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Fox hunting was first formalized in 16th-century England as both a sport and
a way to control predators. When colonists came to the New World, they brought the red fox with them. Today, it continues to evolve. “It really shouldn’t even be called ‘fox hunting.’ Instead, it should be called ‘fox chasing,’” Samuel Griffin, the club’s past president, told the Robb Report in 2004. “By the time the hounds get onto a scent, the fox has laid down a trail across the countryside and he’s back in his lair, laughing at us.”
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