Matt Simpson's Foxhunting
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Description: Matt's personal perspective on international fox hunting with an American slant. Includes information on the popular Foxhunters OnLine (FOL) email discussion group.
No, foxhunting isn't just an obsolete British tradition, although the sport did originate in Great Britain. But when the colonists came over here to escape the tyrannies of Bad King George, foxhunting was one of the old country traditions they just couldn't do without. It's been going strong on this side of the pond since 1650, when Colonel Robert Brooke brought hounds to Maryland from England. In fact, George Washington (father of our country, the guy on the dollar bill) was an avid foxhunter after he outgrew cutting down cherry trees. It's sort of ironic to think of him wearing a scarlet coat while his soldiers referred to the enemy soldiers as "Redcoats." Speaking of those scarlet coats, did you ever wonder why some people call them pink (or Pinque)? Jim Reeds did, and did some
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| Page title: | Foxhunting |
| Keywords: | foxhunting, fox hunting, mounted, horses, hounds, foxhounds, foxhunting, Matt Simpson |
| Description: | Information on mounted foxhunting (aka riding to hounds), from Matt Simpson's personal perspective. |
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| Date | Creation Date: 05-dec-2000 Expiration Date: 05-dec-2014 |