Some of the region’s stubbiest and stubbornest athletes descended Friday on Ocean City for the Basset Hound Olympics
The annual event provides a light-hearted start to Ocean City’s annual celebration of humor — the Doo Dah Parade, which is scheduled for noon Saturday.
More than 500 hundred hounds are expected to march in the parade Saturday, but they started a weekend of fun with a little friendly competition on Friday.
The dogs competed in obstacle course, the “oxymoron event” — the basset hound high jump, the 10-meter hurdles, a 10-meter sprint and a general “basset-tude” event.
The event draws hundreds of basset owners to Ocean City and is sponsored by Tri-State Basset Rescue, which charges a small entry fee for parade participants to raise money for its nonprofit work in placing bassets in homes.
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