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Do You Recognize This Aging Rock Star?

Details: Picture of the Week; By Norman Fine

potomac jefferson.rockstar Photo by Lili Wykle, MFH and huntsman, Stonewall Hounds (VA) In his day, this aged celebrity, now basking in retirement, had the judges (and the female foxhounds, many of whom he knew ... intimately), swooning at the sight of him. Now weary of autograph seekers and those pesky selfie-photographers, he prefers to hang out incognito, as you see.

He was perhaps as strikingly handsome an American foxhound as this reporter has ever seen, and he passed his genes on to generations of grand champion foxhounds—both male and female—to follow.

Twelve Legs...Count ’Em...Twelve!

Details: Picture of the Week; By Nancy Stevens-Brown

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Nancy Stevens-Brown, out with the Red Rock Hounds (NV), captured this heart-warming image of three foxhound puppies exuberantly frolicking midst an explosion of snow and flailing legs.

Up the Creek

Details: Picture of the Week; By W.B. Manning

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During a joint meet with the Windy Hollow Hunt (NY), Codie Hayes of the Golden’s Bridge Hounds (NY) made the ultimate huntsman's sacrifice to encourage reluctant hounds to cross the creek. Did it work? We don’t even want to ask. What more can a huntsman do?

Posted February 4, 2016

The Blessing of the Red Mountain Foxhounds

Details: Picture of the Week; By Meredith C. Browne

On the first Saturday in November each year, the Red Mountain Foxhounds in Durham County, North Carolina holds its annual Blessing of the Hounds at Quail Roost Farm, to which the public is invited. The Blessing is followed by a drag hunt. Videographer Meredith C. Browne of See It All Media captured these scenes from last year’s event and skillfully synchronized the words of the prayer to her images.

Eat First; Worry Later

Details: Picture of the Week; By Mark Houliston

Mark Houliston’s fine photo of a fox pouncing on a mouse becomes all the more interesting when the context is revealed. For a good half hour, this red fellow hunted confidently and unconcerned, all the while trucks and trailers carrying Blue Ridge Hunt members, horses, staff, and hounds were arriving and unloading at a popular Saturday meet directly across the road from his happy hunting ground. Bon appetit, Sir Charles. We admire your nonchalance.

Posted December 22, 2015