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The Blessing, on the lawn at the National Sporting Library & Museum (NSLM) in Middleburg, will be conducted by ministers, priests and a rabbi from many area congregations and welcomes animals of any kind, great or small, feathered, furry and hooved.
Request in homes by Thursday 9-23-21
The Blessing of the Animals at the National Sporting Library
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Photo by Nancy Kleck
he initial post on Jeanne Morency’s Facebook page read: “There is a loose horse, “Buzz,” south of Middleburg. ... he most likely still has his saddle but no bridle ... please call Robert Monk (his owner) and/or Lindsay Kelley (who cares for him at Kinross) ... he apparently can be difficult to catch ... please do not chase him. Thank you!” What started as a leisurely trail ride with a small group of friends a couple of Saturday mornings ago at Broad Hollow turned into a communitywide search effort for the wandering equine. I asked Robert, what made Buzz trot off? “A horse fly!” As is the order of tacking up a horse, the saddle goes on first, then the bridle. One of those nasty stinging machines was circling Buzz’s gleaming coat a bit too eagerly, and Buzz, equally as eager to avoid the inevitable, backed up
the split-second Robert dropped the halter to bridle him. With a swift turn of the hoof, off he went. The search began immediately, and within minutes the previous post on Facebook was read and shared, friends on horse and foot gathered in the area. Groups as many as 20 on horseback searched for him over the weekend. After wearing a muzzle all summer, this robustly built, full-blooded bay Percheron, described as an “easy keeper,” found himself in salad land, staying far enough away and deep in the lush greenery to elude capture. “He is hard to catch, and he just didn’t want to be caught,” Robert lamented. “Can you blame him?” A drone was generously used in the search but to no avail. Trackers on foot found hoof prints near the edge of a stream, but then nothing. Over 650 people had “liked” or read the post by Sunday evening, and dozens forwarded it to others. Friends of friends offered help and posted well