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Greens Norton 17th February 2008
We met at the farm on a cold and crisp day and were pleased to find the stockman and quad bike waiting for us to lay the lines. This is one of our favoured venues with a mix of terrain – pasture, stubble, kale – not forgetting the “famous” trout lake, the length of which Nedlaw Troubadour swam a couple of years ago rather than run round after the aniseed. To start with the 19 beagles ran erratically and kept missing the line. Fieldmaster, Dave McSheehy topped up the aniseed and, by about 11.30h as the ground warmed up, the beagles got the idea and started to work well. It was good to see the Goulding’s Enchace boys back out and both worked the line well One field sticks in my mind in particular. For some reason the pack split from the start with half (led by Nelson) running clockwise on the heel line and half (led by Trigger (at Sunrise) and Leeshir Dickens (Rowley)) running anti-clockwise following the trail correctly. Come the middle and the two groups met head on. The majority turned to follow Nelson and only a few completed the anti clockwise line correctly. Machavos Hooligan burst out of the pack with a large shin bone in his mouth and was pursued by some greedy beagles into the next field. Gemark Dr Jekyll decided it was absolutely essential to lead a little group through the brambles for a paddle in the drainage ditch. Enchace Yokel had slowed down by now after his bravery in christening a bird scarer which, fortunately for him, did not blast off in mid stream. A good day all in all and if the weather is kind next Sunday (slightly damp and not much wind so the scent will hold) the hounds could turn in a good performance for our visiting judges at the Trials. Remember the invitation meet for the southern members on 2 March near Tunbridge Wells arranged by Sally Kimber and John Reymond which will wind up the season.
Theresa M Chapman Working Section Secretary 21st February 2008
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