April 22, 1998
 
Costume Class and the Fox Hunter!
 
Fox hunters wear funny looking coats and those weird pants with long black boots. They ride with the hounds and chase a wee fox.

This is my version of a fox hunter from the Ozarks. I've got my rifle, wearing my coon skin cap. I've got my hounds tied to me ...like a field trial and Sage is hidden under a fox pelt, so we can sneak up on brother fox.

Oh yes, they are hard to see, but my knee high boots are John Deere bright green and I'm wearing antique black and red checkered wool hunting pants.

The fox head kept coming unattached from the fox pelt, so I had to carry it. When I was in my two-handed cocking and shooting the rifle phase, I carried it in the saddle hole. That's what I'm holding in my other hand...yee haw!

Cool...I shot my gun and yelled yee haw.
Susan

 

Costume class! Show Time!
written & submitted by a Friend

All made up to be an Ozark Fox Hunter in a red and black checkered wool hunting pants, red and black checkered Blazer and a reddish coon skin cap. Various sizes of stuffed toy dogs, which Susan had purchased at thrift stores (alone with the Blazer), was tied to ALL the leather ties on the saddle.

Susan heads into the show ring, riding without holding the reins and yelling "YEE HAW!" while shooting her toy gun. She even forgot herself in the heat of the competition and banged while the gun was close to Sage's ear. People were amazed at how calm Sage was during all this madness.

The class was over in a twinkle, so Susan didn't have a chance to get any little doggies untied and thrown to kids. She did give the judge a doggie!...making her very special in Judge's book!

Second Place! Congratulations Susan!

 
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