Horse & Hound – 01 August 2019

80 Horse&Hound1 August 2019

Pictures by Peter Nixon

HUNTING

LYCETTSFESTIVAL

OFHUNTING

17 July

y CatherineAusten

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usten

LycettsFestivalofHunting,East

ofEnglandShowground, Cambs

HARRIERS

THISyear,boththestudbook

andWestCountryharrierswere

showninthesamering,but

mostlyinseparateclasses.While

thismadeforaninteresting

day,it resultedin 13 classes

intheafternoonand 11 inthe

morning,whichinevitablytook a

considerabletimetojudge.

Heythropmasterand

huntsmanCharlesFrampton

andAndrewCook,masterand

huntsmanoftheDumfriesand

Stewartry,judgedthedoghounds

andwerepleasedtoseea returnto

theribbonsforthePendleForest

andCravenintheunentered

studbookclasswiththeirsmart

Landmark.Thiswasa 40th

Peterboroughfortheirhuntsman

RichardLloyd, a ringmaster of the

first water.

Harrierveterans

shine,a shocked

MarkGuyis

festoonedin

bassetrosettes,

andthere’sa

fittingwinnerfor

thebloodhound

trophy

AxeValeTrapperandTeacher

tooktheunenteredWestCountry

class.Theywereexceptionally

high-qualityyounghoundsand

excellent examples of the type.

Theywouldhavebeencompetitive

inthedoghoundchampionship

hadunenteredhoundsbeen

allowedtocontestit.

Theeventualchampion,

HolcombeBrindle 18 —a sonof

theirCharger 11 —andhisbrother

Blackrod 18 wonthecouples

class.Theyarestrikinglysimilar

instamp,sizeandcolouring,and

were obvious winners ahead of

ByCHARLESFRAMPTON,

ALASTAIRJACKSON,

MATTHEWHIGGSand

ANDREWVANOOSTRUM

Hasty is harrier champion

RossDieselandDingle16.Brindle

andBlackrodwerealsofirstand

secondintheenteredclass,shown

bytheHolcombe’snewhuntsman

MatthewBiddiscombe.Brindel,

typicaloftheHolcombe’sblack

andtantype,is a finemoverand

beautifullybalanced.

WaveneyLatimer15,a former

Peterboroughchampion,hadn’t

lost any of his quality with age and

Berks and Bucks Roman 18 scoops the champion draghound title

‘Theepitomeofa workingbloodhound’:CranwellMarmite(left)

stands champion bloodhound, with Cranwell Monster reserve

CotleyHasty 17 is

crownedbestharrierin

show for the Eames family