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-1 ... > .:. . - clockwise and counter dock* wise, toward and away from him, so he can scrutinize their natural carriage, symmetry of body and motion. You can bet your boots these hounds will be grooved immaculately ahd trained to perfection. Later, at the request of the Judge, the Ring Master orders hounds placed on individual benches and shown. Collars and leashes will be removed. Owners will pose their hounds heads up and straight ahead, backs slightly arched, feet aligned, tails arched. Hounds sense what is going on - some are shy, others are out and out hams! Each will appear to bb leaning forward slightly. " • Finally the Judge gives the nod to a particular hound. There'll be an explosion of applause! The 1963 Virginia Bench Championship has been awarded! If the Champion be male or matron, the reserve championship goes to the best opposite sex. After congratulations and condolences have been offered houndmen check to see that all their entries are watered and bedded down comfortably. At daybreak on Thursday, Oct. 24 hounds will be cast for the first of three consecutive day hunts each of five-hour duration.
Hounds must hunt, find, and pursue their quarry. Here their inherent qualities, their months of training and conditioning are all put to the acid test. These hounds have passed their owners requirements of worthiness In the woods back home; now they must fulfill, or fail, the rules as drawn by the National Foxhunters Association.
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