Bassett Hounds at Work in Virginia

No one does it quite like the Mountain Falls Hunt in Winchester, Virginia:

“We don’t chase foxes,” Rudolph said. “They run too fast. We wanted to chase something that just waddled along.”

So, the Mountain Falls Hunt “chases” possums, because they basically just turn around in circles in the road, she said. “And, there are a lot of them out here.”

To make sure the group actually sees a possum, each member has one embroidered on her saddle pad.

Also, the group rides to the “hound,” singular.

A basset hound named Daisy is the hunt’s official dog, but she usually does not attend parades, because the blacktop is too hot for her paws.

A repost from August, 2008, which quotes an article from The Winchester Star.
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