Articles

In this article, written in the early 20th century ‘Borderer’ asks whether ‘Black and Tan’ hounds from two different continents, and two disticint types the Kerry Beagle and the Black and Tan Amerian Hound, could have shared ancestry- that of the Bloodhound. There can be little doubt that the Kerry beagle and the bloodhound had...

The history and sometime mystery of Hunt Boundaries, the importances of the New Mastership finding out where they lie. Are hunt country ‘boundaries’  of any more than historical interest? Generally speak­ing they are pretty well defined and accepted, having been hammered out through the years and recorded with the M.F.H.A. The fictional West Loamshire, let...

In this article, written for Baily’s Hunting Companion, Penny Mortimer wife of  the late celebrated lawyer and novelist John Mortimer, explains why she set up the Leave Country Sports Alone pressure group. She gets very exercised about her love of country sports and how disgusted she is by the Government’s attempt to ban hunting. She...

Taken from our ‘Baily’s Hunting Companion’ here are the thoughts of Enoch Powell MBE on the rule of law and its impact on Hunting with Hounds. The speech was originally given at a dinner for the Campaign for Hunting. It provides a useful insight into just how much our freedoms today (freedom from, and freedom to,) particularly...

“There’s nowt so queer as scent”As Mr. Jorrocks said in Handley Cross. Jorrocks ended this pronouncement by adding,” ‘cept a woman.” But I think I’d end it differently: “There’s nowt so queer as scent, ‘cept what we’ll do to try to understand it.” More of that in a moment. “Oh, that weary scent!” exclaimed Mr. Jorrocks,...

The following is an edited extract from ‘Hunting Hints & Breeding Thoughts’ by Roddy Bailey published in 2017. The following are just hints for a huntsman based on my own experiences. These are my views not necessarily those of the IMFHA and they may not be shared by all. There is no blue print for...

These notes have been transcribed from handwritten diary entries found in a copy of the 1923-1924 Baily’s Hunting Directory.  The book does not state who wrote the notes, and while it is possible to speculate who the author was, it is not possible to be certain. In some places, the writing has not been readable. ...

Though not the oldest pack of hounds in England, the Pytchley can compete with any other in the matter of history, and, for reasons which are apparent to those who may have hunted in the country, which lies partly in Northamptonshire and partly in Leicestershire, historically it has often been called one of the most...

This view of future threats may come as a surprise to those whose hunt clubs are run well and by folk who care passionately about their hounds, the quality of hunting and their particular hunt club and its history. But I believe the biggest threats to mounted hunting currently in the USA are an increasing...

Based on his years of expererience hunting hounds on either side of the Atlantic Andrew Bozdan responds to the author’s thoughts in this article which we published last year https://www.bailyshuntingdirectory.com/news_and_articles/the-english-foxhound-in-america-in-the-early-20th-century/ Firstly, that was a very interesting article regarding the importance of the English foxhound in America. It was of course penned in 1911 and as...