about age six or seven because of [severe asthma and] an allergy to horse hair.” Michael said his father began riding at five years, quickly rising in the ranks to show grandfather Elzy’s hunters both in the ring and in the field.
“My family has been based in this area [Culpeper and Rappahannock Counties] since 1916,” said Oliver, a
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