Lauren Giannini photoMooreland Wary scored a second Grand Championship at the Virginia Hound Show, held at bucolic Morven Park in Leesburg, VA. Wary (Fox River Valley Keg 2005 x Mooreland Wedlock 2008), a 2012 Crossbred, was victorious earlier this spring, earning the Championship at the Southern Hound Show.
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MIDDLEBURG, VA - Award-winning fine art photographer Jesse Freidin has embarked on an epic documentary project telling the story of the contemporary American hunter. The first of its kind, this series uses traditional photo techniques to create a comprehensive survey of contemporary American sporting culture. The first public exhibition of this project is at the National Sporting Library & Museum, June 5, 2013 – September 29, 2013.
In the exhibit, NSLM George L. Ohrstrom, Jr. Curator Claudia Pfeiffer underlines the motivations of the California and New York-based photographer to create the fifteen color and black and white photographic prints in American Sporting Heritage: A Portrait Survey of Contemporary Hunters and their Gun Dogs.
Harper Meek photoThe Bryn Mawr Hound Show Association, MFHA, National Beagle Club and Penn-Marydel Foxhounds, Inc. presented the 99th installment of the Bryn Mawr Hound Show on Saturday, June 1, 2013 at the Radnor Hunt Club in Malvern, PA. More than 500 hounds competed in six rings over the course of the day, which is capped off with a Best in Show Class, where the Champion Foxhound, Beagle, and Basset square off in a final competition.
Potomac Dapper was the star of the day and named Champion Crossbred Foxhound, Champion Foxhound and Best in Show by the panel of Judges. Farmington Iceberg was judged Champion Beagle and Ripshin Norma declared Champion Basset.
MIDDLEBURG, VA – The NSLM Book Fair, Saturday, May 25, 2013, from 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., includes three top-rated authors, all-day demonstrations of book binding and conservation, new book sales and the library’s duplicate book sale to benefit the Book Acquisition Fund. The Book Fair is free and open to the public.
On May 5, 2013, the Maryland Foxhound Club held its 35th annual puppy show at Keechland Farm, home of De La Brooke Joint Master Sarah Hruda. Donald Philhower, Millbrook, NY, served as judge. This year the show had over 100 unentered foxhounds from 12 foxhound clubs and approximately 60 foot hounds (beagles and bassets) from eight clubs showing.
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Brazos Valley Mystic '10 scored a repeat victory at the Southwest Hound Show, held on Saturday, April 20th, 2013 at Greenwood Farms in Weatherford, TX. In addition to garnering the Master's Cup for Grand Champion Dog or Bitch, Mystic was named Champion American Dog.
Hunts in attendance were Brazos Valley Hounds (TX), Independence Hounds (TX), Grand Canyon Houndsn(AZ), North Hills Hunt (NE), Harvard Hounds (OK), and Moingona Hunt (IA).
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