The spring hound show season continued strongly, with the Pennmarydel, Virginia, Bryn Mawr and Canadian shows drawing substantial entries and spectators alike.
On May 23, the Saturday before the Virginia Foxhound Club Show, join the National Sporting Library for a candid round table discussion with Lady Masters of Foxhounds. The discussion focuses on experiences from the field told by women with years of hunting leadership and features panelists Daphne Wood, MFH Live Oak Hounds, Joyce Fendley, MFH Casanova Hunt, Lynn Lloyd, MFH Red Rocks Hounds, Marion Thorne, MFH Genesee Valley Hunt, and Penny Denegre, MFH Middleburg Hunt.
The ninth annual Live Oak Hounds USPC Foxhunting Challenge Award is made possible through the generous support of Mr. and Mrs. C. Martin Wood III, Joint Masters of the Live Oak Hounds in Monticello, Florida, and Past Presidents of the MFHA. The Award is designed to encourage Pony Club members who do not regularly hunt to try the sport, and to reward members who hunt on a regular basis to act as mentors to the less-experienced Pony Club members. $10,000 in awards will go to the top six Pony Clubs who regularly take the greatest number of active Pony Club members out hunting.
Congratulations to the 2015 Challenge winners:
ATTENTION FOXHUNTERS:
Are you 16 to 25 years old and certified C+ or above?
The USPC 2015 Foxhunting Exchange deadline has been extended to May 30th!
The Exchange runs October 22-30, 2015 –in the greater Lexington, KY area, with assistance by both the Iroquois and Woodford Hunts. Teams from the Irish Pony Club and the Pony Club UK will join with the US team for 10 days of hunting and fun!
For full information and application, please visit ponyclub.org
Judges: George and Jeanie Thomas, MFH, Why Worry Hounds (SC)
Judge: Cameron Sadler, MFH Moore County Hounds (NC)
New England Hound Show, May 3, 2015 at Tuckaway Farm, Portsmouth, NH
Judges: David Raley, Huntsman Moore County Hounds (NC) & John Eaton, Huntsman Shakerag Hounds (GA)
Carolinas Hound Show, May 9, 2015 at Springdale Racecourse, Camden, SC
Judges: Dr. Jack van Nagell, MFH Iroquois Hunt (KY) and Tony Leahy, MFH Massback Hounds (GA)
For all hound show results, see the MFHA website.
2015 New England Champion Norfolk Piglet. Photo by Eric Schneider
2015 Southwest Hound Show Champion Ft. Leavenworth Valor. Photo by Chris Buczkowski
Carolinas 2015 Champion Hillsboro Graphic. By David Traxel
Through the efforts of Dr. Gilbert Rodgers of Medfield, Massachusetts, the use of the former Medfield State Hospital property by the Norfolk Hunt Club has been retained in perpetuity and that right is enshrined in the law. It was a privilege to recognize Dr. Rogers at the New England Hunts Hound Show—an individual whose efforts reflect the best of the traditions of foxhunting and the preservation of open land for current and future generations.
Subscribing Membership to the MFHA is open to anyone who cares about the future of country lifestyles and wants their voice and vote to make a difference. You will also receive Covertside magazine 4x a year!
