Mounted Fox Hunters gather on the greensward of the plantation house at Middleton Place plantation in Charleston, SC
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Richard Ellis / Alamy Stock PhotoImage ID:
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5150 x 3433 px | 43.6 x 29.1 cm | 17.2 x 11.4 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
21 December 2009Location:
Charleston, South Carolina, USAMore information:
Mounted Fox Hunters wait for the start of the hunt on the greensward of the plantation house at Middleton Place plantation in Charleston, SC. Middleton Place Hounds fox hunt is a drag hunt. Drag hunting is a sport in which foxhounds chase a scent that has been dragged over a terrain before the hunt. The hounds and fox hunters on horseback follow the scent as if it was a live animal. Drag hunting is not a blood sport in that no animal is hunted or killed.