Blessing of the Hounds
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Huntsman David Raley (center) leads the hounds to the gathering place for the ceremony during the 2015 Blessing of the Hounds and Thanksgiving Day Moore County Hounds Annual Opening meet at Buchan Field off North May Street on November 26, 2015 in Southern Pines, North Carolina.
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Horses, riders and hounds gather for the ceremony during the 2015 Blessing of the Hounds and Thanksgiving Day Moore County Hounds Annual Opening meet at Buchan Field off North May Street on November 26, 2015 in Southern Pines, North Carolina.
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Huntsman David Raley (center, left) stands with the hounds before the ceremony during the 2015 Blessing of the Hounds and Thanksgiving Day Moore County Hounds Annual Opening meet at Buchan Field off North May Street on November 26, 2015 in Southern Pines, North Carolina.
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Huntsman David Raley waits with the hounds at gathering place before the ceremony during the 2015 Blessing of the Hounds and Thanksgiving Day Moore County Hounds Annual Opening meet at Buchan Field off North May Street on November 26, 2015 in Southern Pines, North Carolina.
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Huntsman David Raley stands with the hounds before the ceremony during the 2015 Blessing of the Hounds and Thanksgiving Day Moore County Hounds Annual Opening meet at Buchan Field off North May Street on November 26, 2015 in Southern Pines, North Carolina.
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Horses and riders with the non-jumping flight cross the field to their path during the Thanksgiving Day Moore County Hounds Annual Opening meet at Buchan Field off North May Street on November 26, 2015 in Southern Pines, North Carolina.
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Horses and riders gather for the ceremony during the 2015 Blessing of the Hounds and Thanksgiving Day Moore County Hounds Annual Opening meet at Buchan Field off North May Street on November 26, 2015 in Southern Pines, North Carolina.
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Horses and riders gather for the ceremony during the 2015 Blessing of the Hounds and Thanksgiving Day Moore County Hounds Annual Opening meet at Buchan Field off North May Street on November 26, 2015 in Southern Pines, North Carolina.
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Seventeen-year-old Kayela Smith sits atop Holly as she waits for the ceremonies to begin during the 2015 Blessing of the Hounds and Thanksgiving Day Moore County Hounds Annual Opening meet at Buchan Field off North May Street on November 26, 2015 in Southern Pines, North Carolina.
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Reverend John Gordon Talk, IV shares the blessings during the 2015 Blessing of the Hounds and Thanksgiving Day Moore County Hounds Annual Opening meet at Buchan Field off North May Street on November 26, 2015 in Southern Pines, North Carolina.
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Hunstmen and hounds are seen at the beginning of the Thanksgiving Day Moore County Hounds Annual Opening meet at Buchan Field off North May Street on November 26, 2015 in Southern Pines, North Carolina.
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Riders with the first flight are seen at the first jump of the Thanksgiving Day Moore County Hounds Annual Opening meet at Buchan Field off North May Street on November 26, 2015 in Southern Pines, North Carolina.
Saturday, December 19th, 2015 at 1:35 am