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resident of Reva. “Before that, the Browns lived in Madison County. We’ve been around for a long time.
“My dad actually wanted me to be a vet at first,” the senior Brown continued. “I went to Virginia Tech for a year, and then transferred to Germanna College for another four years. I ended up with a degree in business management, just a few classes away from another degree in accounting. The farthest thing from my mind was hunting hounds. I came home and rode on the weekends, but I never thought of being a huntsman,” Brown said.
Through whipping-in for the Rappahannock pack, the elder Brown eventually took over the fulltime responsibility for hunting the hounds 15 years ago. At the same time, his eldest son began riding.
“I bent over backwards not to push my kids to ride horses,” Oliver explained. “All kids seem to want to ride horses, but I tried not too push too hard.”
The path of least . resistance worked well, and Michael flowered into a confident rider. “I ride with Michael and help him with the hounds when he takes over for his dad,” said Rixeyville farmer and Rappahannock hunt committee staff member David Ingram. “He is a natural horseman and hound-man. Jle is a fearless rider, and he is doing, I think, a super job with the hounds.”
“I can’t say enough good about Michael,” offered Ingram. “He is a good kid. He comes from a real foxhunting family, and I think Michael will be able to carry on the tradition for his daddy.”
LeHew agreed. “Like his grandfather [Elzy Brown,] Michael has real qualities of a southern gentleman,” he said. “He is an exceptionally nice young man, very pleasant to be around — something
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