The Hildegard Neill Ritchie “Joys of Foxhunting” writing contest is held annually by the U.S. Pony Clubs in memory of Hildegard Neill Ritchie, founder in 1958 and District Commissioner of the Colorado Springs Pony Club for 30 years.
Traveling from Aiken, S.C., to Middleburg, Va., for the Theodora A. Randolph Field Hunter Championships of America was just like going home for Susan McHugh.
McHugh used to live in Round Hill, Va., but moved to Aiken five years ago.
“It was wonderful to go back—I miss the land and the beauty of it and the people. I knew so many people that it made it extra special,” she said.
Years of evolution have gone into creating the Calf Pasture Bassets.
My hounds are bred out of the Spartan kind,
So flewed, so sanded; and their heads are hung
With ears that sweep away the morning dew;
Crook-kneed, and dew-lapped like Thessalian bulls;
Slow in pursuit, but matched in mouth like bells,
Each under each.
-William Shakespeare
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