Let Sleeping Dogs Lie

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The oldest equine graveyard in the United States is at Walnut Hall. Benny Glitters, however, is a fictional horse.

The owners of Walnut Hall, Meg Jewett and Alan Leavitt, are not fictional, and Lexington, Kentucky, is grateful for this. Their generosity and kindness is legendary. I especially call attention to their support of the library.

And I thank Alan again for the exciting tour he gave me of his stables and its residents.

As for Jane Winegardner, MFH of Woodford Hounds, what can I say about a beloved friend of years and an inspiring Master? Whenever I think of this hard riding lady, I remember the laughter first.

I also thank Robert M. Lyons, MFH, and Justin Sautter, MFH, of Woodford for their hospitality to Oak Ridge members and myself when we visit.

My much abused whipper-in, Dee Phillips, walked me through most of the DNA material, all that stuff about a mother’s DNA, etc. Thank God, she is a tolerant soul as well as a terrific whipper-in to myself as well as Deep Run, the grand hunt outside of Richmond. The history of that group alone would make a fabulous novel. Deep Run has experienced everything: war, fast women, beautiful horses, men too handsome for their own good and the good of the ladies, and all of this shining with that Virginia veneer of perfect manners. Ah, yes.

I suspect this could be said of most hunts in the United States and Canada. Dull people don’t foxhunt.

Thank you to Kathleen King, Oak Ridge member, and lawyer who digs into my research keeping me this side of trouble. We also hunt bassetts together.

And one last request. Please do not visit Walnut Hall. It is a privae residence and the equine graveyard is also private. Peace should be preserved.

To anyone I might have forgotten, just cuss me out.

Always and Ever,