Abby Alderman and Sarah Quirk at the Hunt in Far Hills, New Jersey on October 19. Our columnist and James Kukstis, alums of Trinity College, at the Hunt on October 19.
Katie Parker-Magyar and Anna Bloy supported the Somerset Medical Center at the Hunt.
Kurtis Gibbs, Jason Merrit, and Alex Haack tailgated in Far Hills, New Jersey.
Sarah Harvey and Kalyn Finch at the Far Hills Race
Dane Evans, Miles Rutter, and Pete Hansen,
Meeting for the Somerset Medical Center.
who wore lederhosen to the Hunt.
“THE TRUE NEW YORKER secretly believes that people living
anywhere else have to be, in some sense, kidding,” said John Updike. And isn’t that the truth? On October 19, the Far Hills Race Meeting, a.k.a. the Hunt, toasted to 93 years of sport at Moorland Farm in New Jersey. The event, which benefits the Somerset Medical Center, entertained 35,000 spectators, including Martin Ambrose, Anna
Bloy, Dane Evans, Briggs Fraser, Brad Hunnewell, Meredith Murphy, Katie Parker-Magyar, Amy Pompea, Wells Ross, and Grant Wentworth. The Hunt was, well, the Hunt: I wore Hunter boots with shorts (because, like, Kate Moss) and was passed a Mason jar of moonshine by Pete Hansen. But, twist! There was service this year—by the grace of God—which meant Instagram and Snapchat and so on and so forth... DECEMBER 2013 149