Views: 10,254 President George Washington proclaimed Nov. 26, 1789, the last Thursday of November that year, to be a “day of public thanksgiving.”   What is known as the “Gentry”, in New Jersey they held fox hunts on Thanksgiving Day. Fox hunts were not exclusive to the holiday — the horses and hounds trained all year … Continue reading Thanksgiving Meet – Horses, Hounds and Foxes Before Turkey – A Countryside Tradition