Today we were at Schelford. Schelford is one of my favorite fixtures because we always seem to get some good runs in there. Today was kind of a quirky day. I didn't have the hound tracker running so this is like the old days where it is a best guess from listening where the hounds actually ran.
The meet was scheduled to start at 8 and at 8 the hounds were running. They picked up a fox in the woods just off the training track. It sounded like they looped down by the river and then came back around and eventually made there way into the Wind River development. Unfortunately we can't go there. So for good, bad or indifferent the hounds and staff provided some early morning entertainment for the residents.
Once the hounds were into the development it took a while to get them back and we ended up standing for about an hour. For the horses it was an opportunity to chow down at the vegetable aisle. After gathering the hounds we set off again. The hounds ended up crossing the river and hit pretty quickly. However, it sounds like either the pack split or a few of the hounds got a jump on the rest of them. The second flight was along the river when a big red fox was viewed and it was being trailed by two or three hounds. It sounded like the rest of the pack was chasing something else. A command decision was made and 2nd flight followed the fox that we saw.
That took us across the river and headed up towards Ridge Road. I'll admit that after the end of last season, there is quite a bit of territory I had forgotten. I was sure we were at the other end of ridge road. We had actually come up by Fox Ridge Farm. We set off at a steady trot pace right down Ridge roads. It seemed like the hounds were steadily to our right and eventually they ended up almost to Laurel Ridge Farm. The hounds had lost the fox and we headed in from there.
For the day, we covered 5.64 miles.
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