2001 WHCT Schedule

    Thu, 03/05/2009 - 21:30

    Wednesday, April
    4

      Wednesday--April 4
      • Kansas--Mission Valley Hunt

      Thursday--April 5

      • Imogene,Iowa--Gamble Hill Hounds

      Friday--April 6

      • Persia, Iowa--Switchmoor Hounds

      Saturday--April 7

      • Burwell--Nebraska--North Hill Hunt

      Sunday--April 8

      • Kahlandt’s--North Hill Hunt

      Monday--April 9

      • Drive over 350 miles from Burwell, and even further from
        points west, to arrive in Wyoming in time for a 3 pm beagling meet.
        Tom Mallard, MB, brought his Western Weybright Beagles up from Colorado
        to hunt “the Isley

      Tuesday--April 10

      • Mr. Jeffords’ Hounds

      Wednesday--April 11

      • Hunt with Mrs. Shoemaker’s Hounds

      Thursday--April 12

      • Colorado--Arapahoe Hunt
        After enjoying Arapahoe’s hospitality and making horses and gear ready for the next day of hunting, Tour participants attended a dinner party hosted by the Bijou Springs Hunt at a restaurant in Castle Rock, Colorado

      Friday--April 13

      • Colorado--Bijou Hounds
        ...Bijou Springs staff had spent much of the day removing snow at their kennels and digging out their hound trailer, but having received much more snow than the Arapahoe country, it was apparent that their intended fixture for the Western Hunt Challenge Tour would not be huntable. They therefore accepted Arapahoe’s kind offer to meet at the Arapahoe kennels on Friday, April 13.

      Saturdayand Sunday, April 14 and 15

      • driving the 750 miles from the Denver area to Flagstaff, Arizona, with an overnight stop in Albuquerque, New Mexico. High Country Hounds’ Master and Huntsman Mary Hendricks welcomed the Tour with cocktails and dinner in her Flagstaff home on Sunday evening
        Monday--April 16
      • Arizona--High Country Hounds
        ...Monday evening, Paradise Valley Beagles’ MB and huntsman Susie Stevenson hosted a dinner in her Flagstaff home
        Tuesday--April 17
      • Arizona--Paradise Valley Beagles
        Wednesday and Thursday--April 18 and 19
      • Travel days for the 740 mile commute from Arizona to Nevada for the final two days of hunting on the Western Hunt Challenge Tour. Over the Hoover Dam, through Las Vegas, and passing between Area 51 and Death Valley, the judges and Tour followers overnighted in Tonopah, Nevada, reaching Reno in time for a Thursday evening dinner hosted by the Red Rock Hounds’ joint-MFH and huntsman Lynn Lloyd.
        Friday--April 20
      • Inyokern, California--Kingsbury Harriers
        Saturday--April 21
      • Nevada--Red Rock Hounds

    Historical Note: gleaned from http://nhh.glencarry.com/wct2001.htm