It was terrific weather for spying on galloping equines and the moneyed elderly. There were plenty of costumes (bow ties and top hats galore; the website warned that "afternoon dress is prevalent") and characters, spiffy rides (including a Maserati parked unceremoniously on the grass between a Honda and an SUV), and a variety of afternoon drunks, ranging from the scotch-on-ice types in the frat tents to the wine and imported beer guzzlers next to us, who had faded into their lawn chairs by the last race.
Ben smirks as he prepares to order kettle corn near the donor tents. I'm sure Mr. Madison never envisioned looking out his library windows onto 15,000 cars using the lawns as a parking lot and
tailgating venue, though us Montpelier-ians cheered each time the announcer said the riders were approaching the mansion.
Fabulous horse name of the day: Attention Deficit, winner of the flat track race. Too bad we missed the Jack Russell Terrier agility races in the morning...
And, while we're on the subject of general mistreatment of animals, we bring you a wonderful recent
LolCat. Felines are barnyard friends to the horses, right? LolCats, bridging worlds together and making us chuckle:
Yesterday, as you saw in Ben's video, we went to the 75th annual running of the Montpelier Hunt Races.
It was terrific weather for spying on galloping equines and the moneyed elderly. There were plenty of costumes (bow ties and top hats galore; the website warned that "afternoon dress is prevalent") and characters, spiffy rides (including a Maserati parked unceremoniously on the grass between a Honda and an SUV), and a variety of afternoon drunks, ranging from the scotch-on-ice types in the frat tents to the wine and imported beer guzzlers next to us, who had faded into their lawn chairs by the last race.
Ben smirks as he prepares to order kettle corn near the donor tents. I'm sure Mr. Madison never envisioned looking out his library windows onto 15,000 cars using the lawns as a parking lot and tailgating venue, though us Montpelier-ians cheered each time the announcer said the riders were approaching the mansion.
Fabulous horse name of the day: Attention Deficit, winner of the flat track race. Too bad we missed the Jack Russell Terrier agility races in the morning...
And, while we're on the subject of general mistreatment of animals, we bring you a wonderful recent LolCat. Felines are barnyard friends to the horses, right? LolCats, bridging worlds together and making us chuckle:
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