Participants Prepare For The Traditional Boxing Day Hunt

LACOCK, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 26: (L-R) Jonathon Seed, Lesley Seed and Mike Smith, all Joint Masters and Huntsman with the Avon Vale Hunt, leads the hounds and the horses as they arrive for their traditional Boxing Day hunt, December 26, 2009 in Lacock, England. Thousands of people are expected to attend Boxing Day hunts across the United Kingdom, four years after the hunting of foxes with dogs became illegal. Many hunt supporters hope that the ban will be lifted if a Conservative government wins the next general election in 2010 (Photo by Matt Cardy/Getty Images)