It wasn’t really a secret, but she was a lady and as such was very careful not to be seen or photographed smoking in public.
What about Chagrin Valley Hunt celebrating its 100 anniversary this year? Or Iroquois Hunt in Lexington, KY? I don’t hunt (I do event though) but my father did (Chagrin and Toronto and York) and my wife’s family did (Iroquois).
When I think of trappy I think of territory with a lot of tricky jumps. LHW has what I think are a lot of trappy jumps. Stuff like coops in combination. They’re fun to jump but I’ve seen them hang up several novices including myself.
In my experience, she wasn’t ‘that’ secretive about it. She lit up standing next to me watching the horses being saddled at Piedmont, once. It was kind of fun sport at the pair races, milling about, just happening to accidentally spoil a photographer’s picture by cutting in front of her as the shutter went click.
True. I can think of one on the south end of Dr. Joe’s that was as trappy as anything I’ve ever jumped anywhere! Honest 3’6" coop with a rather upward approach after crossing a little ravine, last time I jumped it ('93 or '94) the landing was in corn.
The last time I thought about writing a book, Peter Benchley beat me to my idea- Q Clearance. And truthfully he probably did it way better than I would have.
But now and then I do think about writing one, just for myself, about all the horses I’ve owned since the mid 60s. It would of necessity include some tall hunting tales.
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I didn’t know Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis hunted (or even rode). Wikipedia says she was a life-long equestrian. Did she hunt all that time?[/QUOTE]
I believe there was a story about Jackie Kennedy creating quite a stir when she arrived for a day of hunting preferring her hair loose as opposed to being contained in a net :lol:
Some of hunts have a rich history - for example Clarence Moore who went to England to bring back a pack of hounds for either Loudoun or one of the Washington DC hunts (Chevy Chase or Rock Crreek which is now probably the Potomac Hunt) but he and his hounds were lost in the Titanic… So that would make Loudoun one of the top I would think…
