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Hunting news
Hunting news and latest additions to Baily's Hunting Directory.
Cottesmore - New 1st Whip appointed
The Cottesmore joint-masters and committee are delighted to announce the appointment of a new 1st Whipper-In. He is Joe Tesseyman, currently of the Badsworth and Bramham Moor.
See Ho The First Hundred Years of the Newcastle District Beagles
This quality hardback A4 landscape book is 100 pages long. It contains over 80 predominantly colour plates, of which 17 are full-page images and 22 half page images. It has been compiled by the current Chairman Ben Haywood Smith, Joint Master Andy Collier and members of the hunt using material gathe...
Lost Hound
We are getting details in of a lost Harrier after a joint meet at Burton Leonard on Monday 8th March with the Pendle hounds. She has an ear tattoo. Last seen at 1-30 that day, Lilac is a small black white harrier about 18inches to the shoulder who despite extensive searching has not been found. We ...
RISE Demo in Waterford
Supporters of the RISE campaign will hold a demo in Waterford City on Saturday 27th March to coincide with the Green Party national convention and would welcome your support. The demo will assemble at 11.00 a.m. in the public car park opposite Dooleys Hotel on the Quay and will proceed from there ...
Daughters of Artemis - by Richard Almond
Extensively researched and containing numerous monochrome and colour illustrations The Daughter of Artemis by Richard Almond ISBN 978-84384-202-6 published by DS Brewer takes the reader on a journey through the roles and participation of women within the culture of hunting varied, usually according ...
Will Goodall Horn - An Update
We know from the horn that it had an association with Schott Music Publishers. Schott first established a London presence in 1835 in St Jamess, moving to 159 Regent Street before settling at 48 Great Marlborough Street in 1908 where they remain to this day, they are not, and as far as they are awar...
Beaufort Hunt Raise Money for Help for Heroes
A cheque for 2,500 was presented to the armed forces charity Help for Heroes last Saturday by the Duchess of Beaufort. The hand-over took place at the Beaufort Hunts annual point-to-point meeting at Didmarton and the cheque was accepted by Col Michael Bromley-Gardner. The money had been raised from ...
Jack Bevan to Leave Cottesmore
It is with sadness that the Cottesmore Hunt will be saying goodbye to Whipper-In, Jack Bevan. He is leaving hunt service to follow one of his other business interests but plans to stay in the Rutland area so will hopefully find time to follow hounds occasionally. Jack is a real professional - alway...
Brian Perring 1939 2009
Brian Perring, who died aged 70 on the 28th December, 2009 after a long, bravely borne illness, was a past master of the Old Surrey Burstow West Kent Hunt. After a long and successful business life, Brian became involved with the Princes Trust and was Chairman of the London Board Princes Youth Bus...
Co Meath Based Tara Harriers Donate to RISE Campaign
The county Meath-based Tara Harriers have donated 2,000 to the strengthening RISE Rural Ireland Says Enough campaign. Sixteen organisations representing hunting and gun clubs have formed the campaign to promote and defend traditional rural sports against impending legislative threats being promote...
John Holliday to Join Belvoir
John Holliday, huntsman of the Ledbury since 1995, will join the Belvoir as professional huntsman from 1st May..img:1right John may be familiar as one of the four huntsmen to focus the mind of parliament on the Hunting act during the 700 hours of debate by entering the chamber He is certainly famil...
Protests to Politicians Do Work At least In France
We understand that Deputy Maxime Gremetz has asked that his name be withdrawn as cosignatory of the recent bill presented to the assembly to ban hunting with dogs. Apparently Deputy Gremetz was affected by the number of ordinary people who emailed him feeling insulted by the language used in the ex...
Potential Bilsdale Reunification
Formed in 1668 by the Duke of Buckinghamshire, the Bilsdale Hunt which covers remote moorland and forests in North Yorkshire has moved a step closer to a potential reconciliation with breakaway members after a letter from 9 principal landowners accounting for 90 of hunt country effectively acted as ...
A Centennial View
Thursday 27th May '10 MIDDLEBURG, Va. The National Sporting Library will host a lecture and booksigning on Thursday, May 27 at 7 p.m., celebrating the release of A Centennial View: Foxhunting in North America Today 2009, a publication of the American Masters of Foxhounds Association of North America by Derrydale Press ...
Goodalls Practice Republished
With the current excitement surrounding the possible unearthing of Will Goodalls horn in Zimbabwe there can be no better time to mention that, thanks to the efforts of hunting photographer Karen Davison-White Goodalls Practice is now available in a readable A5 booklet form. Students of hunt hist...
RISE Campaign Gets Industry Backing
Leading participants in Irish horse and greyhound racing, together with major bookmakers, have signalled their support for the RISE Rural Ireland Says Enough Campaign. The campaign has been formed by sixteen organisations representing hunting and gun clubs to promote and defend traditional rural spo...
Science May be Huntings Best Friend
For a long time, many anti-hunt protesters have argued that using hounds to hunt quarry species means that the numbers of hares, foxes, and other such animals are lower than would be the case if hunting were to be stopped.However, an article published in the Irish Examiner on 25th February 2010 clai...
Assisting the Management of Laminitis through Feeding Magnesium Supplements
Vets commonly recommend magnesium as an aid to help prevent and manage laminitis; there are several reasons for this. Magnesium is important in the maintenance of normal blood sugar levels and deficiency is associated with insulin resistance. Long-term magnesium supplementation has been shown to im...
Isle of Wight Hunt Ball
Saturday 17th April '10 At Kings Manor Contact Jayne Willet on 07929 491192 or see the web site for details. www.iwfoxhounds.com.
Christopher Bland, Huntsman of The Melbreak Foxhounds
Michael Thompson of the Blencathra writes that:- It was with great sadness that we in The Blencathra learned of the untimely passing of Christopher Bland, Huntsman of The Melbreak Foxhounds our close and good neighbours. img:1right We had considerable respect and admiration for the manner in whi...
Fine Gael Opposes Ban on Ward Union Staghounds
Fine Gael is opposed to the proposal by the Minister for the Environment, John Gormley TD, to ban stag hunting by the Ward Union Staghounds in counties Meath and Dublin, and will repeal any ban in government. The Partys Front Bench has adopted a policy proposal to this effect from the Fine Gael Spo...
Delivering a Message With Impact
Have you ever noticed how often in a group of cars you will see the car itself being used as an advertising hoarding. Stop at a red traffic light on a busy day and at least one vehicle will be being used as a temporary mobile advert, the most common being For Sale or Attend This Event. Getting an...
The Importance of Hydration to the Hunting Horse
Most people involved with horses have heard the phrase, You can lead a horse to water but you cant make it drink. Everyone who has taken their horse out for a days hunting and tried to get him to drink away from home, knows the problem all to well horses can be difficult We tend to take water for ...
Croome West Warwickshire Point-to-Point
Tuesday 6th April '10 at Upton-upon-Severn. For more details go to: http:www.cwwfoxhounds.co.uk
Scottish Hound Show
Sunday 20th June '10 CastleHolm Show ground, Langholm
The Creep of Class War Politics Against Hunting
Following the filing of a Bill on 5th February in the French Administration, three French politicians have decided to open up a French front against hunting. The Bill attempts to portray France as being out of step with the rest of Europe in that hunting in all other European countries has been bann...
From The Belvoir to Zimbabwe
Could a nine-inch copper horn complete with case and covered in dents that was bought at auction in Zimbabwe, really be the one that might have belonged to one of the great huntsmen of all time: Will Goodall, who hunted the Belvoir hounds in England from 1842 until his death after a riding acciden...
Murder Hollow Case Authorities Fail to Comply with Court Compromise Agreement
The Murder Hollow Basset case continues taking new twists and turns as the PSPCA employs various tactics in an attempt to avoid what would seem to be a catalogue of embarrassing disclosures in its interaction with the Murder Hollow Hunt. As we know the Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Crue...
Irish Pro-hunting Campaign Rolls Out Nationally
RISE Rural Ireland Says Enough the campaign formed recently to promote and defend traditional rural field sports has begun stepping up its campaigning efforts nationally. This week, more than five hundred hunting, shooting and angling clubs in every county have received a briefing pack and petitio...
Midwinter report - Skycastle French Hounds
Our 2009-2010 season has been plagued with rough weather conditions at times, but hounds have shown very good sport. November 1st, was a meet at Marsh Creek. Nick Booth did a nice job hunting hounds, and the pack had short runs on two rabbits in tough scenting conditions. At Silbermans on the 8th, w...
Hunting and Animal Welfare- A Principled Approach
In this article, Jim Barrington, who joined the League Against Cruel Sports in 1972, when he was 19, and was its Executive Director for seven years illustrates succinctly and dispassionately, why, in forcing through the Hunting Act for political ends, the Government struck a blow against the concep...
Hounds and Charity- The Story of Stalker
Its not your usual hunt supporters fund. But when members of the Iroquois Hunt Club in Lexington, Kentucky, established the Hound Welfare Fund, they applied the hunt supporters model to a different area: retired foxhounds. The HWF is now in its 11th year of funding happy, dignified retirements for ...
RISE Rural Ireland Says Enough
Organisations representing more than 300,000 people involved in traditional rural field sports have come together to form a new national campaign called RISE Rural Ireland Says Enough RISE will campaign at national, regional and local level to mobilise public and political opinion in support of our...
Covert Surveillance Is there an Anti Hiding in Your Bushes
A notable criminal trial has just been conducted at Bournemouth Magistrates Court. The prosecution case lasted 6 days, something of a record in a summary trial. The assembled witnesses, lawyers and experts, as well as the accused, were informed, at 6:30 on the evening of the sixth day, that the case...
Meet Report - Stonewall Hounds
Today Lili, Kate, Jenner, Judy, Susan, Howard and I braved the hard icy footing again and took hounds out. We went to the Meadows, where we often run grey fox, in a smaller sort of contained area, hoping that it would not require us covering a lot of frozen ground. Following is my version, hopefully...
Kaptain with a K- The Story of a Hound
About nine years ago, I started my pack with mostly American Hounds. Their aggressive hunting style and outgoing temperaments were what attracted me. Also, it was very significant that when I asked the people I knew for hounds to start my pack with that I was given hounds from American packs, namely...
Potential Issues with the Supplementary Feeding of Garlic in the Hunter
With the recent bad weather affecting the ability of horses to exercise properly and therefore maintain required fitness levels, many horse owners look to alternative ways of finding and maintaining a positive influence on their horses metabolism. As a result we like many others have added an incre...
Dr Donald Stevenson 15.1.1960 - 10.7.2008
Dr Donald Stevenson passed away unexpectedly. He was a longterm and loyal member of the Findon Harriers Hunt, President from 2002 and Whipper-in from 1994. He is greatly missed. The Donald Stevenson award has been established by the hunt in his memory. This is awarded annually by the Masters to the ...
The Essence of Good Land Management is Murder
Its a simple truth that no Green politicians are elected by rural constituencies. Why Because country people there know that nothing is naturally natural. Everything in the countryside is managed, either through the brutal methods of nature, or by the hand and will of man. The Irish countryside is ...
True Libertarians Will Support the Repeal of the Hunting Ban
Tony, if you invoke the Parliament Act it will be the most illiberal act of the last century. The late Roy Jenkins was no foxhunter, but he was a libertarian and his advice to Tony Blair shortly before his death in 2003 encapsulates the challenge of the Hunting Act for those who claim to follow in J...
Ward Union to Take Protest to City
THE proposed banning of the Ward Union hunt by Minister for the Environment, John Gormley will meet stiff resistance with protests set for the streets of Dublin and Dail Eireann itself, according to local man Gavin Duffy of the Hunting Association. A massive rally in Trim Castle, Hotel, organised b...
Murder Hollow Bassets - 311209
The latest news on the Murder Hollow case is that the Pennsylvania Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Chairman of the Board, Harrisse Yaron, suddenly resigned last week. The PSPCA under her direction and management has refused to respond to questions about the condition and location of th...
Boxing Day Meets Defy Weather
Across the country thousands of supporters braved sub zero temperatures to support Boxing Day hunts today and call for the repeal of the Hunting Act. Simon Hart, chief executive of the Countryside Alliance, was with the South Pembrokeshire Hunt and 1000 supporters at the Cresselly Arms, Cresswell...
Mendip Farmers Summer Picnic Ball
Saturday 24th July '10 More details to follow
Mendip Farmers End of Season Social
Saturday 10th April '10 At Ston Easton
Stag Hunt Ban is Green Ignorance Gone Rabid
The Irish Times - Friday, December 18, 2009 OPINION: A demoralised Fianna Fil shows no appetite to resist its minnow bedfellows on the issue, writes KEVIN OCONNOR WHEN I returned to this country in the early 70s, I had reason to ponder what made us different. So much that greeted me was ramshackl...
Some Problems of the Chase
Written by H.F.C and published in an early Bailys, the authors thoughts on hunting cover the behaviour of the field, the quarry, casting and scent. Written over 100 years ago the observations are as relevant today as they were when written and are much more than just a historical footnote. I SUPPOS...
The Show Must Go On
Entitled Virginia Foxhounds Run Wild in Show the following edited report appeared in the New York Times of 23rd February 1913, and seems to show what happens if a hound pack does not practice showing skills on the flags whilst at home. Today foxhounds are effectively canine ambassadors for hunting a...
With the Brookside Harriers
This Report on the Brookside Harriers was taken from an early Bailys according to Rawdon B. Lee, Kennel Editor of The Field, the Brookside were one of the oldest packs in the country and is recorded as hunting from at least 1770 though they were subsequently sold in 1903 and formed the Brighton and...
John H. Daniels Fellowship at the National Sporting Library
Do you want to do some academic research with a hunting bias If so the National Sporting Library based in America wants to hear from you, they are looking for applicants for fellowship places to start in 2010 - the deadline is 1st February. The National Sporting Library, a research institution spec...
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