What are some of the biggest names in Radnor Hunt’s history?
CM: Alexander Johnson Cassatt, Mary’s brother, was president from 1889 to 1907. Edward Beale—president from 1914 to ’29—for years was the longest surviving original member and the oldest to hunt. Archibald R. Montgomery first founded the Merion Cricket Club (in 1865). Then, almost 20 years later, he helped found Radnor Hunt—but he rode with only one hand. Roy Jackson, a former huntsman of Rose Tree Hunt in Media, married Almira Rockefeller. MLT: What is the book’s most unusual account? CM: There are lots of funny stories, mostly from Stanley Reeve. One time, he was mounted on a runaway horse that raced into a farmer’s back yard. He was pulled off by a clothesline, and then found himself sheepishly wrapped in ladies’ underwear. In 1897, a fox crossed the field at a football game at Haverford College—and the game stopped for the hunt. It’s a charming vignette. Football was a young game compared to foxhunting. MLT: What’s the status of hunts outside this region? CM: Many hunts no longer f
