A Brace at Dixie

When you get to the breakaway
A short ride from the barn
Restless steaming horses
Will be pawing to be gone

There’ll be a brief announcement
Of thanks to Geraldine
A prayer for safety
Before a judge nods release

Two pointers will sprint away
To begin their hunt
Through the opening field into the woods
To the big hay field beyond

You’ll cross the red dirt entry road
That leads to the Big House
Ride down through sloping piney woods
To a stream and fields past that

Then ahead you’ll see Pikes Peak
And the dogs will soon attack it.
One to the left
One on the right

Across the long flat top
They will charge on in their quest
To big crop fields beyond
Then down through Cadillac Field to Cadillac Pond

Then on through woods
To the corner where
An hour brace is done
How many finds how big a race
Will decide which dogs go on