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still need a hunting job. Harne was the founding MFH and Huntsman for Last Chance Hounds. “We have fi ve and a half couple in our all-
bitch pack so we are a relatively small pack,” Reid explained. Five and half couple is equiva- lent to 11 hounds. T e pack currently is all Penn Marydel foxhounds except for one cross-bred. For the trials, each hunt club entered fi ve
hounds for a two-day competition. All 60 hounds are mixed together and hunted as one pack by a guest huntsman. Judges ride out on horseback and do not know what club each hound is from while judging. Hounds are judged in the following categories: hunting, trailing, full cry, endurance and marking. At the end of the fi rst day, Last Chance Hounds had the Overall Top Hound and Overall second place hound. “We had hounds that scored in the top 10 in every category as well as the number one Full Cry Hound,” Reid said. Last Chance Hounds was named Top Pack for the fi rst day based on total points from all categories. “My girls have been on fi re all season but to see them stack up so well against such great hounds from other packs is just re- ally exciting,” Reid added. Reid predicted that her older group of hounds
would not be as fresh the second day but they hunted just as well, with Last Chance Hounds
having the Over- all Top Hound for the second day. Once again, all hounds placed in the top 10 in at least one category resulting in Last Chance Hounds earning Top Pack for the second day of the trials too. Scores from both
days were tallied to overall champion- ships for the whole trials with Last Chance Hounds earning both Top Pack and Top Hound. “We’ve had a two previ- ous hounds be overall top hound before but this was our fi rst time as top pack,” Reid stated. “I’m really proud of them and feel very blessed.” In addition, all fi ve hounds fi nished in the
Last Chance Hounds won Overall Pack, plus several individual Top Hound awards, at the 2023 Sedgefi eld Performance Trial in North Carolina this past March. Left: Huntsman Lisa Reid with the fi ve hounds entered in the trials. Right: Huntsman Lisa Reid with Pivot who won Overall Top Hound, Top Full Cry Hound and Top Endurnace Hound for the weekend.
from everyone down there and the other hunts- man was great. Everyone was so happy for us!”
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Overall Top 10 Hound list for the whole week- end, taking home the number one, two, four, eight and tenth placings. “We always go to these things hoping for the best but this was just incredible,” Reid added. “And the support
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