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Latest figures “further evidence that the Hunting Act is flawed”
Robert Ogden (Huntsman) and Hounds of the Essex Hunt during the Essex Hunt meetat Bedfords Farm, Good Easter on the 12th March 2014The latest figures released by the Ministry of Justice show 110 people...
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Andrew Sallis: Maintaining positive PR [H&H VIP]
Love them or hate them, hound parades are an essential part of a huntsman’s summer. There is the work involved in finding suitable horses, out of the season, that aren’t going to jettison the staff...
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Week in pictures: 25 July 2014
TIGER ATTACK Cuddy Champion at the The Scottish Horse Show , Ingliston Country Club 2014 Photograph by John Grossick 0771 046 1723If you’re feeling out of the loop on the equestrian sport front this...
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John Holliday: Surely not at Peterborough? [H&H VIP]
Peterb. Foxhound Show 16.07.14The puppy show season has peaked and the hunt horses have returned from their summer sojourn to the kennels. Mounted hound exercise has begun, bringing, as always, an air...
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Could RSPCA back off hunt prosecutions?
JULIAN BARNFIELDThe hunting world has welcomed the RSPCA’s plans to change the way it carries out prosecutions. Backlash surrounding expensive hunting cases has lead to a review, the results of which...
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Woman charged over conflict with hunt
An anti-hunting activist has been charged with aggravated trespass, assault and harassment of a North Wales hunt employee. The charges relate to an incident on 28 January and footage that Chester-based...
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Stradbally Hound Show 6 July
HH-prize-winners presentation by Polly Portwin to Meath-Foxhounds-Passion-Passive-by-Exmoor-Belfry-08-winners-of-The-Horse-Hound-Perpetual-Challenge-Cup-for-the-Best-Couple-of-Unentered-Bitches.jpgTWO...
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Basset hound enthusiast dies aged 85
Rex Hudson, former president of the Masters of Basset Hounds Association (MBHA), died on 22 July, aged 85, just a week after driving himself to the Festival of Hunting at Peterborough. Rex started...
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The 37th Dunster Country Fair Hound Show
The 37th Dunster Country Fair Hound Show took place on 30 July on Dunster Lawns in West Somerset. With Dunster Castle overlooking the show and the Bristol Channel just a moment away, the setting is one...
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Richard Gurney: 10 tips for a happy master and hunt [H&H VIP]
It is that time of year when new masters are getting their feet under the table as they nervously settle in before autumn hunting begins. Joining the mastership is a challenge in difficult times, but...
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Countryside Alliance seeks repeal pledge from Conservatives
Sir Barney White-SpunnerThe Countryside Alliance (CA) has warned that the Conservative Party risks jeopardising 500,000 votes if it fails to pledge to repeal the ban on fox hunting in its manifesto for...
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Farewell to…Nick Crossley
The hunting world is mourning the loss of Col the Hon Nick Crossley, who died on 8 August aged 81. Having ridden from an early age, he enjoyed success in military races during his career. After...
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Andrew Sallis: Let the season commence [H&H VIP]
Our kennels, built with a true Victorian industrialist’s bounty, were pioneering in their design with airy lodges and low yard walls so the hounds don’t feel like inmates without a view. Sadly the dirt...
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Lauderdale terrierman cleared of offence
The Lauderdale Hunt at Pavilions, near Melrose.John Cook, terrierman of the Lauderdale Hunt, has been cleared of an offence under the Protection of Wild Mammals (Scotland) Act 2002. He faced the...
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Autumn hunting: H&H’s dos and don’ts
Autumn hunting is a gentle introduction for young hounds, new hunt staff, horses and followers to the forthcoming season. Having to face the unexpected teaches you to improvise to get out of trouble,...
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Hunt member arrested following collision
A member of the Blackmore and Sparkford Vale Hunt has been released on bail after an incident in which a hunt saboteur was hospitalised following a collision with a horse. He was arrested on suspicion...
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John Holliday: The Great War spared nobody [H&H VIP]
This year marks the centenary of the Great War. The transformation inflicted upon this country as a consequence of that campaign was immense. As the lamps went out all over Europe, little did people...
View ArticleThe stable yard is empty
The Stable yard is silent, no equine friends, no ears twitching over the doors, Where have they gone? They have gone to Europe to fight a war, Will they be back to graze the summer pastures green? Will...
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Two hunts have legal proceedings dropped
Three hunts have been facing legal proceedings in the past month, although two cases have been dropped and the other has been adjourned. Tom Holt, joint-master of the Middleton Hunt, appeared before...
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Farewell to… John King
John King, the premier sporting artist whose work was published frequently in H&H for many years, died on Monday of last week (Sept 8) aged 85. A keen and bold horseman across country, John rode...
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