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Outdoor Pastimes:
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The enjoyment of fox hunters in the voices of their hounds inspired night hunts, in which men released their dogs, then listened for their distinctive baying in chase. This group gathers at the Olney farm of Josiah Hutton, front row, fourth from left. Neckties indicate the men may have gathered first for business, perhaps a political meeting. The youngster on the front row is Sam Riggs IV, and second to left is baseball star Walter Johnson. Today the Hutton farm holds much of the Olney Mill subdivision.

Members of the Patuxent Rod and Gun Club gather in 1949. Formidable trap shooters who competed widely, they met Sunday afternoons to shoot clay pigeons on the site of today's Ross Boddy Center on Brooke Road. The club was active into the 1980s. From left, front row, Archie Bellows, Tom Budd, Stanley Parrott, and Rodman W. Snowden; rear, Tommy Snowden, Glenwood Bailey, Richard Thomas, Richard E. Hopkins, Morris Pumphrey, and Jerry Bell.