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Article: FOXHOUNDS BLESSED BUT LOSE THE SCENT; ONE GETS A BONE.(Living)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- October 10, 1991
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Byline: Frances Ingraham
RACE AGAINST REYNARD: At 9 a.m. Saturday morning, members of the Old Chatham Hunt Club gathered on horseback in the Old Chatham Square for the 59th annual blessing of the foxhounds by Rev. Joseph Siniskey of St. James Roman Catholic Church in Chatham.
William and Linda Jackson, owners of Jackson's Old Chatham House in the square, presented the Stirrup Cup to the riders. For the occasion each year, in front of his restaurant, Jackson dons a black top hat and bow tie.
The riders were out for about 2 1/2 hours. The temperature kept increasing during the morning to the point where it began taxing the hounds, the riders and ...