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The Radnor Hunt Club is the oldest fox-hunting club in the United States. ==Overview== The Radnor Hunt Club was founded in 1883 in Pennsylvania.〔(Radnor Hunt: About Us )〕〔Digby Baltzell, ''The Protestant Establishment Revisited'', Piscataway, New Jersey: Transaction Publishers, 1999, p. 101 ()〕 A property was purchased on the corner of Darby-Paoli and Roberts Roads in Newtown Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, and it became the club headquarters.〔 From its early days, it attracted members of prominent families from Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Main Line, also known as "Old Philadelphians".〔〔Miriam Ascarelli, ''Independent Vision: Dorothy Harrison Eustis and the Story of the Seeing Eye'', West Lafayette, Indiana: Purdue University Press, 2010, p. 9 ()〕〔Nathaniel Burt, Perennial Philadelphians: The Anatomy of an American Aristocracy, Little, Brown and Company, 1963 (reprinted 1999), pp. 285-295〕 For example, Alexander Cassatt (1839–1906), the seventh president of the Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR), was a founding member.〔 The first President was James Rawle of the J. G. Brill Company, and the first Master of Foxhounds was Horace B. Montgomery.〔 Later, Samuel D. Riddle (1861–1951) joined the club.〔Edward L. Bowen, ''Man O' War'', Lexington, Kentucky: Eclipse Press, 2000, p. 84 ()〕 In 1931, architect Arthur Ingersoll Meigs (1882-1956), who was a member of the hunt, restored the Gallagher Farm on Boot Road (now Providence Road) in White Horse, Pennsylvania as well as new stables and kennels.〔 It became the new club headquarters.〔 The club is recognized by the Masters of Foxhounds Association of America.〔 Memberships are cited in the Social Register.〔Edward Digby Baltzell, ''Philadelphia Gentlemen: The Making of a National Upper Class'', Piscataway, New Jersey: Transaction Publishers, 1989, p. 363 ()〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Radnor Hunt Club」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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