Battle Creek Hunt
c/o Robert Carr, jt.-MFH
P.O. Box 2369,
Battle Creek, Michigan 49016.
Established 1929.
Recognized 1934.
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Hunt Attire: Scarlet, royal-blue collar. Evening–scarlet, royal-blue collar, white lapel silk facings. Ladies: royal-blue collar, canary yellow edging. MFHs: (2002) Robert R. Carr, 22369 M-66 North, Battle Creek, MI 49017, Tel: 269-963-7772, (2003) B.B. Breed, 24400 CR 358, Lawton, MI 49065, Tel: 269-624-7366. Hon. Sec.: address communications to the MFHs. Huntsman: Robert R. Carr, jt.-MFH. Whippers-In: (hon) Raymond Boettger, Linda Moore, Kathy Taylor, Bonnie Boettger. Kennelman: (Prof) Diane Marcina. Kennels: Augusta, Mich. Foxhounds: 1/2 couple English, 14 couples Crossbred. Hunting: Fox, coyote. Season: Mid-September–mid-April. Meet: Thursdays and Sundays. Visitors permitted to hunt–for details contact the Hon. Sec. Hounds went out 62 times last season.
The country is mixed farm and rough, hilly with streams and ponds and swamps for coverts, some thickly wooded and pine forests as well as perpetual forest conservation areas. Approximately 12,500 acres paneled with assorted types of jumps, plus much unpaneled and partly fenced areas.
