Jefferson "Tot" Goodwin whipped-in to Ben Hardaway for over twenty years, then in 1989 became huntsman of the Green Creek Hounds (SC). He’s the only black MFH in America. From a new book, Foxhunters Speak (The Derrydale Press, 2017), here is one of fifty interviews conducted by the author, Mary Kalergis.
Mary will be signing her books at the Virginia Foxhound Show in the Foxhunting Life booth. Come visit!
My granddaddy and dad always hunted dogs, and I started hunting the beagles every weekend when I was about eight years old. Now my granddaddy was a horseman. He used to break and train horses right outside of Columbus, Georgia. He died before I was old enough to really ride, so as a kid, I never had the opportunity to ride any nice horses. My parents had mules that plowed the farm. As a little boy, I never heard of mounted foxhunting. We hunted coons, rabbit, and deer on foot and ate everything we caught. There were sixteen kids in my family, so we never wasted any food.
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I first met Tot some years ago when Goshen traveled south and had a joint meet with the Green Creek Hounds. When Tot showed me the kennels in the morning I was a bit surprised at the number of hounds. I asked Tot how many he would take out. She just smiled quietly and looked me in the eye and said "all of 'em". What a great huntsman and a consummate gentleman. He is a real asset to the sport.
Now to get him to come to Maryland!
TomP
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