Norman Fine
This Week In…
…Hunting Days of Yore Old Dominion Hounds Celebrate 100 YearsWatch a documentary of Old Dominion Hounds celebrate 100 years of foxhunting. …Hounds Casting Hounds at a LossA look back to an article by Norman Fine where he reviews what happens when hounds find a loss. Tribute to PaisleyThe professional kennelman for Belle Meade Hunt, Stephanie Presley, has given her tribute to a valued hound in the kennel. …Hunt Reports Juan Tomás Hounds November Hunt ReportAdren Nance, MFH and huntsman for Juan Tomás Hounds gives a hunt report of a fast line in the New Mexico desert. … Photo of the Week Allison Howell’s Tour of 2024 Opening MeetsPhotographer Allison Howell traveled to six different hunts for their opening meets this fall and shot some really nice photos chronically her travels. …Remembrance James Schmidhammer 1950-2024The former MFH for Tennessee Valley Hunt James Schmidhammer has passed away. …Video Kansas Tally Ho!A video of a coyote giving a close-up tally ho to Mission Valley Hunt in Kansas.
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Casting Hounds at a Loss
Norman Fine examines what happens when hounds find a loss on the line.
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Casting Hounds at a Loss
Norman Fine examines what happens when hounds find a loss on the line.
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What is a July Foxhound?
See how Norman Fine answered the question, "what is a July foxhound"? Originally posted in 2022.
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Jersey Fox Hunt: “Taking Breath”
Norman Fine talks about a Currier & Ives print featuring a comical foxhunting scene.
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Hunt Attire: No Single Truth
Traditional foxhunting attire is important to me, but I’m not a fanatic. Why is it important? Respect...for three hundred years of sport, art, literature, and the men and women who had the passion, energy, and intellect to formulate and leave us one of the most exhilarating activities known to man. For these reasons it pains me to see the concepts of appropriate attire ignored in many hunting fields today.
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Jim Meads (1930-2024), The ‘Running Photographer’
The king of horse and hound photographers, incomparable in number of hunts photographed, nations covered, mileage on foot with camera in hand, and career longevity, died just a month shy of his ninety-fourth birthday.
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Jim Meads Photographs His 500th Hunt
Douglas Lees photo
Sporting photographer Jim Meads achieved a personal milestone and undoubtedly established a world record on December 5, 2010 when he photographed the Loudoun West Hunt near Leesburg, Virginia. This was the five hundredth unique hunt that Meads has photographed over the course of a career spanning sixty years.
Meads, who lives in Wales, follows hunts on foot and in vehicles and always seems to appear where the action is, even before the mounted followers arrive. His long legs and astounding endurance has allowed him to capture many of the greatest action shots of foxhunting ever recorded on film. He has photographed hunts in England, Ireland, Canada, and the U.S.
