It is the most British of scenes – a pack of hounds in full cry flying across the landscape, with a red-coated horseman leading a field in pursuit. And yet this is not the Shires, nor the Dales, nor the moors.
Instead it is New York, where, over the holiday period, hundreds of people saddle up in pursuit of a British tradition which has established a firm footing in the United States.
“We hunt on Christmas Eve and Boxing Day – even though Boxing Day isn’t actually a holiday in the US. New Year’s Day is also a big one for us," says Marion Thorne, joint master of the Genesee Valley hunt, one of the oldest packs in America.
Being New York, however, there are differences to British experiences….
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