Hunting Sunday March 6th, 2011 - 10:00AM
Valley Green Farm – Bridlespur Kennels

Huntsman: Eleanor Hartwell (Wakeyan)

Whips: Gene Deutsch MFH (Gus), Mary Hensel MFH (Toby), Lee Deutsch (Rocky), Tess (Belle)

First Field: Jean Mutrux (PeeWee) Fieldmaster, Abby Mutrux (Hoppy), Sue Marshall (Stretch)

Second field: Mary Hensel MFH (Toby) Fieldmaster, Leslie Granger (Babu), Deb Hogan (Stix), Gigi Harrow (Festus), Kevin Parentin (Izzy), four guests.

Annie Hoagland had several guests following in her Polaris.

10 1/2 couple hounds

Started at 10AM

GPS readings 9.5 miles. Max speed 17.0 mph. Moving average 4.5 mph. 2:06 moving, 1:37 stopped Total time 3 hrs 43 minutes.


Lunch/Brunch – Pizza prepared by Jill Wagenknecht and dessert by Michael Murphy

It was a cool 33 deg. F when we started, and the wind was calm. Barometric pressure was falling and the wind was from the Northeast.

From the Clubhouse we headed up the driveway toward the entrance and then headed south. We then followed along the south edge of the woods while Eleanor went through the middle. We had reached the cliffs when Deb Hogan viewed a coyote at the back of the field. Eleanor brought the hounds to the line and they picked it up right away. We headed across the creek and back north along the creek. At this point one of the guests had decided that her horse was a little strong so I took her back to the clubhouse. After that detour I headed back out and found the field near the natural bridge. We then went east and looked around the woods near the hog farm but the rest of the day was blank. We then headed in to enjoy the pizza.