Master Thomas Mott's Redland Hunt. Mrs. Jane Blunt (McGrath) Collins, an honorary member of Goshen Hounds,
was among the founding members. Also, in this period, a young foxhunter who was following hounds with neighboring
hunt, Iron Bridge Hounds, before moving to Redland, Standley Stabler, joined Goshen and was later persuaded to
become Joint Master. Master Stabler continued for approximately four decades to serve actively in the operation of
the hunt and was name "Master for Life" by unanimous petition of the membership.
Much of the early work of establishing a new hunt was done by Master William Carl, with Goshen’s
first huntsman, Frank Fraley, and Frank’s cousin, Joe, whipping in. Tragically, Master Carl died a
year after the hunt was established. At this critical point in the club’s early days, several
members contacted Marian P. Curran, Sr., who, at the time, was Master of his own Indian Spring
Hunt. (The Indian Spring Country Club was the site for manyy ear of Goshen’s annual hunt ball.)
Master “Pop” Curran was persuaded to accept the joint-mastership at Goshen with Master Stabler
and served in that capacity from 1959-69.
Goshen’s hounds are as exciting to see as they are to follow. They are a very level pack of lemon-
and-white and red-and-white generally purebred American Foxhounds. The original pack was
drawn from the Bywater hound line of Virginia, with breeding assistance from such venerated
houndsmen as Joe Hutton and Everett Wagner. The pack recently has been infused with blood
from Orange County, Bull Run, and Potomac Hounds and now is competitive on the benches as well
as in the field. Recent outcrosses to mostly American crossbred hounds and to Penn Marydel hounds
and made it possible to continue the American breeding line.
Fraley brothers, Opening Hunt 1962 on Wightman Road
Blessing of the hounds, Opening Hunt at Woodbyrne 1960
Brookeville Road coupe, MFH Stanley Stabler. Janet and Bud Nicholson in the background.
Cubbing, 1968 from Bowie Mill Road, L-R Joe Hutton, Janice Nicholson, Brian Pickett.
Mid-70s, from Harold Morris' farm on a Wednesday, Frank Fraley, Huntsman, was unable to ride that day, so Jim Barger carried the horn. L-R Jim Barger, Stanley Stabler & Hardy Pickett.
