[MR] running of the hounds, lighter note

[merope]

I have always been tempted to bring my beagle to one of these hounds
coursing events and let  him run with the big dogs.  But with all the fine
food and other interesting smells it would just be a disaster. :)

-Tere of Roxbury Mill
merope at radix.net


On Thu, 13 Nov 2003, Marybeth Lavrakas wrote:

> The post about the black lab that would never chase a
> lure reminded me of the last hound coursing I saw.
> After a while, the crowd grew restive, and the cry
> went up "course the Bassets!" So the two Basset hounds
> in the audience came forward, and the lure was set.
> The started to run...and after about 10 feet one
> veered off to the crowd to sniff at a baby. The other
> ran another 10 feet or so, then calmly walked over to
> one side and waited for the lure to come back towards
> the starting point, at which time he pounced on it.
> Clever doggie.