Today was the last day of the TAR FHC and was held at Old Dominion Hounds. The weather was actually pretty good given the weather of the past couple of days. It was overcast but the rain of any form held off. The foot was actually pretty good.
The fields moved off right on time and about ten minutes in the hounds hit and we were off and running. The yellow area in the map above is the area we covered with the blue line being the first flight. It was a run that just kept going and going, and the hounds sounded great the whole time. At one point someone gave a yell and the fox was viewed. The run lasted almost an hour and we covered about 4.5 miles. It was pretty zippy on the run and at times hit a sporty 18 MPH through the woods. 18 MPH in an open field is nice, 18 MPH in the woods is sporty.
When things got quiet on that run, it was discovered we had had some equipment excitement where one rider's stirrup had broken but she kept riding the whole run. She was then assisted by another rider who gave up her stirrup and then hunted with only a leather. Some really good sportsmanship.
When we got out onto the road, it was discovered that several horses including the huntsman's had lost shoes. Mine was also one of those. One of the whips swapped horses with the huntsman and the shoeless brigade head back in early.
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