PAH kicked off this showing season at The Carolinas’ Show in Southern Pines, NC, Saturday May 10th
With the hunt truck and trailer packed to the hilt, and loaded with hounds, Martyn, Allison and Rachel, the entourage departed Friday morning and, once hounds were settled in their temporary kennels, the evening Welcome party was underway; Martyn won the Horn Blowing competition!
Hounds all showed exceptionally well the following day, winning every one of their classes, culminating in Martyn’s first Grand Champion award with Wilton!
Hounds shown were Scholar, Student, Sparky, Wilton, Wishbone, Strauss, Dynamo, Wizard, Admiral, Scarlett, Willow, Audrey, Mischief, Huzzah, Hudel and Wanted.
The Virginia Hound Show is always on the Sunday of Memorial Day weekend. Even though it’s an honor to take part in the beautiful grounds of Morven Park, Leesburg, Martyn’s hounds never seem to do as well as in other shows. However, it was a great experience for the unentered hounds, and the members and guests who came to the PAH hospitality tent had a great time, including Mary Finney who won the Fancy Hat contest the evening before.
Unfortunately, Dynamo came out lame Sunday morning so he didn’t show and Admiral chewed some wire clips on a kennel panel, escaped and took himself on a jaunt around the grounds! Dexter took flight too. Subsequently, PAH had to pull out of the Pack Class and there were 3 hounds down! The escapees were caught, eventually!
The following Saturday, May 31st was the Bryn Mawr show held in the grounds of the Radnor Hunt Club, Malvern, PA. The team departed for the long trek north Friday morning. This has always been Martyn’s favorite show and it was another success!
Champion English Foxhound was a recently imported, and beautiful, bitch called Rescue.
Champion Old English Foxhound was Wilton and Wanted was winner of the Veterans Class.
Another year of showing is concluded for our hounds. The start of the hunting season ‘25/’26 is just over 2 months away!!