Misty River Hounds
1369 Madison 1335,
Huntsville, Arkansas 72740
Established 1989.
Registered 1991.
Recognized 1992.

Juniors Make The Day

The seventh annual Misty River Hounds junior meet dawned somewhere between winter hot and autumn crisp. The junior meet vibrated with an exuberance that no other season hunt can claim. It’s a day when young riders reign supreme, basking in the attention of seasoned hunters, as they experience riding to hounds and learning hunt customs.

Huntsman Rodney Swanson and the Shakerag Hounds galloped off at their opening meet, Oct. 20, at the kennels in Hull, Ga. (Dorus Rudisill Photo)

Tryon Hounds
P.O. Box 112,
Tryon, North Carolina 28782.
Established 1926.
Recognized 1935.

Tryon Hounds met at the farm of Tom Black, DVM on Oct. 31. The Three Springs Farm fixture runs along Collinsville Road and is a mixture of dense woods and rolling fields. The first frost of the season lent a welcome feeling of fall to the area and this cub hunt. Drought plagued the region and scenting had been hard up to now.

On Nov. 4, young foxhunters of all ages converged at Old Whitewood in The Plains, Va., for the Junior North American Field Hunter Championships. The 60 finalists had qualified at various meets during the fall, including at Radnor Hunt (Pa.), Mr. Stewart’s Cheshire Foxhounds (Pa.), Green Spring Valley Hounds (Md.), Elkridge-Harford Hunt (Md.), Potomac Hunt (Md.) and the Pickering Hunt (Pa.).