Event Reports

Once again Baily’s was pleased to sponsor the Masters of Basset Hounds Association 2018 Annual Show  which took place as part of the Festival of Hunting in Peterborough on 18th July and, like last year, seven of the eight member packs showed hounds – the exemption being the Barony Bassets from Scotland. The judging was...

Our Judge, Iain Storer, MH, and his son Alasdair Storer, were faced with an entry of excellent over all quality from the eleven packs competing at Bryn Mawr. The Okaw Valley Bassets and the Three Creek Bassets traveled to the show from Ohio to compete for the first time, making a special effort to attend....

English Basset Hounds get American Approval. The Masters of Basset Hounds 2017 Show took place as part of the Festival of Hunting in Peterborough on 19th July and saw great support from all of the member packs. While the Barony Bassets from Scotland did not show hounds, Masters from every registered pack were present at...

The sun shone all day for the Irish National Hound Show at the Cosby Family’s Stradbally Hall organised by County Laois Foxhounds master David Lalor, Roddy Bailey and their team. Lalor is the chairman of the Irish Masters of Foxhounds Association and leaves no stone unturned to make sure hunt staff and visitors enjoy the...

There is no greater delight than arriving at the grounds of the National Beagle Club of America in the early spell of autumn when most of the Virginia leaves have conceded to fall from stubborn limbs except the ever-lasting oaks and beech which will hold out until the final moment. Huntsmen and hounds filed into...

The spring beagles, held on the grounds of the Institute Farm in Aldie, Virginia began with a whirlwind and by whirlwind-we shall mostly refer to the continuous blusters which swept over the five-day formal pack trial at the National Beagle Club grounds.  Held in Aldie, Virginia, the competition started bright and early on Wednesday, March...

Good things come to those who wait’ may provide the best epithet for the 2016 Triple Challenge hosted by the National Beagle Club at their home grounds in Aldie, Virginia the first weekend of May.  This was certainly the idiom for the die-hard contender and supporter of the Triple Challenge Gregg Moore and his talented...

The Society of Equestrian Artists (SEA) is relocating its 2016 Annual Open Exhibition, The Horse in Art from London to the new National Heritage Centre for Horseracing and Sporting Art (formerly the National Horseracing Museum), in Newmarket from 21st November – 4th December 2016 This will be the 37th Annual Exhibition and the Society’s seventh...

The puppies walked for the Cotswold Hunt were placed before the judges—Mr. H. Whitworth, Holderness, Capt. Elwes, Will Batchelor (Ledbury huntsman) and Will Gilbert (Lord Fitzhardinges hounds) recently. The entry was an average one, with 7½ couples of dogs and 5 couple of bitches and to quality, the dogs were a better lot than the...

The Meath Hunt Puppy Show was held earlier than usual this year, though the second week in May could scarcely be adjudged too soon. There has been some distemper among the youngsters, and a few particularly good ones have died; but the outbreak, though regrettable, has been less serious than would have been the case...