22 August 2019 Horse & Hound
65RESULTS
Fellhounds(RProud),doghounds,
couples.—1, UllswaterCromwell&
Cracker;2,EskdaleandEnnerdale
Clasher&Marksman;3,NorthLonsdale
Trimmer&Tramper.stallionhound.—
1, BlencathraSaddler;2,Coniston
Dealer;3,NorthLonsdaleNomad.
entered.—1, BlencathraSamson;2,
ConistonDealer;3,UllswaterCromwell.
unentered.—1, E&EGunner;2,E&E
Sailor;3,BlencathraSportsman.
veteranhound.—1, BlencathraMusic;
2,NorthLonsdaleBounty;3,Blencathra
Saddler.group.—1, E&E;2,Ullswater;
3,Ullswater.bitchhounds,couples.—1,
UllswaterTrinket&Treacle;2,Coniston;
3,Melbreak.broodbitch.—1, Blencathra
Music;2,ConistonDido;3,Melbreak
Glory.entered.—1, ConistonDreamer;
2,MelbreakDamsel;3,UllswaterCosy.
unentered.—1, E&ERinglet;2,Melbreak
Drama;3,ConistonTempest.ch
couple.—1,UllswaterTrinket&Treacle.
ch.—ConistonDreamer.res.—E&E
Gunner.hillhounds(FHoughton
Brown),doghounds,couple.—1,
Haydon;2,Dumfries&Stewartry;3,
Cumberland.stallionhound.—1, Border
Grafter;2,CumberlandSergeant;3,
HaydonPreacher.entered.—1, Border
Grafter;2,CollegeValleyWinner;3,Eryri
Gaffer.unentered.—1, CollegeValley
Landlord;2,HaydonCaptain;3,Dumfries
&StewartrySaddam.veteran.—1,
DumfriesLacey;2,NorthTyneGlory;
3,BilsdaleCosy.group.—1, Haydon;2,
Dumfries&Stewartry;3,NorthTyne.
bitchhounds,couples.—1, Bilsdale
Moment&Mischief;2,Cumberland
Whinchat&Wigeon;3,PennineComic&
Careful.broodbitch.—1, CollegeValleyRadnor&WestHerefordshireGracious;2,
NorthTyneLilac;3,Dumfries&Stewartry
Lacey.entered.—1, CollegeValley
Gaslight18;2,PennineMelody;3,North
TyneLilac.unentered.—1, CollegeValley
Lapwing;2,HaydonBangle;3,Radnor&
WestHerefordshireBristle.ch.—College
ValleyGaslight18.res.—BorderGrafter.
studbook(MrsC Green& WNunneley),
doghoundcouples.—1, Percy;2,Radnor
&WestHerefordshire;3,Percy.stallion
hound.—1, PercyAragon;2,Radnor&
WestHerefordBoomer;3,PercySpender.
entered.—1, PercyAragon;2,Radnor
Bowson;3,PercyLaser.unentered.—1,
PercyLiable;2,PercyAllie;3,JedForest
Galaxy.veteran.—1, PercyPocket;2,
LauderdaleMerit;3,JedForestGutsie.
group.—1, Percy;2,JedForest;3,
Lauderdale.bitchhounds,couples.—1,
Percy;2,Radnor&WestHerefordshire;
3,Percy.broodbitch.—1,PercyLiffin;
2,PercyPocket;3,LauderdaleMerit.
entered.—1, PercyLiffin;2,Percy
Lichen;3,RadnorMinus.unentered.—
1, PercyPoplin;2,PercyPoem;3,Jed
ForestMajesty.studbookch.—Percy
Aragon.res.—PercyLiffin.oldEnglish
ch.—1, PercyAragon.Scottishch.—1,
Dumfries&StewartryShawhead.Welsh
foxhounds(IanHawkins),doghounds,
unentered.—1, GelligaerVandal;2,Teme
ValleyTarquin;3,TemeValleyDasher.
entered.—1, TemeValleySilvain;2,
Cwrt-y-CadnoBasil;3,LlanwrthwlVandel.
bitchhounds,unentered.—1, Irfon&
TowyTonca;2,Irfon&TowyTopic;3,
LlanwrthwlGaynor.entered.—1, Teme
ValleyOdine;2,Irfon&TowyTola;3,
Cwrt-y-CadnoGypsy.couples.—1, Irfon
&Towy;2,Llanwrthwl;3,Cwrt-y-Cadno.
group—1, Cwrt-y-Cadno;2,Gelligaer;3,
Irfon&Towy.ch.—TemeValleySilvain.
res.—Irfon&TowyTonca.supch.—
CollegeValleyGaslight18.female line I was given by [former
Wynnstay master and huntsman]
Richard Tyacke,” explained
joint-master and huntsman of the
College Valley Adam Waugh. “I
gave her mother to Guy Landau
when I left the South and West
Wilts and then Guy gave me back
the pick of her litter. My family
walked Gaslight at the farm and
she did very well last year in her
first season’s hunting.
“This line has always produced
great hunters. The Tynedale have
a bitch from the same Eglinton
line that won the championship at
Harrogate this year.”
BORDER HOUND
STANDS TOP
PACKS had come from far afield
and those Fell hounds from packs
like the Eryri in Snowdonia, the
Border or the Pennine, which
were ineligible for the Fell classes,
showed their hounds as hill
hounds. Likewise, Andrew Cook’s
Dumfries and Stewartry hounds
look very modern in type and the
Radnor and West Herefordshire
had some woolly hounds which
also counted as hill hounds.
The Border Grafter won
the stallion hound and was
champion doghound, shown
by their dedicated master and
huntsman Thomas Scott. The
Haydon hounds were prominent
throughoutandtheCumberland
hada goodday,huntsman
MichaelBurtonhavingjustarrivedbackfromhisAfrican
honeymoonthepreviousday.
TheprizesintheWelshring
weresharedoutbetweentheIrfon
andTowy,Gelligaer,Llanwrthwl,
Cwrt-y-CadnoandTemeValley,
buteventuallyTemeValleySilvain
beatthechampionbitchIrfon
andTowyTonca.TemeValley
huntsmanDavidSavage,whose
brotherIanis joint-masterofthe
NorthTyne,is wellknowninthe
FellsasheoftenhoststheConiston
houndsathisWelshkennels.
Theentriesinthemodern
Englishclassesweredown
becausetheDukeofBuccleuch’s
houndshaverecentlycaught
kennelcough,andit hadput
severalpacksofffromattending.
TheLauderdale’shuntsmanClaire
Bellamyhasjustsuffereda burst
appendix,butshewasnotsoeasily
deterredandsentsomehounds
withherpartnerAdrianRoss.
Robert McCarthy is so
enthusiastic that he always sees
the bright side of every situation,
and his old English Percy hounds
had a virtual clean sweep of the
studbook classes. Shaun Marles
was in the ribbons with the
Radnor and West Herefordshire
while his amateur whipper-in
showed some of his other hounds
in the hill hound ring.THE HOSTS TAKE A TITLE
THE Coniston hunt runs Lowther
show, and what a great result
after all their efforts to see
Dreamer take the Fell hound
championship. The Blencathra
had a good day, winning the
entered doghound with Samson
and the brood bitch with the
veteran Music. Edmund Porter’s
unentered doghound, Eskdale
and Ennerdale Gunner, was
reserve champion and the home
pack the Ullswater, shown by
huntsman John Weller, had some
particularly attractive hounds.
The showground was
saturated before the show, and
when Andrew Proe was showingthedelightfulGaslightinthe
championship,hiscoatwas
muddiedfromfallswhenhehad
slippedintheglutinousmudthat
hadgreasedtheflooroftherings.
Theringsidefenceswereblown
overbytheseverewindsandthe
usuallycrowdedalleywaysof
theshowgroundwererelatively
emptybecauseofthevileweather
conditions.Unfortunately,theseconddayoftheshow,with
itsbeaglesandharriersclasses,
wascancelled.
Buttheweatherdidnothing
todampentheenthusiasmof
huntsupporters,andattheendof
thedaythemarqueewaspacked
withwell-wisherssingingalong
totheLakelandhuntingsongs,as
theyalwaysdoatthisuniqueand
popularshow.H&HDumfries and Stewartry Shawhead is crowned Scottish champion
Percy Aragon scoops champion studbook hound and reserve supreme
Wet and mud-splattered
they may be, but nothing
stops the judging of the
supreme championship
at the Lowther show‘This line has
produced great
hunters’
ADAM WAUGH ON GASLIGHT 18