Opening Beagle Meet & Blessing of the Hounds, October 5, 2025

Opening Beagle Meet & Blessing of the Hounds Sunday, October 5, 2025 2:30pm Shaker Museum 99 Shaker Museum Rd. Old Chatham, NY Merry Members and New Friends, The Masters of the Old Chatham Hunt Club warmly extend an invitation to gather in good company for The Opening Meet of the Formal Beagle Season and Blessing

2025-09-29T15:40:49-04:00September 29th, 2025|

Spring Beagling

March 2024 Beagle Fixture Card The spring season is officially starting this Sunday, March 3. Check your mail/email for the March fixture card or contact Nora Tuttle for details.

2024-03-01T10:23:04-05:00March 1st, 2024|

Old Chatham Independence Day Parade

OCHC Hounds and Beagles are proud to march each year in the Old Chatham Independence Day Parade. Muster this year is at 9am and the parade steps off at 9:30. We can't wait to see all the smiling faces!

2023-05-05T14:48:50-04:00July 1st, 2018|

Featured on WAMC

OCHC is honored to be featured in a great article by WAMC's Ralph Gardner Jr. Last Sunday – the one with the high winds and torrential rains – might not sound like the best weather for beagling. That’s the sports where, to quote the website of the Old Chatham Hunt Club, the organization that sponsored

2023-05-05T14:48:50-04:00November 22nd, 2017|

Saturday October 31, 2015-Beagle HALLOWEEN MEET

  On Saturday October 31, 2015 we met for an ALL HALLOW’S EVE meet at the picturesque home of Cindy, Allie and Jim Buckley in Malden Bridge. This was the morning of our relatively ‘new’ tradition of a Joint Meet with beagles and foxhounds.   The foxhunt cast from the Clark property at 9:00 a.m. after

2023-03-30T07:24:55-04:00October 31st, 2015|

October 26, 2015 Beagle Report

Alas, I fear this report will be abbreviated report as I was in Aldie, Virginia judging the basset trials. But, I understand it was a delightful turnout at the home of Tina and Bob Worsfold in Kinderhook, New York. It was an extended draw but hounds finally struck and Jack and Jim kept pace with

2023-03-30T07:24:55-04:00October 26th, 2015|

October 11, 2015 Beagling Hunt Report

Hounds met on an absolutely colorful and delightful Sunday afternoon at the picturesque Forer home on the Sunday of Columbus Day Weekend.  It was ‘almost warm’ but not too balmy to make scenting a challenge. Jack and Jessica gathered alongside the famous heart-shaped pond and made the introductions.  We had enjoyed a delightful Saturday excursion

2023-03-30T07:24:55-04:00October 11th, 2015|

Beagling Opening Day 2015 – Hunt Report

Photography by JJ Massaro A delightful and inviting blessing offered by the legendary Roger Leithead (ex-MFH of the OCHC) was more than enough to inspire our band of merry beaglers for the Opening Hunt on Sunday, October 4, 2015 at the Shaker Museum in Old Chatham. It was a perfectly picturesque

2023-03-30T07:24:55-04:00October 4th, 2015|