On March 29-30, 1941, the Woodbrook Hunt Club hosted a joint spring hunt with the Columbia Hunt Club from Portland. Thirty five riders and their mounts journeyed to the Lakewood Club to participate. Riders, horses and hunting dogs loiter, waiting for the hunt to begin. (T. Times 3/19/1941, pg. 10)

Woodbrook Hunt Club (Lakewood); Horses--Tacoma;

Lee L. Doud, the first president of Woodbrook Hunt Club and also one of its founders, is pictured with his palomino, "Bourbon Blue Dare," near the club stables on October 16, 1948. The season opens on Sunday, October 31st, with the first of semi-monthly hunts. The Woodbrook Hunt Club was organized in 1925 by Major J.E. Mathews. (TNT 10-24-1948, D-1, alt. photo)

Horses--Lakewood--1940-1950; Doud, Lee L.; Woodbrook Hunt Club (Lakewood);

Members of the Woodbrook Hunt Club in Lakewood prepare for the first event of the season to be held in October of 1950. Formally established in 1926, the Hunt Club is a member of the Masters of Foxhounds Association of America and is one of the few clubs to maintain their own pack of foxhounds. Gathering at the club headquarters are (from left): Dean MacDonald; Mrs. Joseph H. Gilpin on Compass Red; Miss Marguerite Bonnell on Lady; Mrs. Jack N. Briggs adjusting the curb on Bombadier, Mrs. H.A. Briggs' mount; Mrs. Corinne Woodworth on Kay Boy speaking to Mrs. M.E. Morford (standing); Miss Iris Bryan, Master of Foxhounds on Tipperary and Dr. Ilse-Lore Gauditz on Tallyho. (TNT 10-15-50, p. D-1)

Woodbrook Hunt Club (Lakewood); Horses--Lakewood--1950-1960; Horseback riding--Lakewood--1950-1960; Clothing & dress--Lakewood--1950-1960; Hunting dogs; Clubs--Lakewood--1950-1960; Bryan, Iris;

Master of Foxhounds Earl Craig addresses the mounted members of the Woodbrook Hunt Club on the New Year's Day hunt held in 1953. The hunt club's pack of foxhounds surround Craig. Woodbrook is one of the few clubs in the country that maintains their own pack of hounds. The Woodbrook Hunt Club is still active, and they remain associated with the Masters of Foxhounds Association of America. They also still enjoy the sport of riding to hounds, but they do not hunt a live fox. They "drag hunt". The dogs follow a trail created by dragging a scent impregnated gunny sack along the ground. They use synthetic scent; the dogs follow a synthetic fox.

Woodbrook Hunt Club (Lakewood); Horses--Lakewood--1950-1960; Horseback riding--Lakewood--1950-1960; Clothing & dress--Lakewood--1950-1960; Dogs--Lakewood; Craig, Earl;

A member, believed to be Harold Lent, of the Woodbrook Hunt Club holds onto the reins of his horse on October 10, 1954. He is wearing hunting habit with a long jacket and cap. Woodbrook was one of the few hunting clubs in the country that maintained its own pack of hounds. This photograph would have been taken prior to the first hunt of the season. Bob Seney, huntsman, would be leading the pack. Harold Lent, president of the club, will lead the field as field master. (TNT 10-9-54, p. 5)

Woodbrook Hunt Club (Lakewood); Horses--Lakewood--1950-1960; Clothing & dress--Lakewood--1950-1960;

Woman rider, believed to be Marguerite Bonnell, sitting on a dark horse in front of the Woodbrook Hunt Club clubhouse. (T. Times).

Horses--Lakewood--1930-1940; Horseback riding--Lakewood--1930-1940; Woodbrook Hunt Club (Lakewood);

Woman rider wearing hunting outfit sitting astride a horse with a blaze face and four stocking feet. Porch view of Woodbrook Hunt Clubhouse in the background. (T. Times)

Horses--Lakewood--1930-1940; Horseback riding--Lakewood--1930-1940; Woodbrook Hunt Club (Lakewood);

Two women riders astride their horses, posed in front of the Woodbrook Hunt Clubhouse on a brisk November day in 1939. From left they are believed to be Donalda Mahon and Celia Grace Scofield. (T. Times)

Horses--Lakewood--1930-1940; Horseback riding--Lakewood--1930-1940; Woodbrook Hunt Club (Lakewood);

Rider in mid-leap over obstacle course at the Woodbrook Hunt Club. She is believed to be Iris Bryan, noted equestrienne and future Master of Foxhounds, a position formerly held by her father. Photograph taken as part of a series for the Tacoma Times on November 5, 1939.

Horses--Lakewood--1930-1940; Horseback riding--Lakewood--1930-1940; Woodbrook Hunt Club (Lakewood);

Two riders, believed to be Celia Grace Scofield and Donalda Mahon, (from left) at the Woodbrook Hunt Club in November of 1939.

Horses--Lakewood--1930-1940; Horseback riding--Lakewood--1930-1940; Woodbrook Hunt Club (Lakewood);