The Clear Creek Beagles

Hounds also meet several times each season in Mercer County, Clark County and Woodford County.

During the 1920's and into the 30's, Mr Weissinger developed a considerable following amongst Louisville residents and as the Depression put pressure on Mr Weissinger's finances, these followers formed themselves into the Louisville Beagle Club which acted as a hunt supporters organisation for the Clear Creek.  The first season of this more formal arrangement was in 1936-7 which also saw the first Beagle Ball to end the hunting year.  A few followers from those days remain among the subscribers of the Clear Creek today including Mrs Lyons Brown, an early president of the Louisville Beagle Club and Mrs Macauley Smith, widow of longtime Master Judge Macauley Smith. 

In the early 1950s, Mr Weissinger felt no longer able to hunt hounds for a field on a regular basis and the Louisville Beagle Club acquired most of the Clear Creek pack and continued hunting on a subscription basis eventually adopting the name Fincastle Beagles.  Mr Weissinger retained a few hounds and continued for a time to use the Clear Creek name. 

In 1987 the Fincastle Beagles amalgamated with a local private pack, the Rollington Foot Beagles, and in doing so returned to the name Clear Creek Beagles.  The hounds are now kennelled in Oldham County but continue to meet in Shelby County with occasional meets along Clear Creek from which the pack takes its name. 

information correct on 29th January 2004