DALLAS City of Winners

It has become almost impossible to find a sport or competitive activity which does not have an enthusiastic following in Dallas. From polo and hot air ballooning to cricket and . lacrosse, it seems there will always be groups of Dallasites eager, willing and able to promote, preserve, participate and excel in their favorite sport or pastime.



So it was just a matter of time before someone decided there was no reason why the royal and ancient sport of riding to the hounds should not be enjoyed in Dallas just as it has for centuries in England, Maryland and in the suburban areas west of Philadelphia, Cigna headquarters.



Founded in 1970 at Corinth, thirty miles northwest of Dallas, the Hickoiy Creek Hunt Club was the first in the southwest to be recognized by the Master of Fox-Hounds Association of America. Its membership of almost 100 includes businessmen, teachers, nurses, homeinnkers – all united by the thrill of a pack of purebred hounds singing to one another as the muscles of the trained hunter beneath them tense for the next hurdle.



Since north Texas hunting flushes wolves, coyotes and bobcats as well as foxes, the Hickory Creek hounds have been carefully bred for increased size and strength. In recent months. they have been sweeping the shows, usually carrying away firist place honor’s and gaining national prominence for Hickoiy Creek.



Is there any reason, argue the member’s of Hickoiy Ceek, why Dallas should not become known as the fox hunting capital of the southwest? Says something about our citv, doesn’t it?