Howard Arthur “Hound Dog” Brown, an avid foxhunter and foxhound breeder, died on April 22 at Chestertown Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Chestertown, Md. He was 96.

Mr. Brown was born in Baltimore and was raised in the Maryland towns of Reisterstown and Westminster. He attended Carroll County Public Schools until dropping out in the eighth grade. He began working with horses and wanted to be a veterinarian, but he didn’t have the money to go to school. However, he had a striking ability to diagnose what was wrong with a horse and became a farrier.