Field Hunter Championships take over Tryon International Equestrian Center
The fourth annual Festival of the Hunt at Tryon International Equestrian Center took place on November 14-16, 2019. Three days of competition celebrated the field hunter, hounds, and the sport of fox hunting.
The Great Lakes Invitational Hound Show was hosted on the picturesque grounds of the Chagrin Valley Hunt in Gates Mills, Ohio on Saturday, July 13th. 2019. Exhibitors from Chagrin Valley Hunt (OH), Miami Valley Hunt (OH), Rocky Fork Headley Hunt (OH), Rolling Rock Hunt (PA), Three Creek Bassets and Okaw Valley Foot Bassets showed their foxhounds and basset hounds to perfection on this hot and sunny July day.
Despite being one of its wettest shows in recent memory, the Maryland Foxhound Club did not let the incessant rain slow the pace or dampen the enthusiasm of the judges, hounds and handlers who met on the lush and stately grounds of the historic Green Spring Valley Hunt Club (GVS) in Glyndon, MD on May 5 for the 44th annual Puppy Show. The show is held on a rotating basis among ten MFHA-sanctioned hunts in Maryland and is restricted to unentered hounds, and the stallion and brood bitches that produced them. It is considered by many as the dress rehearsal for the nationally known Virginia and Bryn Mawr hound shows.
The New York/New Jersey Interhunt Puppy Show was hosted by the Essex Fox Hounds and held in the courtyard of the Essex Stables in Peapack, New Jersey Saturday, May 11. Under a brilliant blue sky, Joint Masters Jazz Merton and Karen Murphy welcomed huntsmen and guests from Amwell Valley Hounds, Windy Hollow Hunt, Genesee Valley Hunt and local friends and subscribers of the Essex Fox Hounds. Lunch was served in the new Essex Hunt Room after which hounds competed.
The 43rd Carolina Hound Show on May 10 once again provided an opportunity for hound enthusiasts from different backgrounds to get together and celebrate all types of sport with hounds. Held at Lyell's Meadow and the Implement Shed in Southern Pines, NC, the weather held off this year and participants enjoyed a fine spring day in the Carolinas. MFHA President Tony Leahy, MFH, Massbach and Fox River Valley, judged with MFHA Executive Director David Twiggs.
Seventeen artists working in various media will participate in Green Mountain Hounds (VT) Benefit Art Night on May 31, 2019, at Northern Daughters Gallery, 221 Main Street, Vergennes, VT. The sales of artworks from this group show will benefit the club. The event, which runs from 4-8pm, is open to the public.
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