Today was the blessing of the hounds for the Old North Bridge Fox Hunt. This solemn event was combined with the marriage of a hunt member to another hunter from Tennessee. Everything went off beautifully with the marriage ceremony in a green pasture under an arch of flowers. The hunt members attended the wedding on their horses in full dress with “pink” coats and green collars giving three cheers after the bride was kissed. The minister then moved to the waiting hounds and with the newly married couple blessed the hounds. With the festivities completed the riders took off after the hounds through the trails of Concord. I wasn’t able to help lay the drag because of a knee problem but watched with the chief fox who laid the drag as the hounds followed the scent through a field. They did a rather good job of following the scent through the grass. An excellent tea took place after the hunt with abundant champagne. Near the end of the tea my wife called me over to meet someone. It turned out to be the daughter of the master of her first hunt which she joined when we lived in New Jersey. We hadn’t seen Meg in years. It was a real treat.
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