SD - Spirit the Greyhound Mystery Cache
Randy58: Time to open up this location in the park with another cache.
SD - Spirit the Greyhound
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Cache is not located at this point. This cache is part of the
“Snoopy” series of puzzle and letterbox hybrid caches
sponsored by “Meandmydogs”. The cache final is located
in Bedford, NH. This is a puzzle cache.
Spoiler: cache is located at N 42 57.550 W 071 33.151 in Bedford, NH
This cache is part of the “Snoopy” series of puzzle and letterbox hybrid caches sponsored by “Meandmydogs”. The cache final is located in Bedford, NH. You can park at the following coordinates in Bedford, NH:
Parking area at Legacy Park.
N 42° 57.885 W71° 32.749
You must solve the puzzle in order to find this cache.
I chose the “Greyhound” breed as part of this dog series. Since 1990, we have adopted 4 retired racing greyhounds. This puzzle is honor of our greyhound that we have named “Spirit”.
Spirit was born June 8, 2001 and his official racing name was “Onaim Spirit” and he spent his entire racing career at one race track, Wonderland Park in Massachusetts. This is unusual as our other greyhound (Gracie) was born in Iowa and raced in Iowa, West Virginia, Alabama and Florida..
Spirits racing career started when he was 2 years old and he raced for almost 2 years. We adopted him in the fall of 2005. After bringing him home, we visited a website that provides the racing records for retired racing greyhounds. For most of his career, he ran one race per week. There is an unexplained gap in his racing records whereby he didn’t race for 87 days. Injury? Resting? We’ll never know what happened but we do know that his racing career ended shortly after his return on March 20, 2005.
Just like all of the greyhounds we have adopted, he easily made the conversion from being a track dog to a loving pet. We have never had a problem with any of our greyhounds. Like most big dogs, greyhounds tend to have short life spans. We are fortunate that Spirit has lived past the age of 10 years. Our previous two deceased greyhounds died at young ages and we suspect that they were given steroids at the racetrack and that shortened their lives due to tumors, etc.
There is not enough information provided within the cache description to solve the puzzle. In order to solve this puzzle, you will need to access Spirits racing records. They are posted in the gallery attached to this cache page.
There are databases on the internet that provide the racing details for current and retired greyhound racing dogs. Shown below are the details regarding Spirits identification that is necessary to access such records:
Racing name: Onaim Spirit
Ear marks: 61C-95984
Right ear: 61C
Left: 95984
Note: at birth all racing greyhounds are tattooed with registration numbers inside of the ear flaps.
How to solve the puzzle:
Review Spirits racing records that are posted in the gallery and use the data to answer the following questions and solve for the following coordinates:
N42 AB.CDE W071 FG.HIJ
AB: On December 14, 2004 Onaim Spirit won this race and it was his final winning race. In whole seconds, what was his winning time? Do not round up or down. Just use the whole seconds. Add 26 to this number.
CDE: July 12, 2003 was his first race. In meters, what was the distance run? Add 47 to that number
FG: Review Spirit’s racing records and identify his fastest race as measured in Miles per hour.
Subtract 6 from this number
HIJ: How many races are posted to Spirits records during his 648 day racing career? Add 95 to that number
Shown below is a link to Geochecker at which you can check your solution for accuracy:
(visit link)
The cache is located at Legacy Park in Bedford, New Hampshire. This park is near the intersection of Wallace Road and New Boston Road. The photo gallery for this cache contains a trail map that you can print for use while walking on the trails. Legacy Park does feature a couple of kiosks that have large poster versions of the trail system that you can reference while at the park.
Shown below are the coordinates that will take you to the parking lot for Legacy Park. Once you solve the puzzle, the cache will require about ½ mile walk via the trail system and requires no heavy bushwhacking. Cache is about 25 yards off the trail. Cache is very winter friendly. The trail does feature some hills and valleys. Nothing bad. The trail is children friendly and is used on a regular basis by the community.
Parking area at Legacy Park:
N 42° 57.885 W71° 32.749
Please note:
The area is closed dusk to dawn.
The cache is a small sized lock & lock.
The cache is within 100' of a trail.
Please don't try to access this cache from nearby roads. You'll be trespassing on private property or going through some potentially hazardous areas.
Other information about greyhounds not related to solving the puzzle but fun to know:
We have adopted four retired racing greyhounds from the Greyhound Placement Service of New Hampshire. Their website is shown below and they are a non profit organization. By the way, this website does not have anything to do with solving the puzzle. It is provided if you are interested in adopting a retired racing greyhound.
(visit link)
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
5 srrg hc ba gerr
FCBVYRE: VS LBH QBA'G JVFU GB FBYIR GUR CHMMYR, GUR PNPUR VF YBPNGRQ NG:
A 42 57.550 J 071 33.151