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NEWSLETTERThe Deerhound Club
Winter 2014
Club Limit Shows 2014 feature
Henry Hope Crealock
Health Updates and Heart Testing in Dogs
New Champions 2014
The two successful Club Limit Shows are
featured in this edition and now the showseason has almost wound down for
another year.
Also featured in the magazine are thenew champions - many congratulations to
them and their owners!!
Emily Dutton, cardiology vet, publishesher initial findings for the recent
deerhound heart survey.
Two stalwarts, who regulary write for the
Newsletter, are retiring. Lesley Smith -Fenton has decided to give up theNorthern Crack Regional News, she is sogood at painting a picture of life in the
wilds of Cumbria and has a wealth ofknowledge of dog breeds in general. Isthere anyone in the north of Englandwilling to write the news and views for
the magazine?
George MacDonald-Hedger, our Spanishcorrespondent is also retiring (for the
present). Sue Ward has offered to writethe column with additional material by
Suzanne Marwood, so I look forward tothe Spanish news continuing.
Thank you, Lesley and George, for yourcommitment in writing your articles that
have entertained readers. George has
been involved with the Newsletter overmany years.
As Christmas approaches, may I wish
readers, their hounds and all contributorsto the Newsletter -
A PEACEFUL CHRISTMAS AND
HEALTH AND HAPPINESS IN 2015.
MAY IT BE A GOOD YEAR FORDEERHOUNDS!
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from the editor
The Deerhound Club is not responsible or liable, directly or indirectly, for ANY damage or loss whatsoever resulting from the use/misuse of information contained or impliedby this Newsletter and does not guarantee its accuracy. Any opinions, suggestions or recommendations expressed in the Newsletter should not be interpreted as the opinions,suggestions or recommendations of the Deerhound Club.
The Deerhound Club strongly advises all owners of pets with health problems to consult their veterinary surgeon. No responsibility or liability can be accepted for any advicegiven through these pages. The Deerhound Club is not responsible or liable directly, or indirectly, for ANY form of damage or loss resulting from the use/misuse of anyproduct suggested or recommended through these pages.
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The Granary, Huntworth Park FarmHuntworth, Nr BridgwaterSomerset TA7 0AHTel: 01278 662815email: [email protected]
In this issue
2 President’s News
3 Committee Matters
4 Regional News - Scottish Notes
5 Health Group Projects Update
7 The White Cockade
8 Deerhound Collectables
9 Education and Judging CompetenceAssessment Days
10 Regional News - Irish Eyes
12 New Champions 2014
16 Henry Hope Crealock
18 Regional News - Events East
19 Berkeley Castle Lure Coursing event
21 Frampton Country Fair
23 Heart Testing in Dogs - Emily Dutton
25 Regional News - Welsh News &Views
26 Smallest member of the Mary Rose crew?
27 Limit Shows 2014 feature
36 Spanish News
38 Regional News - SouthernSnippets
41 Regional News - Midland Matters
44 Obituaries
46 Caption Competition
47 Best Puppy 2014 feature
51 Show results
53 Regional News - Thames ValleyVoice
54 A deerhound makes a great PAT dog
56 Insight
Cover photo ‘Deerhound in the Mist’
Lynn Hindsley C
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president’s newsI suddenly decided I must visit theTower of London to view the ceramicpoppies that have featured soprominently in the news andcommemorate 100 years since theWW1. As a picture they werewonderful. When I actually got to view
them, as poppies on stalks, all I could‘see’ were dead soldiers. I wonderedhow on earth those families andcommunities had survived suchtragedy. My grandfather (d.1918) ison the Merchant Seaman Memorial,
so I paid him a visit.
The last few months have seen thedeerhound world lose some of theirbest friends. Memories of Mrs ‘B’Cassels, the Revd. GraemeLongmuir and Mrs Anne Daveyappear elsewhere in the Newsletter.As always, I regret the finality ofdeath - how you wish you had askedquestions, remembered events better,kept in touch, been a kinder friend. ‘B’always wrote the Christmas card,Graeme had very distinctive italic(black ink) handwriting, and Annealways sent a newsy and personal cardfrom her and Norman. So please don’tcut out old friends from your Christmascard list, keep them in your life once ayear at least.
Browsing through a journal the otherday, I saw a heading ‘Wanted’ SpanielTerrier Beagle cross: from workingparents. Dog preferred. Good workinghome awaits.’ My instant thought was
‘WHY’? Why would anyone want tomix such a varied set of genes together– what purpose could such a mixedproduct possibly serve? What was the‘work’ to be?
I feel equally puzzled by the allegedbreeding of modern ‘WheatenDeerhounds’. I agree with one emailsender, that these are lurchers, notdeerhounds. “The geneticist Joedicke’sgene analysis conclusively proved thosecolour genes no longer exist in purebredDeerhounds so any red, wheaten etc.cannot be a purebred Deerhound.” Andplease don’t be misled by the apparent‘red’ in an older dog’s coat - that is justdead hair!
The colour is said to come frombreeding Irish Wolfhounds toDeerhounds (to produce lurchers).There are a host of health issues which,as far as I know, do not at present affectdeerhounds, but do afflict IW: Here are
some of them - PRA, Ciliary dyskinesia,Valgus deformity and Osteo and Heartproblems, far exceeding that which weexperience in our breed. I always lookat the IW breed notes in Our Dogs, andgoodness we are lucky - recently, areminder to help with a Nottingham
University FCE survey, later explainedas puppy paralysis. We know
Deerhounds have theirown healthproblems, but itwon’t just be a
change ofcolour that isinherited.
Photographsexist of these so-called‘deerhound’puppies. They donot look like the
puppies we expect to see when viewinga litter of deerhounds. At that age, itwould be hard to tell if they had thecharming deerhound temperament and,of course, it isn’t until something is lostthat you realise how valuable it was.
As Miss Noble was fond of saying “Apedigree is only worth the paper it iswritten on”. Alas, I fear this may betruer today than it has ever been. Soplease, be aware when you think aboutgetting a new puppy: check it out, askaround, please don’t encourageunregulated out-crossing. There is amarket for lurchers, and there is a
market for the pure-bred deerhound.The Kennel Club is prepared to sanctionthe introduction of new blood providedappropriate paper work etc. is provided.
Other people have reported on the twoLimit Shows (north, and south), theEducation Day, the Judges AssessmentDay - in addition to all the Show news.Without the support of members andyour committee these events would nothappen, so thank you all very much foryour help in keeping the show on theroad.
LOTS OF GOOD WISHES FOR AHAPPY CHRISTMAS, AND A VERYHEALTHY AND SUCCESSFUL 2015.
MARY GIRLING
November 2014
TheDEERHOUND C LUB
PATRONKenneth Cassels
PRESIDENT & Judges List Co-ordinatorMary Girling
COMMITTEE
Julian Faircloth
Sarah Helps - Vice President & DeerhoundHealth Group Co-ordinator
Vanessa Lucas - Hon Secretary
Kim Owen - Rehoming &Puppy Enquiry Co-ordinator
Rachel Quinn
Duncan Robertson - Members Secretary
Robin Spencer
Duane Spring-Arnold
Hazel Williams - Hon Treasurer
Joan Wragg - Newsletter Editor/Designerand Chairman of Committee
Nell Mac Bean - Cup Steward
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Committee MattersMany thanks go to Sally, Lady Guise,who has liaised with Berkeley Castle,
who have agreed to become our newvenue for lure coursing, along the samelines as at Lodge Park. Please markMay 24th 2015 on your calendars andget out your sewingmachines to make aperiod costume! We willbe running inconjunction with theFestival of History.
Both the ‘Daily Mail’ andthe ‘Country File’magazine have wronglyreported that the number ofDeerhound puppies beingregistered are dangerouslylow, putting the breed onthe ‘at risk list.’ They were quoting thefigures for the first quarter of the yearinstead of the year’s total. According tothe KC. Breed Records, betweenJanuary and September of this year,187 puppies have been registered.
The Northern and Southern Limitshows were both a success, manythanks to all those involved,congratulations go to BridgetRobertson’s, Chuilinn Whisper, BIS forthe northern show and Eyke Shannon’sErewhon Wanton Flame, BIS for thesouthern show.
At both the Limit shows Emily Duttondid heart screening, as some of thosetested were positive for early signs ofDCM, she will need twelve additionaldogs to be tested to reach the target of
forty clear dogs, to enable her to findthe ‘normal’ range for our breed.
Thanks go to Mary Girling, and herteam of willing volunteers, for runningthe Education Day and the Judges’
Assessments. Feedback from thecandidates was very positive and I am
pleased to report that five peoplepassed the Judges Assessment,allowing them to move up the judginglist.
Plans for next year’s BreedShow, at the WesterwoodHotel are coming along,hopefully there will be aCeilidh, on Friday evening.Mick Peach will bejudging the dogs andNicola Bailey the bitchentry; Jerry Robertson isour Sunday judge. Thespecial raffle will be alovely coloured print, in
the style of James Hardy Jnr, left to theclub in Miss Fenn’s legacy.
The Committee propose to amend Rule14 of the Club Rules, with theaccounts, AGM minutes and theSecretary’s report being posted on theWeb, but hard copies will still beavailable on request. This willhopefully save the Club approximately£700.00 in postage. This will be votedon at the AGM in 2015, and, if passed,come into action for 2016.
I am sorry to report that despite signedpetitions, lower entries atchampionship shows, and photographsof dogs looking uncomfortable on thepresent benches, the Kennel Club haveturned down our appeal for largerbenching at shows.
I am pleased to report that Mr and MrsPeach have achieved KC Accolade ofExcellence.
The Web Sub-Committee have lots ofnew ideas to improve our website. If
you have not already registered in the‘Members Area’ please do so, this
allows the Club to contact you withevents and updates. The Web SubCommittee propose a simple onlinesurvey, which will allow themembership to be involved with whatis on the Club website.
We are still looking for a NewsletterEditor, this job could be shared byvarious people that have the skillsnecessary. Please contact Joan Wragg,for further details.
Finally Discover Dogs, at Earls Court.Our breed was represented by Springand Sue Spring -Arnold on theSaturday, and Sandra and MilesClement and Tim Hussey on theSunday, who very bravely took one ofmy hounds as well as theirs, allegedlymine was well behaved! Many thanks,to them all. Do let me know if youwould like to represent us at Discoverdogs in March, held at the NEC inconjunction with Crufts.
I WOULD LIKE TO WISH YOU ALLA VERY HAPPY CHRISTMAS, AND
A PEACEFUL 2015.
THE NEXT COMMITTEE
MEETING WILL BE HELD IN
FEBRUARY 2015
VANESSA LUCAS
HON SECRETARY, NOVEMBER 2014
A warm welcome to new Club members
Mrs & Miss Louise & Lotte LaingGranton on Spey, Moray
Ms Helen PattersonMulben, Keith, Moray
Mr & Mrs Louise & Richard WaltonAlciston Village, PolegateEast Sussex
Clare AndersonHawick, Roxburghshire
Miss Alexandra von Arx andHeike WennemerRheine, Germany
Sandra DunbarBallyclare, Co AntrimNorthern Ireland
Mrs Barbara GrayRedruthCornwall
Mr Ronnie and Mrs Brenda HeapDundrennan, Kirkcubright
Julie KropaczHarpenden, Herts
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This mid October is nostalgia season & itwas severely triggered off the other day. I
was having a very retro afternoon tea withfriends and sitting beside a neighbour who
asked if I had ever stayed at the Grant Arms
in Grantown-on-Spey. That brought thememories of coursing, Lochindorb and Dava
Moor flooding back; sunshine and snow,slogging through knee deep heather,
splashing through bogs and above all, dogsrunning their hearts out in the sheer joy of
the chase. Alas, my freezer is no longer well
stocked with hares! The fancy dress party atthe hotel was always hilarious. Seamus
Caine’s version of Rab C Nesbitt isespecially memorable.
The conversation with my neighbour wasodd for a polite urban occasion. There are
game-keepering interests in the family andthey have just acquired two working puppies- labrador/German wire-haired pointercrosses. It seems this sort of cross is beingintroduced to improve working ability. They
had a problem with another dog who wouldhaunch a deer rather than going for the neck
or throat. This was liable to cause damage to
the carcass which was liable to upset theForestry Commission. She wondered if I
knew of any ways of correcting thisbehaviour. Has anybody any suggestions?
FIT FOR FUNCTIONI don’t know if many of you read an
interesting letter in a recent ‘Dog World’ by a
writer who is worried whether many showsighthounds are ‘fit for function’. He seems
well qualified to ask this question as he usedto train coursing and racing greyhounds.
Fifteen years ago we could have reassured
him about deerhounds and salukis. Iremember being asked which deerhounds
went coursing. I was then able to reply withcomplete truth - “all the top show winners”.
The story went that after coursing in East
Anglia, Miss Noble washed the mud off herdogs with a hose and headed for Crufts the
next day!
The anxiety about show dogs is not new. I
remember hearing a lecture by Curtis M.
Brown in the 1980s when he described how
the gait of the show Afghan hound in
America had changed and had become that
of a trotting dog, rather than a galloping dog.
The Kennel Club at least supports gun dog
and working trials. We could do with more
recognition for lure coursing for larger
hounds. However, it is good to see videos on
Facebook, from all around the world, ofdeerhounds galloping.
LOSS OF ANOTHER DEERHOUND FRIENDThis has been a sad year with the loss of
some well known friends of deerhounds. Not
all were Club members. I was particularly
saddened to hear of the death of MargaretMorris, the chatelaine of Balgonie Castle. I
first met Margaret and her husband,Raymond, when I went to dog shows at
Cupar. Hearing that the people at the craft
shop had a deerhound I dropped in for achat. Sure enough they had an Ardkinglas
bitch. Margaret was a skilled embroidererand tapestry weaver, while Raymond is a
craftsman in leather. Indeed he made asplendid targe which he presented to the St.
Andrews and Cupar club as a deerhound
trophy. In 1985, the couple moved fromCupar to the partly restored, but habitablemain tower, of Balgonie Castle, near
Glenrothes. They carried out considerablefurther work, giving the new town an
historic tourist attraction on its doorstep.This, of course, was also the perfect setting
for deerhounds and the Morrises have given
a wonderful home to several over the years,especially those in need of re-homing. They
hosted an annual show for Claire Cartmell’sSt Hubert Hound Sanctuary. Margaret’s
cheerful, kindly personality will be sadlymissed, though I am sure Raymond, Stuart
and his family will still welcome
deerhounds.
SHOWSIn mid July, some of us went to the Irish
Wolfhound Gaitherin’ at Alva. Essentially aCompanion dog show, but with two classes
for deerhounds as well as the two dedicated
wolfhound classes, plus the usual pedigreeand non- pedigree fun classes. There were
also versions of musical chairs - dog and
handler- thrown in. The show classes judgewas Betina Adams who had quite a busy dayThe BOB deerhound was Foote and
Crossan’s ‘Bronte’. Winners had large
rosettes, cup trophies for 1sts and biscuits for
the dogs. Not just a piece of cardboard.
There was a fair turnout of deerhounds but
we could have done with more. Look out for
this fun event next year.
I missed the August SKC show which
clashed with a 55 year university re-union. I
find that SKC indoors lacks atmosphere as
well as weather! September and October
offered much more in the way of enjoyable
shows for Deerhound folk. The DeerhoundClub Limited Show (North) offered the
most fun of any show I can remember. The
entry of 59 topped most of this year’s
championship shows, although there were
quite a few absentees. Nevertheless, there
were many old friends to talk to, which is a
proper function of club shows.
Jean Blandfordhad worked so
hard to makethis a fun event-
“identify our
youngerselves”, stick
the tail on thedeerhound,
guess thenumber of
biscuits in
the jar and lots more, withlovely prizes on offer. With Deerhound
classes in the morning and Companion showclasses in the afternoon we had a very fullday.We had a good turnout of other breeds
especially Irish Wolfhounds. My Bourach, inspite of intensive training, failed to qualify
for the 2nd round of Best Biscuit Catcher. Iparticularly liked the Irish Brace Class. Itreminded me of Miss Noble judging at anSKC Open show. She was tempted to give1st to a yellow and a black Labrador pair.
The show ground was adjacent to Scotland’s
latest major sculptures - ‘The Kelpies’,
Scotland’s other monsters. Two enormoushorses heads rear up beside the motorway,
recalling the legendary beasts whichhaunted lochs. Worth a visit next year as
they are not far from the Breed Show venue
and our other show piece the Falkirk Wheel.
Two weeks later, the Scottish Breeds Open
Show at Arbroath had 5 Deerhound Classes
for Elise Cartmell to judge. BOB was Milneand Andrews - Islay’s Iarla. BPIS was
Chuillin Ballad. There was a good
deerhound turnout for an Open Show. Theneighbouring fish shops were open, so
plenty of chances to stock up with ArbroathSmokies and other seafood goodies.
A week later we had the Hound Associationof Scotland Open Show at Larkhall with Ali
Morton judging 4 Deerhound classes and
Nicola Bailey as main show judge. BOBwas Gentiehun Adelaide of Kaleginy. The
BPIS was Mrs Cunningham’s - ChuillinBallad.
It will be grand to welcome the Breed Show
to Scotland next year.
RECIPES?Two I should have put in the Club recipebook - ‘Dalmatian Fritters’ (Yugoslavian)and ‘Mustard Yorkies’ (Eng). No dogs
included in the recipes!
MARJORY MCKINNON
TEL: 01506 852656
Regional News
Sco ttishNo tes
Health Matters - Projects UpdateHere’s an update from the Health GroupSub Committee for summer/autumn2014. We hope you are happy with theprogress being made and thank you allfor your help and support - without itnothing would be possible.
We now need more help in raising fundsfor the Heart Study, so please, if you areable to donate money (however small theamount), please send a cheque (madepayable to ‘The Deerhound Club’) to ourtreasurer, Hazel Williams or use thePaypal button on the health pages of theClub website. Hazel’s address is ManorFarm Cottage, Astwith, Pilsley,Chesterfield, Derbys, S45 8AN. We haveset up a separate health fund account andall donations will go directly towardshealth projects.
THE HEART STUDY* This is a really important project to helpdetermine accurate heart measurementsfor the breed which will support earlyand more effective diagnosis of heartconditions for Deerhounds. So far, over30 dogs have been heart tested which isexcellent. We still need more deerhoundstested, to produce a statistically validdata set, so if you have a healthy dog(s),over 4 years old, please get in touch withEMILY DUTTON, who is the veterinarycardiologist completing the screening, on07572 080086 [email protected] toarrange an appointment.
So far, the screening costs - £150 perdog, have been covered by a £3,000
donation from Bev Doyle, which theClub has matched. The Club is nowfundraising to cover the additional costsassociated with screening at the LimitedShows and to build up funds for furtherdogs to be screened. Donations are very
much needed and would be very muchappreciated.
GENETIC STUDYThe Nottingham University team havereceived 114 buccal (mouth) DNAsamples for the genetic study fromDeerhound Club members. They havenow extracted the DNA from thesesamples and are starting to examine afew of the genes, in particular thosepossibly associated with heart disease.
Please see some photos here of the
research in action.
This is a long term study and theNottingham team need to know if therehave been any changes to your dog’shealth. Equally valuable, is knowing thatyour deerhound is still healthy, so if youhave had your dog’s DNA collected, itwould be really helpful if you could tryto fill in the form, once a year, even ifthere has been no change in your dog’shealth. You can do this by filling in anon-line form http://tinyurl.com/
NottinghamCanineHealthForm or viaemail at [email protected] using the formswhich are on the Club web site.
OSTEOSARCOMA STUDYAlong with the buccal DNA swabs, theNottingham team are also collectingosteosarcoma tumour samples for thisstudy, to examine the expression ofgenes in tumour tissue compared to
normal tissue. Currently, three tumoursamples are being analysed fromdeerhounds, which are extremelyvaluable for this research. These samplesare usually taken when the tumour isbeing biopsied at the time a diagnosis is
being made, or when the affected limbmay be being amputated, and so shouldnot cause any additional trauma to yourdeerhound.
We would like to continue to collecttumour samples, so if your deerhound isdiagnosed with Osteosarcoma, please getin touch with the Nottingham team asapso they can send out specific preservingliquid to your vet. Email:[email protected] and/[email protected]
BLOAT SURVEYFinally, we hope to shortly start a bloatsurvey project with NottinghamUniversity to help understand thepossible patterns and causes of gastricdilatation/gastric dilatation volvulus(GD/GDV) in UK deerhounds. We hopethat members will be happy to completethis anonymous survey so that theNottingham team can work to identifyimportant factors which may help reducethe incidence of GD/GDV in the breed.
*Read Emily Dutton’s Heart Study
findings - page 23.
Photos: Nottingham University Genetic Study
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The White Cockade
As next years Breed Show approaches,people have asked me, “What themeare you planning?” I considered tartanand, no doubt, people will turn upwearing some tartan. The Breed Showin Dunblane had a tartan theme for theFriday night soiree, so, to be a littledifferent, and maintain a connectionwith the past, I thought it would befun to use the white cockade as asymbol for the 2015 Breed Show.
The white cockade was adopted by theJacobites early on in the 1745 Risingwhen Bonnie Prince Charlie, passingthrough Fassiefern by Loch Eil,plucked a white rose from a bush andpinned it to his hat. His followers,both Scottish and English, had noformal uniform so the white cockade
on a blue bonnet became theiremblem.
2015 marks the three hundredthanniversary of what is now known asthe “Great Rising” or the “Fifteen”. Itwas the largest of the Jacobite Risings
where both Scottish and Englishsupporters took to arms against theruling Hanoverian King George I. A
group of Northumbrian Jacobites,initially led by the Earl of
Derwentwater, marchedinto Lancashiregathering support onthe way. They routed asmall force inWestmoreland beforebeing stopped atPreston. The heavilyoutnumbered Jacobitearmy was besieged inthe town for three daysand, after savage streetfighting, eventuallysurrendered.
At about the same timein Scotland, at thebattle of Sherrifmuir,the much largerJacobite army led by
the Earl of Mar foughtthe Government forcesunder the Duke of
Argyll. What shouldhave been astraightforward victoryfor the Jacobites proved to have no
outright winner. Mar (who wasnicknamed Bobbing John because ofhis lack of consistency) retreated with
his army to Perth where their hopes ofsuccess eventually petered out.
The ‘45, although not as large, andprobably stood less chance of success
than the ’15, is the more famous andcelebrated Rising. The dashing figureof Bonnie Prince Charlie leading wildhighland clansmen and winningspectacular battles fires theimagination. His cause was lost, yethis fame and place in history wassecured after losing the battle ofCulloden. The Prince went on to elude
capture for six months after the
biggest manhunt the country has ever
seen, traipsing the Highlands andIslands with a small band of loyal
followers before making his escape toFrance. The number of stories andfolk songs generated from this periodis phenomenal and his legacy for the
Scottish tourist industry is highlycherished!
Next year will be the three hundredthanniversary of the ‘15 Rising. Ithought it fitting to have a memento
which has Scottish ties and at the sametime commemorates a bloody andoften misunderstood period of Britishhistory.
DUNCAN ROBERTSON
Prince Charles Edward Stuart, 1720 - 1788. Eldest son of Prince
James Francis Edward Stuart" by William Mosman
The White Cockade
BORN TO RUN Photo
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VACANCYNEWSLETTER EDITOR
The Deerhound Club are seeking to fill the role ofNewsletter editor as the position will become vacant
in April 2015.
If you think you have good literacy and organisationalabilities and interpersonal skills, please contact the Hon Sec. who will send you a full job description.
The job could be split into various roles with the editorbeing responsible overall. If you think you could help withorganising: - Special Features, Regional News, Shows andPhotography, Advertising, Design & Artwork or Printing
ContactVanessa Lucas
Tel: 01273 517314email: [email protected]
0r the present editor, Joan Wragg, who will give you an insight into
what is involved in producing the magazine.
Tel: 01278 662815
Deerhound Collectables
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I bought this oil painting about two years ago. It wasvery dirty and, after cleaning, the artist Miss E MAshford was revealed. She died in 1904, but thepainting is not dated, although I do know it is titled‘Four Scottish Lasses’. I believe she painted anotherpicture with three deerhounds, but I don’t know anymore about it. Maybe some one can enlighten me.
Hazel Williams
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EDUCATION AND JUDGING COMPETENCEASSESSMENT DAYS
Well done, to theDeerhound Clubfor running a really
excellent EducationDay on the 5th October
and a Judging CompetenceAssessment Day on the 26th October,2014, both held amidst autumn sunshinein the picturesque village of Kirtlington,Oxfordshire. It did take a couple ofcircuits of the village green to find thevillage hall as I did not believe that mysatnav had delivered me to the correctplace. The venue being through a lovelyarchway in a field bordered by trees andeven an old church. In contrast to theusual grim buildings with peelingpaintwork used for such events we were infor a treat here!
EDUCATION DAYThe warm greeting we were given by theladies with coffee and biscuits weregreatly appreciated and typified the wholeday to come. It soon became evident thatthe good mix of deerhound people andexhibitors from other breeds were beingwelcomed equally by all concerned.
The first speaker was Mr Bjorn Fritz whogave an interesting presentationcomparing the Irish wolfhound,greyhound and deerhound. This got thegrey cells working as we thought aboutthe different form and functions for thethree breeds, which led nicely onto themore specific breed points and theStandard of the deerhound. This waspresented by Glenis Peach, with Mrs SuePiggot, assisted by some excellent slides.The ladies added their own twist to thestandard, explaining and discussing pointsclearly, taking questions from the floorduring the presentation, and answeringthem clearly and knowledgeably. Finally,the last of the mornings presentations wasConformation & Movement by Mr HectorHeathcote & Mrs Sue Finnett. I certainlydidn’t expect this to be as much fun as it
was! We had Hector and Sue trottingaround the room, pacing and a few otherfancy moves. Presented so clearly and insuch an interesting fashion, this was thebest conformation talk I have ever
attended. I am sure experienced andnovice attendees took several points awayfrom this. It was also interesting toactually have the skeleton of a deerhoundto be able to see the points beingdiscussed.
The Deerhound is not a breed we see inabundance and as the morning’spresentation pointed out, it is one youhave to get your hands on. After a verynice three course lunch provided by theladies working with a smile behind thescenes, I was pleased to see we hadseveral hounds we could handle anddiscuss with the owners which is a veryvaluable exercise. Sarah Piries whippetsadded for comparison gave greater depthto the exercise. It helps to talk, one toone, with someone to clarify any pointsfrom the morning discussion and it isalways appreciated that people give uptheir time to come and spend the daydoing this.
JUDGING COMPETENCE ASSESSMENT DAY
The assessment day was held three weekslater and any exam nerves were soon putto rest, as again, a warm welcome was
given to everyone. It was a really nicemix of people taking the assessment, withpeople on the C and B lists fromdeerhounds and from other breeds. Theassessors were kept separate all day,
which meant that everything was keptanonymous, as per the KC guidelines.Mary Girling, the co-ordinator, gaveeveryone clear instructions for the dayahead and we all filed out to the field,with sunshine to help the day along. Fivelovely hounds awaited us and patientlystood whilst we all went over them. Weduly completed our paperwork for eachhound and handed them in.
We again enjoyed a super three courselunch and spent an hour or so chattingwith everyone. When the assessors haddecided they could actually read all ourhandwriting and they didn’t need toclarify anything, we all started to leave.For an exam day it was actually reallypleasant and welcoming. Also, we wereinformed very quickly of our results,which pleased my husband, as he feared acouple of weeks of me saying “I wonder ifI passed?” Well done, Deerhound Club!
For anyone wondering if such a day isright for them, I would wholeheartedlyrecommend you to give it a try next year.
RACHEL WRAY
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All was silent now. In the unfamiliarpeace, we stumbled through theaftermath of debris that seemed to bestrewn into every corner. Wave uponwave they had come, relentless andwithout mercy; no quarter was asked,none given. We knew they wouldreturn, and soon. For years probably,maybe for generations - there wouldbe no hiding place. Somewhere in thenear distance, as if to remind us oftheir intent, there was enough energystill to muster a single, defiant,haunting drum beat. We found a placeto sit eventually, and surveyed thesurreal stillness of the chaos that hadenveloped us justminutes before - close bya wheel still spun on anupturned vehicle,surrounded by motionlessdistorted human andanimal outlines. Our eyesmet, exhausted, confused.“Tea?” There was no needto reply, yes, tea would befine. Now, I could see their
retreat in the distance asthey disappeared safelyhomeward over the far hill
.The next time they would be evenbigger, stronger, more belligerent. It’salways like this when thegrandchildren stay for the weekend !
Someone once told me that childrenare just like puppies and I have to say,
as the years have gone on, I aminclined to agree. Everything is a
game and anything that demonstratesthe slightest compliance will beselected as a willing participant.
We had a couple come to viewpuppies one December afternoon.The weather was what the Irish call
“soft,” in other words, light drizzle.Noticing how well turned out thefemale of the couple was, I explained
the pups were outside in a run andperhaps could be a little boisterous ateight weeks old? The couple were infact the owners of an elderly malehound and felt well used to dealing
with dogs. As I donned leggings andwellie boots to face the litter, I couldsense an air of incredulity that I felt
such precautions might be necessary.So now suitably attired, we enteredthe puppies den. Of course, the pupsweren’t at all interested in smelly oldme, it was the new blood that got
them exercised. Firstly, the very
exciting and novel suede boots camein for attention, before, in a hugeerror of judgement, the lady crouchedto really appreciate the attention.Within seconds there were puppieshanging off a rather expensivesheepskin jacket, while others paidparticular attention to her shoulderlength hair. Discretion being thegreater part of valour, I suggested webeat a hasty return to the kitchen for acuppa, before the puppies shredded
anything else. The offerwas received with reliefand the unfortunate victimof the mugging led to thebathroom to recover.Puppies, like children,don’t know theboundaries in the game,nor care.
The arrival of puppieswill inevitably heraldopen season for the“tyrekickers”. The
tyrekicker comes in various forms,usually quite convincing, but anabsolute menace. Some may well
have stalked your breedingprogramme for years and are head
over heels about the prospect of apuppy; they are familiar with thepeople in the breed, with the jargon,and yet for some reason you have
never heard of them? They wantpictures of the parents, pictures of thepuppies when they are only days old,when they open their eyes,when theywalk; oh this is love and they can’tget enough! But then tragedy strikes,and tragedy comes in so many forms,tragedy that means they can’t have
this pup. Or maybe you put a realitypin into the balloon of an impossibledream. “I would like a great male
please, to become a potent force inthe breed” or “This puppy will haveto be top flight, we need to win ticketswith her as she will be the foundationof our line?” Oh yes, that’s no
problem, just allow me a few minuteswhile I get those from the shelf.Unfortunately, the tyrekicker causes
untold harm, stress and difficulties forthe sincere breeder.
Vetting prospective owners is soimportant and the tyrekicker, by their
action in temporarily securing the saleof a pup, often means that a chance atgenuine sales are lost - that is themenace and nuisance of the tyrekicker.
They inhabit all breeds and all walksof life.We also have the “serialtyrekicker”, the ones who upon closerinvestigation are discovered to haveprovisional bookings for puppies withtwo or three others and, indeed, it’s apattern they have had for a few years.In many ways the serial tyrekicker issomething of a novel pleasure if onerealizes early enough what you aredealing with, as it is then possible tocontinually offer the moon and starsin the sure knowledge of a feeble, ormaybe tragic excuse, from thetyrekicker to extricate themselves offthe hook.
I used to believe Miss Noble to bequite blase regarding provisionalbookings for puppies, but throughtime have come to realise why. She
once told me a puppy was never solduntil the cheque had cleared and ithad left Ardkinglas for at least two
months. She took nothing forgranted; where people and animalsare in the mix there will always be theconfusion or grey areas that frustrate.
For those who invest effort, time andpassion into the breed, the
impediment of the tyrekicker is aboring irritant. It’s not a modernphenomenon, it’s an annoying facet ofhuman nature, made worse perhaps bythe constant availability of what somesee as a product. The tyrekicker is
perhaps akin to the window shopperwho continually peers into small,specialist shops before ultimatelyending up in the biggest supermarketin town!?
BRYAN DOAK
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N E W C H A M P I O N S 2 0 1 4Ch Shagiead Lady Sea with Greybrows
Ch Kwaricott Corelli
Bitch owned by Mrs P Redmond and Mr J FriendBred By Mrs L SpenceDOB: 29/5/2012
Dog owned and bred by Mr D and Mrs S HawkinsDOB: 13/11/06
CHALLENGE CERTIFICATE AWARDSWELKS 2014 JUDGE: MRS G PEACHTHREE COUNTIES 2014 JUDGE: MRS J WRAGGHOUND SHOW 2014 JUDGE: MRS E HAMILTONBOURNEMOUTH 2014 JUDGE: DR S HELPS
CHALLENGE CERTIFICATE AWARDSBLACKPOOL 2013 JUDGE: MRS M PURSGLOVECRUFTS 2014 JUDGE: MRS M NIXONSCOTTISH BREEDS 2014 JUDGE: MRS A RANDALLSKC 2014 JUDGE: MRS G SMITHHOUNDSHOW 2014 JUDGE: MRS E HAMILTONLEEDS 2014 JUDGE: MR K PURSGLOVE
KILLOETERPEAT ATCANERIKIE
KILLOETER LEYLA
KWARICOTTARIADNE
CH REGALFLIGHTSTORM BIRD
HILLMORTONDELIA ATKWARICOTT
CLAONAIGLEN ORCHY
HYDFRON AMBER
CH KILBOURNENIMROD
CLAONAIGLENLOMOND
CH ROSSLYN HIGHLANDER
CH FLAUNDEN FLORAMCDONALD
REGALFLIGHT LEONIDAS
HILLMORTON CERDIC
HILLMORTON BEA
Photo: Ruth Dalrymple - The Kennel Club ©
Photo: G Peach
Corelli, or Gus, as he is known at home, is the youngest of ourfour hounds, a wonderful boy to live with, very laid back whenhe is in the house, but get him outside and he turns into a daft
adolescent. He is adorable, as are all our hounds.
CH HYNDSIGHTDARK SKY
CH HYNDSIGHTHEAVEN CANWAIT
HYNDSIGHTRIPLEY INTOSHAGIEAD
HYNDSIGHTIRRESISTABLE
ROSSLYN MAGIAMONGSHAGIEAD
CH KILBOURNE NIMROD
CH GREYFLAX SKYLARK
HYNDSIGHT ICON
CH GREYFLAXTHE MIGHTYQUINN TOKILBOURNE
HYNDSIGHT MORIATY
CH HYNDSIGHTMANDERLAY
ROSSLYN KIZMET
BRANGALAD BEAMISH
CH HYNDSIGHT AU FAIT
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N E W C H A M P I O N S 2 0 1 4Ch Stranwith Ariadne
Lux Ch Regalflight Tarloch
Bitch bred and owned by Ms K BarretDOB: 24/2/2010
Dog owned by Mrs S BaumannBred by Mrs J BondDOB: 19/1/2010
CHALLENGE CERTIFICATE AWARDSSKC AUGUST 2013 JUDGE: DR M McKINNONEAST OF ENGLAND 2014 JUDGE: MRS L SPENCERICHMOND 2014 JUDGE: MR D MURRAY
CHALLENGE CERTIFICATE AWARDSBATH 2014 - JUDGE: MR P PASKSOUTHERN COUNTIES 2014 - JUDGE: MR P DONDINAWINDSOR 2014 - MRS D KENIS-PORDHAM
CHREGALFLIGHTSTORMBIRD
REGALFLIGHTLEONIDAS
REGALFLIGHTLEONIDAS
PYEFLEETPERCY
REGALFLIGHTMOTH
ALMONDBANK APPOLO
KILLOETER ELKIE
CH SHIELHILL BRANTO KILBOURNE
CH SHIELHILL BRANTO KILBOURNE
HILLMORTONCERDIC
KILBOURNE ALONA OFREGALFLIGHT
PYEFLEET NIMO
KILLOETER BARRA
KILBOURNE ALONA OFREGALFLIGHT
CH STRANWITHSYMPHONY
STRANWITHMORAG
BURTONBANKALICE ATSTRANWITH
BURTONBANKTOUSLE
LEOCHBALERNO
LEOCH BALERNO
BURTONBANK THRILL
CH SHIELHILL BRAN TOKILBOURNE
STRANWITHTREVARRICK
STRANWITH HANDSEL TOALMONDBANK
GENTOM MAURA ATSTRANWITH
LEOCH CAOL-ISLA
STRATHDECHTN CAWDOR
BURTONBANK CUTTYSARK
Ariadne has a big personality. She ‘talks’ to me, andhas lots of funny, playful ways and quirks that she hasperfected over the years. She also loves going to showsand is very happy when she sees the show bag. She isa delight to be with at any time.
Photo: G Peach
Photo: G Peach
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David & Jean Gilhooly and the Nobys Hounds
A very Festive Christmas &a Happy & Healthy New Year
Wishing all our friends in the Deerhound Club
HYDFRON SAPPHIRE 21/10/2001 - 25/07/2014
SapphieSapphieYou have been the most wonderful dog that we could ever have dreamed of
having the honour of owning.Hope you are running and having fun with your
soul mate, Cedrus.We will love you forever and never forget the unconditional love
that you gave us.
Sue and John Ward Jaen Spain
and 2015
Love Joy & Chris Wilkinson & the Sireadhs
Best Wishes for Xmas
Our beautiful, bonkers, girl!
Beardswood Natasha
Julian & Liza Faircloth
25/02/05 - 22/10/14
She came from the Helps’ to stay in 2009 and never left and each day wasricher for her presence. ‘Tash’ had terrible meningitis as a puppy & verynearly didn’t make it. The veterinary profession had written her off, but
thanks to the Helps family &, in particular, Peter, & his medical genius, shewas nursed slowly back to health & not only survived but flourished. She
was a huge personality, her stamina put the younger dogs to shame -always the last to bed & the first to rise. She stole our hearts totally & was
the best friend anyone could ever ask for. We miss herterribly but every single thought of her
makes us smile.
from all the Fritzens!erry Christmas and Happy New Year M
Björn Fritz & Klaus Krü[email protected]
Photo: Hillmorton Ghillie© Marie Gadolin
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Henry Hope CrealockHenry HopeCrealock was aBritish soldier,
artist, authorand one of themost avid and
experienceddeerstalkers of the
Victorian era. Born in
1831, the son of a Londonsolicitor, Henry had an interest and flair forportraiture by the age of twelve. His fatherpaid the commission for both Henry and
his brother, John, to enter the army. Henryjoined the 90th regiment in 1848, marriedJulia Hatfield in 1849 and by 1854 hadserved in Crimea, with the rank of captain,and regimental adjutant. Taking part in theseige of Sebastopol, he was awarded theCrimean War Medal, the Turkish Medaland the 5th Class Order of the Medjidie.He went on to serve in the ChinaExpedition, the Indian Campaign and waswounded in battle during the Zulu Wars inSouth Africa. He retired from the armywith the rank of Lieutenant General anddied in 1891 in Belgravia, London.
Crealock visited Scotland and begandeerstalking around 1865 and became anenthusiastic hunter, spending much of hisfree time, between military assignments,either visiting or leasing several of the greatdeer forests in the Highlands. He often didsketches and beautifully rendered drawingson his hunts, as well as on militarycampaigns and his deerstalking pictureshave often been compared to Landseer.His drawings frequently had a humorous
side to them, often to the discomfort of the‘gentlemen’ stalkers. He had a greatunderstanding and affection for the skill ofthe Highland stalker, which he often wroteabout. During the Victorian age, the paceof the stalking season could often beleisurely which allowed artists likeCrealock and Landseer to illustrate theirhost’s gamebooks, as well as recording theday in sketches, while the days hunt wasfresh in their minds.
In many of Crealock’s drawings, the stagsare large with massive antlers, which couldhave been an exaggeration or artisticlicense, but could also be indicative that thedeer in the 1860’s and 1870’s were ofsuperior quality. Crealock observed that inthe late 1700’s, very few English men hadever experienced stalking red deer inScotland, as the sport was unknown, exceptto the Scots who lived there. By the secondhalf of the 19th century, as soon as a manamassed a fortune, one of his first desireswas to buy or lease a deer forest in the
Highlands. Crealock thought that thecompetition among the wealthy was themain reason that prices and rents for deer
forests had increased. And while heacknowledged that the popularity ofstalking brought more income, jobs andpeople to the Highlands, it also increasedthe number of deer through poormanagement, which in turn reduced the
size of the great red stags. In the 16th and17th centuries there were vast expanses offorest in Scotland where stags coveredgreat distances during the rut season,
producing an interchange of blood andgenetics, keeping the herd large andhealthy.. By the end of the 17th andbeginning of the 18th centuries, theclearing of the forest for sheep, farmingspeculation, railways criss-crossing thecountryside, along with fencing and thecreation of specific counties and districts,reduced numbers of deer populations aswell as their size. Before sheep, with theirshepherds and dogs moving from pasture topasture, deer fences and railroads, the deerwere free to roam the countryside. Whenthis ended, the stags often never reachedfull maturity or stature.
Crealock truly enjoyed stalking, especiallyon the Scottish estates where the old styleof deer managing was still practiced. Hewrote that in his earlier days of huntingthey would take out several braces of verygood stalking dogs, each with a tracker andrifle and were therefore ready for anyemergency. This entailed a great many welltrained men and expense. But he felt by thelate 1880’s, the men who were sent outwith the dogs knew nothing of theirbusiness or duties. He stated that he wasgrateful to have been stalking whendeerhounds were frequently used and themen in charge knew how and when to usethem.
Crealock wrote there were many and variedopinions on whether running or trackingdogs should be used whilst hunting deer.His own opinion was that deerhounds wereextremely well suited for stalking on someterrains, but could easily be injured onothers. He felt that very rocky or steepground was unsuited to deerhounds, as intheir eager pursuit of a stag they couldeasily break their legs or necks and thatthey should never be slipped in suchconditions. Henry thought that large tractsof country, such as Lochiel’s (Achnacarry),parts of Glen Quoich, and Clunie, wherehounds were properly slipped and usedwith judgement and skill by men whounderstood their business, no harm couldcome to the dogs. Crealock himself,
preferred having deerhounds with him incase a deer was wounded, as the houndscould stop an injured stag and prevent it
from escaping and crawling into the woodsor bog holes to suffer in pain.
Crealock observed that if you slipped adeerhound, usually one of two thingswould happen; the hound would catch up
to the stag and hold him at bay until thehunters arrived to finish him off, or, if thestag should die, the hound would give hima good shake and return to the spot where
he was slipped and lie down there. Hethought that a deerhound was not a‘staunch hound’ if he looked to his masterto back him and if he was not quicklyencouraged by his arrival; he would leave awounded beast and return to his master. Hefelt a dog overtrained to command was aptto do this, looking too much for hismaster’s guidance.
Crealock stated that if deerhounds wereused in a forest hunt, the ‘dogmen’ shouldbe thoroughly trained in their work. Thegillie in charge of the hounds should alsobe completely acquainted with the terrainand know where a wounded stag would bemost likely to go if it disappeared fromsight. He also felt it was usually best towork a bitch and a dog as a team, as twodogs can get jealous of one another and areapt to fight when coupled together.
Crealock penned that deerhounds, for alltheir strength and tenacity, were delicateanimals, which felt the cold and wet. Theirkennels should be warm with a sunny
aspect, very dry, and never floored withclay or undrained ground. When thehounds returned from a hard days running,they should be thoroughly dried and havewarm and comfortable bedding, along witha warm nutritious supper as soon as theyreturned from stalking. He also thought itwise, if possible, to let them warm and dryin front of a fire or they would be too stiffand sore the following morning and nogood for another days hunting.
In ‘Deerstalking in the Scottish Highlands’.Crealock wrote a great deal about specifichunts, hunting estates, gillies anddeerhounds. He stated the best ‘dogman’he’d ever seen was “handsome JohnMacDonald of Balmacaan, commonlyknown as Curly...... who worked LordSeafield’s splendid deerhounds overground exactly suited to their use”. Anothergreat ‘dogman’, he wrote, was AlanMacLaren of Achnacarry, along withHenderson, Chisholm and the men of GlenFishie who, he stated, were all first rate.
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When Crealock first stalked at Achnacarry,circa 1865, he said that Lochiel, Chief ofthe Camerons, had superb deerhounds,including the finest one he has ever seen,named Pirate, along with his litter mate,Torom. He wrote that Torom was too largeto work over broken or steep terrain andwas eventually sold for a very high priceand was considered a prize dog in England.Pirate on the other hand was consideredperfectly suited for stalking. He waspowerful and active, a dark iron grey withlong wiry hair. He could pull down a stagsingle-handed and Henry once saw himtake down a wounded stag by the forelegand, after pulling it down, he broke its hugejawbone. He was bred with a bitchbelonging to Lord Seafield and the progenywere almost as renowned as Pirate.Crealock painted portraits of the best of thelitter, Feracha and Hector and these weredisplayed in the dining room at Balmacaan.Pirate’s fate was a sad one. Whilefollowing John MacDonald one spring, heran into an open scythe left laying in thegrass and cut himself very badly, he neverfully recovered and could no longer rundeer. The author felt that Lochiel’s kennelof deerhounds were some of the best inScotland, but by 1890, although thebloodlines still existed, the number ofhounds had diminished due to distemperand other various causes.
Henry thought the deerhounds atBalmacaan were exceptionally fine and thatthe countryside there was well adapted fortheir use. Lord Seafield enjoyed usingthem while stalking and took great care andinterest in them. One of his best, calledFingal, was not very large, but anexceedingly intelligent and active hound.Lord Seafield also had two deerhounds,known as Glen1 and Glen 2. who werealmost in the same class as Fingal and avery large hound called Thor. Also atBalmacaan were two famous lurchers, acollie and deerhound mix, both yellow witha slightly shorter coat than a deerhound,which were very fast, keen for blood, and
‘plucky’, called Peogh and Divoch.Crealock mentioned there were also somevery good deerhounds at Glen Fishie whenthe late Mr Horsman MP had it. He was astalker of the old school and understood
everything about it.
Crealock noted there was also a wellknown line of deerhounds belonging to the
late Lord Henry Bentink who was a mightystalker. One of the last of his stockbelonged to the Earl of Zetland, also a keenhunter. Lochiel had some of LordBentinck’s blood in his breed. There werealso some fine deerhounds at Sir DudleyMarjoribank’s, later Lord Tweedmouth, atGusachan. The author was informed thatthese hounds were an exception of Nature’srule and would run on a track as well as runby sight. They were purebred deerhoundsto look at, but to track by scent, as well assight, suggested that at sometime in thepast, the line had been crossed with anothertype of hound or collie. Henry had met anumber of deerhound/collie crosses andsaid they invariably looked likedeerhounds, though usually more yellow incolouring. These crosses resembled afamous strain formerly found in the kennelof the Grants of Invermoriston, a branch ofold Grant of Balmacaan. He had viewed apainting at Invermoriston Lodge depictingthese hounds, which were very large, veryrough coated, and extremely powerful,yellowish deerhounds. They were highlyvalued by the Grants and a deerhound fromthis line, belonging to Lady Amory, wasone of the finest hounds Crealock had evercome across.
Henry Hope Crealock had kept verydescriptive accounts of his deer hunts,along with sketches and drawings, for morethan twenty years with the plan ofpublishing them in a large folio sized bookabout deer stalking in the Highlands.Unfortunately, he died in 1891, before thebook was completed. Luckily for us, hisbrother, Major John North Crealock CB,organised the writings and artworkof his brother and published thebook, ‘Deer Stalking in theHighlands of Scotland’, the yearafter Crealock’s death. If you everyou have the opportunity to lookover this volume, you will finddetails of specific hunts and someof the grandest deerstalkingartwork you will ever see.
The deer forests where Henry HopeCrealock hunted for more than twentyyears:Achnacarry - Lochiel, Chief of Clan
Cameron
ArdgourGlen Cannich, Lieutnadamph,Craskie - MajorWalter BoydInverlochy - General Lord Abinger
Invergarry - Mr Edward Ellice, MPGlenquoidh, Clunie - Sir Anthony Bass MP,now Lord Boyd
Invermoriston - Mr Harvey FarquharBalmacaan - The Earl of Seafield, KTGushachan, Afaric - Lord Treedmouth
Strathconan - Sir Edward Guiness, bart, nowLord IveaghLoch Luichart - Louisa, Lady AshburtonFannich - Sir Robert Hervey, BartBraemore - Sir John Fowler, Bart
Applecross - Mr Harvie Farquhar and Mr PlattGlen Fishie - Mr Horsman, MPNorth Harris - Sir Edward Scott, Bart
Patt, Riachan and Corrie Ach in Glen StrathFarrar - Lord LovatLanngwell - The Duke of Portland
Glen Dibbiedale - Sir Alexander Matheson,Bart, MPGlendole - Mr Macpherson.
SANDY MACALLISTER
RE-PRINTED FROM THE CLAYMORE
Sources for the above article:
Among the Red Deer: StalkingPortfolios of
Henry Hope Crealock, forward by Colonel,
Sir Donald Cameron of Lochiel,
KT,CVO,TD
Antony Atha Publ, Ltd, Waybroad Lodge,Diss, Norfolk, 1983, originally published
1870.Deerstalking in the Highlands of Scotland
by the late Lieutenant General Henry HopeCrealock, edited by his brother, Major JohnNorth Crealock, CB.Longmans, Green and Co, London and NY,1892 (facsimile reprint by Antony AthaPubl, 1981.www.cameronians.siteiscentral.comwww. littleham-landcross.org.uk
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Over the last months I have done quite alot of dog sitting. One place in Norfolkthat I stayed was quite unusual. Nodeerhounds, but three lurchers, a terrierand a spaniel.
The complex of houses stood in seventyfive acres of private land. Thisincluded mownpathways circling alake set up for fishing,
with chalets to use forpicnics and barbecuesand the lake was set upwith lots of fresh waterfish. Another lake, a lotbigger than the fishinglake, led into a smallriver where otters lived.They regularly visited thelake and a comfortableseat was provided forwatching. There were twopieces of woodland housing, manydifferent birds and I spotted a mule deerwith her two youngsters. They hadobviously escaped from the deer farmdown the road. There was a magnificentrose garden, an orchard and stubblefields. All this was included in the houserent. There were bloodhounds and twoLhasa apso’s and all the dogsgot on really well. It was more like being
on holiday than being at work!
Glynis Pink had her second judgingappointment at Hitchin show recently. Iwas still recovering from knee surgery so
couldn’t take my youngster,Rueben, but I attended the showas a spectator. I was pleased tosee Regalflight Pemba take Best
of Breed for Sophie Wheeler andRegalflight Falon, on his debutouting, was Best Puppy forChris and Steve de Bolla.
I visited Monika and Steve inIdaho, in September. It wasmy first visit to the States and Iwas very impressed with boththe people & the food. On thefirst weekend, we attended a
dog show at Boise and I saw amagnificent great dane, it had croppedears (as did a doberman), but overall wasa picture of power & strength. I wouldhave loved a photo of him, but by the timeI got organised, his owner had taken himhome. Monika’s teenage handler showedRegalflight Ransom and he went third inthe group. Later in the week, we visitedfriends of Monika & Steve’s who hadthree nice Deerhounds. The place was
fabulous and the deerhounds had 800acres to exercise in.I spent nearly a week in YellowstoneNational Park - I thought I had died andgone to heaven! It was ninety twodegrees when we left home and thefollowing morning it was 12 degrees andsnowing! At the first stop we saw wolvesand bears. Then we saw large numbers ofbison. Almost every tree had an eagle andthe canyons, waterfalls and geysers were
just unbelievable.
In one small town the elk had taken over.A twelve pointer stag, with his harem,was strutting around on the middle of aroundabout and brought all traffic to ahalt. It was a trip I will never forget.
Back to reality now! It’s lovely to beback with my own hounds. I have to getdown to some serious overdue grooming.
I WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THISOPPORTUNITY TO WISH YOU ALL A
GOOD CHRISTMAS AND NEWYEAR.
JOYCE BOND
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LOCATION BERKELEY CASTLEBerkeley Castle is situated close to the M5 in Gloucestershire. GL13 9PJ
FROM BRISTOL/LONDON Take the M4 and exit at Junction 20. Take the M5 north to Junction 14. Head north on the A38 following signs toBerkeley and then brown signs to Berkeley Castle.
FROM THE NORTH From M5 North: exit at Junction 13. Follow signs to Berkeley, then brown signs to Berkeley Castle (about 1/2 mile beyond the Prince of Wales pub).
Berkeley Castle
Deerhound Club Lure Coursing EventSunday 24 May 2015
in conjunction with a Festival of History Berkeley Castle will be open to view
Built in 1153, home to the Berkeley family for 800 years.Where King Edward II was reputedly murdered in 1327.
17th Century costume would be appreciated
The Deerhound Club has taken some time to find a suitable venue to replace the popular Lodge Park event.
Please support this unique day.
More details in the Spring 2015 Newsletter
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Under the four year rotation of Officers, the period of office for
the President expires in 2015, and nominations are sought forthis role.
The President is one of four Officers of the Club, and under
Deerhound Club Rules is eligible to stand for re-election afterfour years of office.
The office is deemed most appropriately held by a long-
standing member of the Club, who has been active on theCommittee and who has enjoyed the company of Deerhoundsover many years.
Traditionally, the President presides over the Club’s AnnualGeneral Meeting. (The Vice President may assist on thisoccasion, and at any other time the President requests.)
As an officer, the President is also a member of the Committeeand attends all meetings where the affairs of the Club arediscussed.
Past President, Mr Cassels, contributed ‘From the President’ inthe Newsletter, and this item has been continued.
No person under the age of 18 may be an Officer or serve on
the Committee.
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What a wonderful atmosphere there wasat the Frampton Country Fair inGloucestershire again this year. Itseemed to radiate goodwill.
Once more we were blessed with perfectweather and the small group ofDeerhound Club members that wereinvited to take part, seemed tothoroughly enjoy the whole event.Among our members this year was AnneLise Vatne, from Norway, who togetherwith her husband, had brought threedeerhounds and were travelling aroundEngland and Scotland on holiday.
Our involvement this year was moredemanding than previously. We beganwith a demonstration of lure coursing infront of the house at 11.00 a.m. Here,Andrew Chastney, who had for manyyears been a member of the DeerhoundClub when he owned deerhounds, gave acommentary. He also spoke about thehistory of the breed - all of which addedenormously to the interest shown by the
public - who were very appreciative.The winner of the lure coursing this yearwas, once again, Luckhurst Nebo toWolfscastle, owned by Kim Owen andZoe Brodie, with the runner up Sarah &Heather Helps - BeardswoodQuintessence.
At 1.15 p.m., in the main ring, we joinedthe mass parade of hounds. What amagnificent turnout this proved to be!Two packs of foxhounds: The Berkeleyand the Cotswold Vale, the Devon andSomerset Staghounds, the Leadon ValeBasset Hounds, the Three Counties MinkHounds and, of course, the Deerhounds.
Henry Berkeley, one of the joint mastersof the Berkeley Hounds, introduced eachpack as they entered the ring & talkedabout their history. Then there was awonderful opportunity for the generalpublic to come into the ring and meet andtalk to the hounds - an extraordinarilygood P.R. moment much enjoyed by boththe people & the hounds!
Later in the day, a brace of various typesof hounds - which this year includedWolfhounds for the first time atFrampton - paraded in the smallercountryside ring where their history wasonce more explained and easier access tothem was given.
The country fair covers the entireparkland in front of Frampton Court andincludes the lakes where gun dogsretrieve from the water. It is the most allencompassing truly rural event thatcovers every aspect of country lifethrough the ages, in the most beautifulsetting. In this day and age when somuch in life is changing, it is hearteningto find an event which demonstrates somany rural activities that haven’tchanged for hundreds of years.
SALLY GUISE
Photos: David Hall
Frampton Country Fair
easonsreetings
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INT CH GREYFLAX GOLLY MISS MOLLY ANNESUZ
PORTUGUESE CHAMPIONGIBRALTAR CHAMPION
SPANISH JUNIOR CHAMPIONLISBOA WINNER 2013PORTO WINNER 2014
AWARDS
SUZANNE MARWOODCadiz, Spain
Estoril - waiting for the Group wedid a bit of a Scottish ‘jig’
6 Best Puppy 4 CCJ 7 CAC1 QAC-QC 3 GCC 2 CCC12 CACIB 17 Best of Breed
Only ever shown atChampionship Shows
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HEART TESTING IN DOGSHEART TESTING IN DOGS
Official heart testing schemes are available to breeders. Many pet
owners and breeders may ask the question - “What is heart testing,
why do we need it and what is involved?”
Heart testing involves auscultation (listening to the heart with astethoscope) for all breeds and may involve other diagnostic tools
depending on the breed and the heart condition being screened for.
Other diagnostic tests include Doppler echocardiography (an
ultrasound of the heart) and possibly electrocardiography (ECG).
There have been official heart testing schemes available for some
time in the UK. These schemes are specific to some breeds in which
congenital or acquired heart disease is prevalent. Although general
practitioners can carry out some of the tests, it is veterinary
cardiologists who carry out official heart testing to ensure murmurgrading consistency (click on
http://www.bsavaportal.com/vcs/Information/HeartTesting/auscultation.aspx). Official heart testing should be carried out once
the dog is twelve months old (ideally over eighteen months old ingiant breeds). One heart test is normally adequate to excludesignificant congenital heart disease. Serial (usually annual) heart tests
are required to exclude acquired heart diseases such as chronic
myxomatous mitral valve degeneration (CMVD), or dilated
cardiomyopathy (DCM).
AUSCULTATIONThis involves listening to the dog’s heart with a stethoscope.
Murmurs such as those of aortic stenosis and significant CMVD can
be detected by auscultation. In breeds where aortic stenosis isprevalent, such as boxers, grading of the murmur is important.
DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHYThis is mainly used for screening for DCM and for testing those dogs
which are difficult to auscultate due to their large size orconformation (such as Newfoundlands). Dogs with DCM do not
always have murmurs and so auscultation alone is not a reliable test
when screening for this heart disease. Those dogs with early disease
but no clinical signs (preclinical DCM) can be detected withechocardiography (Figure 1). This involves a detailed cardiac
ultrasound being performed in a dark room. In some breeds, thepreclinical phase can occur for a long period of time before clinical
signs occur, therefore emphasising the importance of annual
screening.
ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY
ECG screening in addition to echocardiography may be helpful in
certain breeds that develop irregular heart rhythms (arrhythmias) suchas Irish Wolfhounds. These arrhythmias may be present before thereis clinical evidence of DCM (Figure 2). ECGs are performed with the
dog lay in right lateral recumbency. Ventricular arrhythmias are
common in certain breeds such as Dobermanns and great Danes with
DCM or boxers with arrhythmogenic right ventricular
cardiomyopathy. Holter monitoring in these cases assess the number
and frequency of abnormal beats (called ventricular prematurecomplexes) over a 24-hour period. In the absence of other identifiable
causes, these ventricular premature complexes may indicate
cardiomyopathy.
CONCLUSIONSHeart testing is used to guide breeders about prevalence of aparticular heart condition in their line and to identify disease in a
potential breeding animal. There is increasing evidence (see
references 1-7 below) that both congenital and acquired heartdiseases have a genetic basis in dogs, although the mode ofinheritance may not be simple. Some of the factors influencing thesuccess of breeding programmes are the age of onset of the condition,
the mode of inheritance of the disease and the prevalence of the
condition in the population. One of the key steps to improvehealth in breeding programmes has been the introduction of
genetic testing, which allows rapid identification of
predisposed individuals prior to breeding from them.
Collating data for investigation of a possible genetic basis ina given breed is important and there is a need for moreprospective studies, such as the research project outlinedbelow. Further information regarding heart testing in dogs
and cats, can be found on the VCS website(http://www.bsavaportal.com/vcs/
Information/HeartTesting.aspx).
DEERHOUND HEART STUDYA generous donation from Bev Doyle of £3,000, which the
Club has matched, has allowed the Club to investigate
accurate heart measurements for the breed and support earlydiagnosis. The author is currently recruiting deerhounds for
a longitudinal study and needs to identify a large number ofdogs which are free of clinical signs and over the age of 4years. The specific aims of the study are to establish normalFigure 1 Echocardiographic image from a Deerhound with preclinical dilated cardiomyopathy.
There is a dilated, rounded left ventricle. Colour flow shows a leaky mitral valve.
Figure 2 This canine ECG shows a heart rate more than 180 beats/minute. NoP waves are visible on any limb lead. The rate is fast and the rhythm is
irregular. This is consistent with atrial fibrillation.
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echocardiographic dimensions in deerhounds, but also to identify theprevalence of preclinical DCM in the deerhound population. With the
normal echocardiographic values, the hounds could then be screened for disease and the diagnosis of DCM couldbe made earlier i.e. before the dog develops clinical signs. All dogs
are having echocardiographic examinations (Phase 1) as well asrepeat investigations approximately twelve months later (Phase 2) to
ensure that they remain free of heart disease. In addition, DNA isbeing collected and stored as collating information about dogs knownto be suffering from DCM may help determine mode of inheritance.
The author would be very keen to discuss any cases which may besuitable for this study (please find contact details below).
TREATMENT OF PRECLINICAL DCMIf my dog is diagnosed as being affected, what should I do next?
It is known that many dogs with DCM have a long preclinical phase
where they have heart disease which can be identified using
ultrasound (echocardiography) but do not have any clinical signstherefore appear healthy. The PROTECT study (8) was a double-
blinded placebo-controlled randomised multicentre trial that screened
Dobermann pinschers for preclinical DCM. If affected, they wererandomised to receive pimobendan or placebo and followed to signsof heart failure or sudden death. Administration of pimobendanduring the preclinical stage of DCM prolonged the time to sudden
death or the onset of congestive heart failure in Dobermanns by a
median of 9 months. As a result, all dogs with preclinical DCM
should receive pimobendan. The problem is how to recognise these
dogs. Screening affected dogs requires echocardiography andpossibly Holter monitoring to detect the subtle decreased contractility
(decreased pumping action of the heart) and ventricular arrhythmias
(irregular heart rhythms). Likely candidates fall into three groups:
� Dogs related to those that have been diagnosed with DCM.
� Large breed dogs with mitral murmurs or arrhythmias. � Breeds with a high incidence of DCM such as deerhounds,
Dobermann pinschers, boxers, Irish wolfhounds and greatDanes.
There is also evidence (9) for administration of ACE inhibitors
(benazepril) in the preclinical stage of DCM. As the O’Grady study is
retrospective in nature, which means that it was not performed in arandomised, placebo-controlled fashion, then the evidence for use ofbenazepril is weaker than that for use of pimobendan during thepreclinical stage. The O’Grady study did, however, show that
administration of benazepril delayed the progression of preclinical
DCM to onset of overt DCM, by approximately 90 days.
PRELIMINARY RESULTS FROM THE DEERHOUND STUDY32 deerhounds were examined using a stethoscope, followed by
echocardiography, the oldest hound being 12.5 years of age. Theycomprised 25 females and 7 males. Murmurs were auscultated in 3animals; 9% of the total number examined. The murmurs were allmild (grade 1). 5 hounds (16%) had ECG abnormalities. The
abnormalities were mostly ventricular arrhythmias, with 1 hound
diagnosed with atrial fibrillation. 8 Dogs, which equates to 25% ofthe asymptomatic deerhounds examined, were affected with
preclinical DCM (diagnosed using echocardiography). In addition, 4
hounds were equivocal, which means that some of the
echocardiographic parameters were considered abnormal. The
hounds in the equivocal group need to be monitored long-term incase they become affected with preclinical DCM. 20 dogs (62.5%)
had no abnormalities detected, either on auscultation or
echocardiography. To ensure that the normal deerhounds do not go on
to develop DCM over time, they will require repeat heart tests on an
annual basis.
FUNDRAISINGWe now need to raise funds for the second phase of this study and to
cover the costs associated with the testing at the Limited Shows. A
separate Health Account has been set up and donations can be made
via PAYPAL (the PAYPAL button is on the Health index page of theDeerhound Club website) or sent direct to the Treasurer, Hazel
Williams, noting that the cheque is for the heart study. Please support
this important and vital study for our hounds. Thank you.
EMILY DUTTON BVM&S DVC MRCVS, Cheshire Cardiology Ltd, Knutsford, Cheshire Tel: 07572 080086.Email: [email protected].
REFERENCES1 Meurs KM et al (2012). A splice site mutation in a gene encoding for PDK4, a
mitochondrial protein, is associated with the development of dilated
cardiomyopathy in the Doberman pinscher, Hum Genet 131: 1319 - 1325.
2 Stephenson HM et al (2012). Screening for Dilated Cardiomyopathy in Great
Danes in the United Kingdom, J Vet Intern Med 26: 1140 - 1147.
3 Madsen MB et al (2011). Identification of 2 Loci Associated with Development of
Myxomatous Mitral Valve Disease in Cavalier King Charles Spaniels, J Hered 102:S62 - 67.
4 Lewis T et al (2011). Heritability of premature mitral valve disease in cavalierKing Charles spaniels, Vet J 188: 73 - 76.
5 Meurs KM et al (2010). Genome-wide association identifies a deletion in the 3'untranslated region of striatin in a canine model of arrhythmogenic right ventricular
cardiomyopathy, Hum Genet 128: 315 - 324.
6 Stern JA et al (2014). A single codon insertion in PICALM is associated with
development of familial subvalvular aortic stenosis in Newfoundland dogs, Hum
Genet 133: 1139 - 1148.
7 Stern JA et al (2012). Familial subvalvular aortic stenosis in golden retrievers:inheritance and echocardiographic findings,
J Small Anim Pract 53: 213 - 216.
8 Summerfield NJ et al (2012). Efficacy of pimobendan in the prevention ofcongestice heart failure or sudden death in Doberman Pinschers with preclinical
dilated cardiomyopathy (the PROTECT study), J Vet Intern Med 26: 1337 - 1349.
9 O’Grady MR et al (2009). Efficacy of benazepril hydrochloride to delay theprogression of occult dilated cardiomyopathy in Doberman pinschers, J Vet Intern
Med 23: 977 - 983.
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After a hectic summer and a frantic fewweeks, I was looking forward to cosy
nights in front of a log fire. Turns out Iam bored already and it hasn’t beencold enough to light the wood burner!
I prefer the long, lighter evenings so wecan give the dogsa good run afterwork. By time weget home it is darkalready and no onefeels veryenthusiastic forwalkies - well apartfrom Cracker who isgame for anything!
Kim has invested insome good wetweather gear & noteven the wet, windyweather we have had over the lastcouple of weeks has dampened hisstyle. It has however put paid to ourinternet & router. We have been off-line for a month in total. A curse insome ways with deadlines & reports towrite, but I must say, more houseworkhas been done. I also have empty nestsyndrome, but as the weeks have goneby, I have relished the peace & quiet &ME time, after 18 years of hard labour -I mean mothering Ebony. She got intothe Uni she wanted but it has been alittle strange to say the least withouther.We enjoyed the Welsh Kennel Clubshow where Angela Aston had
organised a picnic again. Sadly, I wasabsent due to showing ourwhippet at the other end of theshow ground. However, aspromised, I did prepare thefruit etc, for the Pimms, sofound it hilarious whenwaiting to go into my ring,Angela’s son, Ashley,appeared, to ask how to makeit. I thought they had senthim to support me! On myreturn, I found servinginstructions clearly shownon the bottle - honestly youcan’t get the staff these
days.
Another fun gathering was FramptonCourt, Gloucestershire, this year. Wellorganised & a bigger event each year.We were asked to put on a coursingdisplay & join the parade of hounds inthe main ring. Later on, various braceof hounds were represented in thesmaller countryside ring, with Kim &Sarah Helps giving an impromptu talkto the crowd on the breed origins &why they are still popular today. Kimand I were delighted to win the coursingagain this year with our Ned (Luckhurst
Nebo to Wolfscastle) & proud of howall the hounds behaved, especially in
the environment of racing. Sally Guise & Kim have been liaising,on behalf of the Club, to secure a
possible venue for a future event toreplace Lodge Park and the signs arepromising.
We would like to send Gaynor Carr ourbest wishes after her recent health scare& stay in hospital. She is making asteady recovery after surgery, and hasbeen touched by all the messages fromfriends & family. It seems we all havehad testing times of late & my family isalso going through a tough time atpresent. It sure puts life into
perspective.
KIM & I WOULD LIKE TO WISHYOU ALL HEALTH & HAPPINESS
IN 2015. CHEERS!!
ZOE BRODIE
Tel: 01437 741780
email: www.wolfscastlehounds.com
Regional News
Welsh News& V iews
Photos: 1. Main ring parade, Frampton.
2. Receiving the winners trophy, donated by
Frampton Country Fair committee from Sally
Guise.
3. Picnic under the trees at Welsh KC Show,Royal Welsh Showground, Builth Wells.
1. 3.
2.
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BIRTHs
Lorna Steele’s - Beardswood Quinlanx Brylach Ophelia of Sorimsway
13 Puppies
DEATHs
Linda Johnson & Trevor’s - STRANWITH SFORZANDO (ZANDO)(Stranwith Trevarrick x Stranwith Morag)
3/1/08 - 14/8/14
Sue & John Ward’s - HYDFRONSAPPHIRE
(Ch Killoeter Esk x Hydfron Kestrel)21/10/01 - 25/07/14
George MacDonald-Hedger’s - AARONDE LOS BREZALES ALTOS
(DRUMMOND)(Ch Kilbourne Delaware x Kilbourne
Victoria)7 Yearsand
BARRON DE LOS BREZALES ALTOS(Andrew de Los Brezales Altos x
Ch Kilbourne Maggie5 Years
Merryl Jenkins’ - GHILTAN MOSSCAMPION
(Ghiltan Adeste Fidelis x Ghiltan Larch5/7/05 - 1/10/14
Dilated Cardiomyopathy
Chris & Iain Gow’s - GREYHAWKSROMANIE TARNLO OF ANMIALCHU
(BEINN EIGHE)(Greyhawks Romanie Rye at Greyhawks x
Regalflight Psalm at Greyhawks)4/10/2011 - 3/10/14
Torsion, whilst on hoilday in France
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The Mary Rose was one of King HenryVIII’s warships which last saw action inthe Solent, north of the Isle of Wight, inJuly 1545, and sank whilst attacking theFrench fleet. She was salvaged in 1982.According to an item in ‘Science Daily’,the skeleton of the dog lacked a baculum,or penis bone, and so was thought formany years to be that of a female dog.The dog, named ‘Hatch’ by researchers,was discovered in 1981 during theunderwater excavation of the ship.
However, recent developments in DNAanalysis have found that ‘Hatch’ was ayoung male dog, most closely related tomodern Jack Russell terriers, with abrown coat.
The team, which included members fromUniversity of Portsmouth, the RoyalZoological Society of Scotland, King'sCollege London Dental Institute, DurhamUniversity and the Mary Rose Trust, wereeven able to ascertain that the dog wascarrier for the canine genetic disorderhyperuricosria. This causes dogs toproduce urine with very high levels of
uric acid and can lead to bladder stonesand, less frequently, kidney stones.
Dr Garry Scarlett, lead researcher of thestudy and associate head academic in theSchool of Biological Sciences at theUniversity of Portsmouth said:"We extracted the DNA from one of thedog’s teeth to identify the breed of thedog, its gender and even the colour of itsfur. This technique could now be appliedto further museum specimens, meaningwe could find out more about previouslyunknowable animals."
Recovered over a period of severalmonths, the dog’s skeleton was foundpartially outside the carpenter's cabin,with other bones inside the cabin, under apile of chests belonging to the carpenterand several gunners. Despite storiesclaiming he was trapped in the door, thedog probably died fully outside the cabin,with some parts being pulled inside post-death by marine scavengers.
The dog’s skeleton is on display in thenew Mary Rose Museum in PortsmouthHistoric Dockyard.
The above story is based on materials providedby University of Portsmouth.November 2014.
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JUDGE - MISS W BLATCHFORD
LIMIT SHOWNORTH
20 Sept 2014GRANGEMOUTH?
STIRLINGSHIRE
PUPPY DOG 1 (1)1. Seaman’s - ARRACHOGAIDH BHADENACHWell angulated puppy with curves in all the rightplaces. Good coat. Unfortunately a little unsettled
today - maybe because of the marquee. Moved OK
Res BPIS
JUNIOR DOG 2 (1)1. McIntyre’s- ALMONDBANK LEAD ONMcDUFF19 Mth dark hound. Masculine head and expression.
Good dark eye. Seemed a little unsettled when underthe marquee, but settled better when running
outside. Plenty of bone whilst still retaining typical
deerhound curves. Movement straight and true when
settled.
OPEN DOG 4 (1)1. Cartmell’s - CUSIDH HOMECOMINGMature, almost 5yr old hound. Good dark, crisp coat.Fit, well-muscled and looks like he could do the jobfor which the breed was intended. Good length in hisribbing. Strong, arched loin. Balanced, powerfulangulation fore and aft. Moved very well.
Best Dog and RBIS
POST GRADUATE 5 (1)1. Cartmell’s - CUSIDH DRAWING DOWN THE SUNShapely, dark dog. Good dark eye and typicalexpression. Balanced angulation fore and aft.
Excellent bend of stifle and well-muscled quarters.Moved well with drive. A fit and masculine hound.
Res Best Dog
VETERAN DOG 3 (1)1. Swanson’s - Menteith DeclanAlmost 8 yrs old. Fit, well-muscled hound. Finertype but still no doubt that he is a male. Typical head
an expression. Good curvy outline with balancedangulation. Moved very well with good drive.
Thanks to the show organisers for a reallywell run show. Excellent venue, good
catering and good facilities. The in/outmarquee was invaluable at the beginningof the day when we had to dodge theshowers. Thankfully, the sun came outwhich allowed almost all of the judging totake place outside. The show continuedinto the afternoon with the fun classesjudged by Johnny Morgan which gave theshow a lovely friendly atmosphere.Thanks again to the stewards, Peter Grantand Vicky Lindsay, and last, but by nomeans least, thanks to all the exhibitorsfor your entries. It was a pleasure to goover so many fit and well-muscledhounds. I thoroughly enjoyed the day. DB
Photographs: Tricia Macpherson
SPECIAL BEGINNERS DOG - NON PRESENT
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PUPPY BITCH 4 (1)1. Robertsons’ - CHUILINN BERENGARIA7 Mth old dark, feminine hound. Good bone for herage. Correct, crisp coat. Well angulated. Balancedfore and aft. Feminine head and expression. Goodbend of stifle. Moved very well. BPIS.
SPECIAL BEGINNERS 8 (2)1. Swanson’s - COTHERSTONE BROGUEDark shapely youngster. Good balanced angulationwith correct bend of stifle. Good depth of chest.
Good width behind. Fit and well-muscled andmoved with drive.
JUNIOR BITCH 1 (1)Gillie’s - DORRATOR GARVEYAlmost 15mths old. Dark, feminine hound. Typicalhead and expression. Good curvy outline with
balanced angulation fore and aft and good straight
front. Moved well.
POST GRADUATE BITCH 15 (6)1. Robertson’s - CHUILINN WHISPER2 Yr old hound. Substantial girl but still feminine.Good crisp coat. Curves in all the right places fromher head to her tail. Typical head and expression. Fit
and well-muscled with a broad and powerful rearwhich she used very well on the move.Best Bitch and BIS.
OPEN BITCH 12 (5)1. Cartmell’s - BRYLACH OVER THE BROOMSTICK
WITH CUSIDHRising 3 yr old hound. Long cast hound with
length correctly in her ribbing. Feminine head and
expression. Good angulation fore and aft withpowerful, well-muscled hind quarters. Moved well.
VETERAN BITCH 8 (3)Great to see a good number of healthy veteranbitches. All bar one in this class were over 9 yrs oldand a credit to the breed and their owners.
1. Cartmell’s - RIDING THE WIND WITH CUSIDHAlmost 10 yr old dark hound. Very well-muscled andin excellent condition for her age. Good feet andcorrectly sloping front pasterns. Balancedangulation. Moved with power and drive. She
looked like she was thoroughly enjoying herself.Reserve Best Bitch and Best Veteran in Show.
SPECIAL YEARLING BITCH - NO ENTRIES
UNDERGRADUATE BITCH - NO ENTRIES
Photographs: Tricia Macpherson
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LIMIT SHOWNORTH 2014
Dr D & Mrs B Robertson’s BIS - Chuilinn Whisper, Judge, Miss W Blatchford, and RBIS and BOS,Dr C and Prof E Cartmell’s - Cusidh Homecoming,
Dr D & Mrs B Robertson’s BPIS - ChuilinnBerengaria
LIMIT SHOW NORTH 2014
Saturday, 20 September, saw the ‘northarea’ host the Limit Show inStirlingshire. It turned out to be afantastic occasion organised by the‘experienced’ show team consisting ofElise Cartmell, Show Secretary, plusJean Blandford, Eve Hamilton, NellMacBean. Show Managers wereGordon Crossan and Alison Foote.With generous rosette donations, prizesand raffles from various members, there
was a fantastic atmosphere throughoutthe day.
The morning saw judge, Miss Wendy(Dee) Blatchford, (chaperoned by JohnFrancis) cast her eye over thedeerhounds. Johnny Morton thentaking charge of the fun classes. Ringstewards, Peter Grant and VickiLindsay were well supported by JoyWilson who looked after the funentries.
Competition was healthy in all classeswhich was nice to see, especially themany novices who entered theirdeerhounds for the first time, hopefullywe got them hooked!
A good entry of 64 dogs was mostwelcome at the show held atGrangemouth Rugby Club playingfields and watched over by themagnificent ‘Kelpies’, a huge horsesheads sculpture adjacent to the
motorway. It was very wet early in themorning, but that did not dampen thespirit and the weather cleared as themorning progressed to become a lovelyday.
There were many winners, runners upand also rans, but everyone was awinner on the day as members, friendsand visitors enjoyed an excellent dayout.
Special mention to Ali Morton andRoyal Canin for their most generousdonations of bags of food for each classwinner. Thanks go to everyone whodonated cakes, food or donations to thefantastic rosettes designed by AliMorton. Special thanks to Rod Gilliefor donating the vouchers for BIS. Asever, these events cannot be runwithout the help of all wonderfulvolunteers who helped with the kitchen,car parking, raffles, stalls etc - manythanks to everyone.
Also, huge thanks to Susan Verrall(Alison Foote’s sister) who did a wholelot of running about for us on the day.Tricia McPherson and her son, Lewis,were on hand to take some fabulousphotos to capture the day and these areavailable for viewing on the Clubwebsite.
Emily Dutton, the veterinary
cardiologist, was at the show scanninghounds as part of the ongoing heartmonitoring programme and wassupported by Zoe Barnes, many thanksto them for carrying out this importantwork for the Club.
All in all, the consensus of opinion wasan enjoyable day for all and despite theearly rain, the sun came out for all toenjoy.
GORDON CROSSAN
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JUDGE (DOGS): MRS P BUSWELL
LIMIT SHOWSOUTH
24 Sept 2014KIRTLINGTON OXON
PUPPY DOG 3 (1)1. Grimshaw’s - GREYFLAX THE JAZZ SINGERAT JAMALISONAt just 6 mnths old he is a shapely puppy with good
bone and on the move he organised his long legs
extremely well for one so young. He was wellbalanced, used his shoulder freely and moved with along well cadenced stride. His head and expression
were correct, his neck well set into a sloping
shoulder, tight feet, well bodied with correct lengthof loin although I would prefer less rise - this will nodoubt alter with time. Well muscled quarters, great
length from hip to hock and correct bend of stifle.
Hocks well let down, tail long.
JUNIOR DOG 31. Pink’s- GREYHAWKS ROMANIE DROM18 mnths old. This very attractive young dog movedwith purpose and freedom, showing a long wellbalanced stride and was correct coming and going.
He has a good Deerhound head with a soft
expression in his eyes. Good neck into well sloping
shoulder and good length of upper arm, well archedtoes, his body is of good length and depth, correct
arch over loin, hind quarters broad and powerful and
he has great length hip to hock. Should mature into a
very nice example.
SPECIAL YEARLING DOG 5 (1)1. Lucas & Dargonne’s - PACKWAY COMANCHEMOON23 mnths old. A tall and longcast dog, he movedfreely and accurately with a long stride and he wasbalanced at all times. Good crisp coat. His head andexpression very typical but would prefer a smallerear. Strong neck into good shoulder/upper arm
assembly, good bone, feet well arched. He is well
bodied and ribbed well back with slight rise over
the loin. Quarters broad. Very good length hip to
hock and hocks well let down. BOS
SPECIAL BEGINNERS DOG 2 (1)1. Jenkins’ - KILBOURNE POACHER23 mnths old. A tall and longcast dog, he movedfreely and accurately with a long stride and he was
balanced at all times. Good crisp coat. His head andexpression very typical but would prefer a smallerear. Strong neck into good shoulder/upper arm
assembly, good bone, feet well arched. He is wellbodied and ribbed well back with slight rise over the
loin. Quarters broad. Very good length hip to hockand hocks well let down.
UNDERGRADUATE DOG 2 (1)1. Lucas & Dargonne’s - PACKWAY LONESOMEDOVELitter brother to the winner of the previous class. A
smaller dog and also of very pleasing Deerhoundtype, he moved well in profile. His head is of correctproportions and planes, the eye dark and pigment
excellent. Expression soft and gentle. Small earswell folded and set on high. Neck strong and ofgood length, well set on to shoulder. His feet arewell knuckled. Good depth through the heart andwell bodied, his topline showing just the correctamount of rise and with a gently sloping croup into
powerful quarters.
I would like to thank the Deerhound ClubCommittee very much indeed for inviting meto judge the Dog entry at this show and theMembers who were sporting enough to entertheir lovely Deerhounds. Also thanks go to mytwo Stewards for their help during the day, to
my fellow judge Prof Elise Cartmell and toMrs Joan Wragg, our Referee, for completingthe triumvirate which decided upon some of
the final placings for the highest honours ofthe day. PB
Photographs: Joan Wragg
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JUDGE (BITCHES): PROF E CARTMELL
PUPPY BITCH 51. Helps & Dove’s - FOXCLIFFE CLASSIC LIBERTYFREEDOM AT BEARDSWOOD (Imp USA)For my first two placings I went for the puppies withmore substance. The winning bitch had morematurity and was a lovely, substantial and strong
puppy. She had good bone and her adult coat, whichwas just starting to come through, was harsh anddark. Lovely sweet face with a dark eye. Good depth
of chest and spring of rib. Just needed a little more
front pastern slope and bend of stifle. But a verypromising puppy with really easy and balancedmovement. BP
JUNIOR BITCH - ABSENT
SPECIAL YEARLING BITCH 2 1. Finnett & Heathcote’s - HYNDSIGHT RUNNINDOWN THE WINDA really eye catching bitch. Once settled her reachin front movement and lovely top line, which sheheld well on the move, won her the Reserve Best
Bitch. Lovely head and expression with a good
dark eye. Ears well folded. Her body was veryshapely with good balanced angulation overall. Idid like her front, length of neck and the way shestood over the ground. She had a good forechestand depth of chest. Good feet. RES BB.
SPECIAL BEGINNERS BITCH 3 (1)1. Seymour-Jackson’s - CASSACRE AELFRIDA OF
GHILTANLong light grey coat. Nice depth of chest and goodrear angulation. Just needed a bit more forechest and
width overall in chest. But front angulation was allright. Free profile movement.
Photographs: Joan WraggAdditional images by
Hazel Williams,Vanessa Lucas & John Wiggan
OPEN DOG 4 1. Harrington & Finnett’s - HYNDSIGHT TEMPESTThis dog tried every trick in the book to thwart hishapless handler's efforts to get him to show how hecan move! This included much pulling to the side of
the ring and also some pacing – not a hanging
offence in my opinion provided the dog shows that itactually can produce a free and balanced trot on thediagonal, which this dog did to my satisfaction. He is
possessed of lovely breed type and has theproportions of height, length and substance which I
think to be ideal in a hunting dog. His head ismasculine and of correct planes, his eye is dark andkind, his neck well set onto a well constructed front,
he has depth through the heart and good lengththrough the body, correct arch over the loin and
correct fall away of croup. Good length hip to hock.Crisp coat of correct length.
VETERAN DOG - ABSENT
POST GRADUATE DOG 7 (3)1. Faircloth’s - Beardswood Ripley for CalbraidhHe won this class on his movement which wasactive and true. He covered the ground well with along well balanced and cadenced stride whichwasted no energy and gave an impression ofendurance. His head is strong and I would prefer adarker eye but his expression is soft and kind. Well
placed shoulder with good length of upper arm. Hehas good bone, well knuckled feet, great depth
through the heart and is well bodied. Fall away at
croup correct. Hind quarters broad and powerful and
with great length hip to hock with a good length oftail.
Thank you very much the opportunity to
judge at this show. Good venue, organisationand weather meant for an enjoyableafternoon. My stewards were excellent and it
was a privilege to have the opportunity to goover so many lovely dogs and also work withthe dog judge Pip Buswell and Joan Wragg
the referee. Above all thank you very much toeveryone who entered.
Overall, there were a number of lovelybitches and I was very pleased with my finalline up. I was particularly looking for goodmovement and strong athletic hounds but thefront angulation, and in particular the lengthand return of upper arm, in a number of theexhibits meant that movement wascompromised. The fitness, weight and muscle
tone of some of the bitches also needs to bewatched. EC.
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UNDERGRADUATE BITCH 3 (1)1. Finnett & Heathcote’s - SHAGIEAD MRSBRIDGESSolid and powerful bitch with good spring of ribs.
Top line could be better but she has a good head andexpression and nice dark eye. Good depth of chest
and decent forechest. Front movement was a little
erratic but it did settle.
POST GRADUATE BITCH 13 (6)1. Shannon’s - EREWHON WANTON FLAMEI just really liked the overall shape and reach of thisdog on the move. Held her top line well and had alovely slope to the croup and held her tail well. Shehad a lovely reach in front and easy activemovement. Good dark eye and lovely head andexpression. Ears could be a little smaller. Good
balanced angulation. Good feet. Good spring of riband good forechest. Good harsh dark coat. In the
challenge for BIS her better front angulation and
movement won out over the dog. BIS
OPEN BITCH 7 (2)1. Girling’s - PYEFLEET SCRUMPIEA lovely powerful, athletic and strong bitch. Not thebest of heads. Good feet and decent forechest. Goodrear angulation and I especially liked the top line.Good bone. Sound mover.
VETERAN BITCH 3 (1) No image available1. Smith’s - WOLFSCASTLE FERN OF NIMLOTHLovely strong bitch. Good top line and depth of
chest. Good rear angulation. Good head and
expression with nice dark eye. Needed a little morefront pastern slope. Moved freely.
LIMIT SHOWSOUTH 2014
REFEREE AND JUDGESPECIAL CLASSES:MRS J WRAGG
I was invited on the day of the show to act asreferee, to decide Reserve Best in Show and tojudge the Special Classes.
The dogs for consideration for RBIS were:-
LUCAS & DARGONNE’S - PACKWAYCOMMANCHE MOON (D)Upstanding, well grown, 23 month old. Lovely head
and expression. Correct reach of neck, fair topline,good depth of chest, generous bone. Well knuckledfeet. Good width of loin and strong well angled
quarters. Moved well.
FINNETT & H. HEATHCOTE’S -HYNDSIGHT RUNIN DOWN A DREAM (B)Balanced, dk bitch, not over big but with flowing
curves. Beautiful head with v dk eye, giving that
faraway look. Excellent reach of neck, lovely topline
and fallaway. Good shoulder placement and deepchest. Strong rear quarters with nice bend of stifle.
Moved easily and well. I preferred the front assembly
of this bitch compared to the dog’s, so awarded her
Res BIS.
The dog was awarded Best Opposite Sex.
Mrs E Shannon with BIS Erewhon Wanton Flame, Judges Prof E Cartmell (Bitches), Mrs P Buswell
(Dogs) and Mr H Heathcote with Res BIS Hyndsight Runnin Down A Dream.
Club President, M J Girling with BOS PackwayComanche Moon and Miss V Lucas.
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SPECIAL NOT BRED BY EXHIBITOR D/B 16 (8)1. O’Brien & Quinn’s - HODDINGREY TERRONA (B)4 Yrs old, lovely type, with attractive head &
expression & good coat. Fair reach of neck, well
angled shoulder & upper arm with correct topline,
lovely deep chest. Nice rear quarters. Moved soundly.
SPECIAL BRED BY EXHIBITOR D/B 10 (4)1. Girling’s - PYEFLEET SCRUMPIERangy bitch with good wiry coat. Attractive head,good length of neck & well laid shoulder. Deepchest, well muscled powerful quarters. Wellknuckled feet. Moved soundly.
SPECIAL NEW MEMBER D/B 11. Wheeler’s - REGALFLIGHT PEMBA (B)Two year old bitch with correct wiry coat.Attractive head, dk eye. Fair topline and depth ofchest. Good shoulder placement and rear quarters.
LIMIT SHOW SOUTH - 2014
The Limit Show South was held at atthe same venue, Kirtlington VillageHall, in Oxfordshire, as the recentDeerhound Club seminar. It’s a trulyidyllic setting for any deerhoundevent, in a picturesque part of theworld, right next to old parkland inwhich you can walk the dogs. Therear of the hall opened up onto a hugegrassed area akin to a bowling greenand beautifully manicured, it wasoverlooked by the village church.
My husband, Julian, seemed veryrelaxed as show manager and equallyrelaxed was our efficient showsecretary, Lynette Seymour-Jackson.Dog judge was Pip Buswell and bitchjudge, Elise Cartmel. Hard workingstewards, Helen Laidlaw and Mick
Edwards ran the ring effortlessly. Asthe judging started to pick up pace, itbecame apparent that our referee and
judge for the special classes, Miss JStartup, was nowhere to be seen. Abehind the scenes rally produced awilling and able Joan Wragg to stepinto the breach, which was just as
well, as the referee was needed tomake the final decision for ReserveBest in Show.
Well done, Eyke Shannon, whoclaimed Best in Show with her
homebred bitch - Erewon WantonFlame with Reserve Best in Show,
Sue Finnett and Hector Heathcote’sbitch - Hyndsight Runnin Down aDream. Best Opposite Sex going toVanessa Lucas and Cliff Dargonne’sdog - Packway Comanche Moon.Best Puppy was Helps and Dove’s -Foxcliffe Classic Liberty Freedom atBeardswood (IMP USA).Congratulations to the winners!!
Thank you to everyone who helpedmake the show a success - thepreviously mentioned organisers,judges, stewards, plus Spring Arnold,Fire and Safety Officer, Cataloguemarker, Joy Wilkinson, VanessaLucas, Liza Faircloth and Joan Wraggfor cooking food, Sandra and MilesClement in charge of the kitchen,Rachel Quinn and Hazel Williams forrunning the Club stand, and Hazelwas also raffle queen.
The cardiology vet, Emily Dutton,also attended the show, monitoringhearts for the Deerhound Heart
Survey.
Everybody had a good day, therosettes were lovely, as was theweather, and it was nice to sitringside and talk to some new facesas well as old.
LIZA FAIRCLOTH
BRITISH SIGHTHOUNDFIELD ASSOCIATION
Provisional 2015 LureCoursing dates for your diary
Subject to confirmation, themeeting dates for 2015 are to beheld on the following Sundays atPark House Stables Kingsclere, near Newbury, Berks, RG20 5PY:
15th March
12th April
10th May
14th June
19th July
23rd August
20th September
11th October
Dogs in warfare
Dogs played crucial roles in WW1.In fact they proved to be just asdependable as soldiers. Their jobswere diverse in combat - rolesincluded: sniffing out enemies,carrying supplies, finding thewounded, delivering messages andcompanionship. About a milliondogs died during the First World
War.
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Spanish NewsStill morebad newsI’mafraid, asmentioned
in the PS.in my last
article. My dear,cuddly hound Barron
died whilst I was away in England soI am now houndless. I felt so sorryfor my friend Nicky as she hadkindly offered to look after my dogswhilst I was away. She was reallydevastated and I can imagine howshe felt as I was always in a panic thecouple of times I looked afterSapphire for Sue Ward. Poor Nicky,she hasn’t had much luck lately, shetried to stop a scrap between herRottweiler and one of her rescued St
Bernard’s and got a nasty bite for herpains. With hindsight, getting
between two large dogs having a
fight probably wasn’t the brightest
move and I must admit I wouldn’thave tried it! Fortunately, I was very
lucky with my hounds and only ever
had a couple of punch ups, but I must
say it was pretty scary when they didgo.
Life moves steadily on here and I amnow beginning to get back to normal,
well, as normal as my life ever was
and, at present, things and dogs are
all OK. They are good dogs to chatto, which is handy as at least I’vesomeone to talk with. They thinkI’ve lost the plot I’m sure, as I
discuss meals and shopping with
them, but they are a very tolerant pairand listen patiently. Lucinda actuallyreplies occasionally too, which is
very comforting! Apart from
hogging the sofa, constantlydemanding food and cuddles and theoccasional roughing up, they are
great companions.
Bryn caused a bit of a stir recently bystealing and eating a whole avocado.
I know dogs are omnivores, butreally, an avocado? I had no ideahow bad this might be (he ate the
stone and all) and of course, it was aSunday, so some panicky emergencyphone calls ensued! To be honest
even my vet wasn’t too sure about it
and, in the end, I was told to watchfor any dodgy signs such as restlesspacing around and sleepiness etc.Since he seems to spend about halfhis life snoring happily somewhereor other, that wasn’t a lot of help.Fortunately, nothing came of theincident so all was well. The vet didphone me back at 11.30pm that nightto check the situation which Ithought was rather nice of him.
Oh the joys of owning a dog! Nowsome better news. I was invited tostay with Jane and John Powell in thebeautiful house they had built inGaucin (in the mountains inland fromEstopona), it has views from theirhillside down the valley and acrossthe Mediterranean to Gibraltar andMorocco - wonderful! They also
have Alpacas grazing on their lawnand shinning up the steep rock
garden, a bit like mountain goats or
Ibex. Deerhounds too, of course,
plus Jane’s new baby, Murphy, theborder terrier, a couple of rescuedogs and the cats. They all seem to
get on pretty well together which isnice. I dare not have a cat although Iwould love one, so I made sure to get
plenty of strokes and cuddles whilst I
was there. Apart from missing myown dogs I didn’t really want to gohome. I think they must have missed
me too, as the greeting was pretty
hectic.
Fortunately, Bryn doesn’t stand up on
you when greeting or I fear I wouldhave been flattened. He is still a bit
bargee/pushy and rather tooenthusiastic with head butts for myliking. Still, he is only young.
Lucinda, despite being a lot smaller,is actually the one who is likely to tip
you over as she rushes around andaround your legs yelling her head offas a welcome.
I am making this my last Newsletter(for a while anyway) as things arestill a bit fragmented at present and Ihave one or two legal hassles to sortout. Not having deerhounds makes itdifficult to write about deerhoundstoo!! Seems I’ve been writing it forseven or eight years now (maybemore) but I’ve really enjoyed it andhope my ramblings over that timehave been of some interest and/oramusement at least. I shall of coursecontinue to be a Club member, and,as always, look forward to theNewsletter. Susan Ward and SusanMarwood have both kindly said thatthey will send in articles, so therewill still be som-ws of Spanishhounds for you. More show newsand photos too probably.I shall be spending Christmas in
England this year (first for ten years)and will raise a glass to you all.
SO, ONCE AGAIN, A VERY
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND APEACEFUL AND PROSPEROUS
NEW YEAR
ADIOS POR UN RATO
(GOODBYE FOR A WHILE).
GEORGE MACDONALD-HEDGER
Bryn caused a bit of a stirrecently by stealing and eatinga whole avocado. I know dogsare omnivores, but really, an
avocado!!?
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Wishing everybody a
Very Happy Christmas!!
Wishing everybody a
Very Happy Christmas!!
PYEFLEET
Send Best Wishes for a Happy Christmas & successful 2015
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Best Wishes Liza and Julian Faircloth
and hounds xx
Best Wishes Liza and Julian Faircloth
and hounds xx
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Here in thesouth we are
enjoying whatmust surely beone of the mostbeautiful
autumns ofrecent years.
Thankgoodness theroe deer havebeen culled to
a more sensible population size, &yet, there are plenty of squirrels around togive the deerhounds our version of intervaltraining whilst having plenty of fun!
South Eastern Hound Club Open Show hascome and gone, but was missed by yourcorrespondent, whose task it had been to actas picnic supremo on the day. A bout ofself-administered food poisoning was thereason for my non appearance and I'm justso grateful to everyone who rushed around‘borrowing’ paper plates and plastic cupsfrom other breed-picnics ensuring thedeerhound gang went home fed andwatered.
The high point of the day was provided byone of the most popular deerhounds in thesouth, who, during her lifetime, hasattended countless open shows along withher faithful owners, Rosemary and RogerErskine, thus giving many, many up andcoming judges (a) another digit on their'numbers list' and (b) the chance to go overa deerhound who ticks all the boxes in themost moderate and unassuming way. Shecomes to the shows for the fun of the dayand to be around for the picnic - so often ahugely enjoyable feature of the day oncejudging is over. Nellie, aka SorisdaleMacLindon, is from one of the last littersbred by our president, Kenneth Cassels, andshe now has on her mantlepiece at home inWest Sussex a beautiful trophy which wasawarded to the oldest Deerhound overseven years being exhibited at SouthEastern Hound 2014.
Dawn Hawker is temporarily confined tobarracks following minor surgery. She’sbeing well looked after by John who is awonderful chef, as most definitely can beconfirmed by all of us who have been toparties at Carriers Farm in East Sussex, andshe is being regularly visited upstairs in herbedroom by her much cherished
deerhound, Zara - Wolfscastle Cilydd atGhylladare. Dawn has had Deerhounds fora great many years and whilst not being sovery much into showing has bred manyvery lovely hounds.
The news from Penny Redmond is that shehas just sold her black, shiny, brand new carand replaced it with a van - because Ripleymade it quite clear that a mere car just wasnot what she had in mind as suitabletransport for a retired champion!Obviously, starting as she means to go onthen - she's already got you in trainingPenny!
Rebecca and Tim Hussey, relatively newmembers of the Deerhound Club who hailfrom Bromley, have been having a prettytorrid time with their beloved 7 year oldbitch Santa, registered name, Blackburn’sLittle Gem. Santa started limpingfollowing a galloping game with her chumsand was taken to the vet for what Rebeccaconfidently expected to be a prescriptionfor some anti inflammatories and the adviceto give only lead walking for a couple ofweeks. To Rebecca and Tim's completehorror and dismay, their vet advised that hewas fearful that the cause of the lamenesswas rather more sinister than first imaginedand the word “osteosarcoma” was uttered.In Rebecca’s own words “The whole monthof August was filled with tests, internetsearching and tears”, at the end of which,there was a diagnosis confirming all theirworst fears and a decision had to be madeabout how to proceed. Reading the story inthe Deerhound Club Newsletter aboutWaltraud Hess’s, Hobby Poppy, who’d hada leg amputated because of osteosarcoma,became the turning point as far as futureplanning for Santa was concerned. “Wegave away our dining room table and chairsso that we could create a bedroom for Santadownstairs. Tim then put a message on thedeerhound Facebook group we belong to,and the support and messages of kindnesswe received were staggering. The groupwill never know how much they helped usthrough the dark moments we had and thefeelings of doubt that we experienced attimes”.
Santa made a rapid and uninterruptedrecovery from surgery to remove her frontleg and recently celebrated her eighthbirthday by galloping around with herfriends on Camber Sands down on the Kentcoast. Rebecca writes “We know we’re onborrowed time but have absolutely noregrets about the decision we made toamputate and we make sure we cherishevery day we have with Santa.”
Poor Pat and Bryan Allwright are pretty‘cut up’ about losing Mingarry as hisplace won’t be taken by anotherdeerhound. We’re going to take them outto lunch tomorrow which just may help atiny bit. It’s just such a sad situation forthem.
And finally - as they say on the BBC News,Fanny Maiklem, her wonderful ‘sheepdog’, Mole, (Glenmorlich Hold the Dream)and her small flock of sheep, have not onlyhit the headlines in our local newspaper,they have also made ‘The Telegraph’, ‘TheSun’, ‘The Express’, The New YorkExpress and have “gone viral” on theinternet. The reason for all the mega-excitement was the three large black plasticbags, full of cannabis plants, which hadbeen thrown over the fence into Fanny'sfield and upon which her sheep werehappily munching until PC Plod arrived totake the bags safely into custody!
By sheer chance, the sheep were due to beslaughtered the very next day and, in duecourse, Mole and the other dogs at Fanny’sFarm Shop, were the extremely happyrecipients of some rather special lambs’hearts as part of their rations!
SEASON’S GREETINGS FROM THESOUTH TO ONE AND ALL!
PIP BUSWELLTEL: 01737 762282
Regional News
So uthernSnip pets
SANTA
NELLIE
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Dutch Champion, Belgian Champion, Luxembourg Champion,International Coursing Champion, German Coursing Champion, DutchChampion for Beauty and Performance & International Champion for
Beauty & Performance.
Caintha was born on 26 March 2003, along with one sister & five brothers.Her mother, Edle Emmy vom Welzerberg, died age 13.5 & her father wasFritzen’s Great Gatsby. Her sister, Cute Coney, died age 10.5 and onebrother made it to nearly 11 years! Caintha is still going strong, doing
some coursing now and then and playing with our youngster. WE ARE VERY PROUD OF HER!
Breeder/owner - Caroline Y. van Zanten-Boomgaard
Caintha O’CockaigneCaintha O’Cockaigne
Picture taken 23-8-2014
Golden Oldies - Veteran Deerhounds
Scarlett broke her leg when she was 10 months old, so wasn’t shown. She is a wonderful companion and a great mum.
Dam - Lealla Joka, Sire Ashtonbrook Claudius of Brangalad.
EYKE SHANNON
Erewhon Spellbinder
Riding the Wind with Cusidh
DOB: 7/12/04. Creubhag is now the Clan Cusidh matriach claiming allthe best places to sleep & keeping everyone in order. After gaining herStud Book No. she preferred to leave the show scene to her sister, but
has been seen in the ring recently, winning & enjoying herself.
She is also proud grandma of 2013's Top Puppy in Breed.
CLAIRE & ELISE CARTMELL
Golden in years, golden in character andforever golden in our hearts. We are privileged
and happy to be ruled by them.
Gentiehun Tain6.7.2007
Chuilinn Afra1.4.2007
Tartraven Rosaidh4.10.2005
Tartraven Stac aChaorainn17.12.2003
DUNCAN AND BRIDGET ROBERTSONChuilinn Deerhounds
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GENTOM GOSSIPRIP
We were sad to hear of the demiseduring the summer of several wellknown deerhound people, whosepassing will no doubt be reportedupon elsewhere in this Newsletter.Perhaps you would like to share withus a moment of quiet reflection ofyour own personal memories of: TheReverend Graeme Longmuir of StAndrew’s Parish Church, Inverurie,Aberdeenshire who passed away in hissleep on the 10th of August. MrsBarbara “B” Cassels, who celebratedher 100th birthday in April, sadlypassed away on the 29th of August
and Mrs Anne Davey (Quartetanne)who passed away peacefully in hersleep at her home on the 16th ofSeptember.
BIRTHDAY GREETINGSA happier note - on the 8th September,Club Librarian, Mrs Mary Churchill,celebrated her 80th birthday & on the24th of October it was Jean’s 70th (seeadjacent photo and below) the latterwhich we believe is shared with JudithGrayley. Many Happy Returns tothese Club members and others wehave missed!
NORTH AND SOUTH LIMITEDSHOWS
This year the Club organised twoLimited Shows reported elsewhere inthe magazine, with the full resultsappearing in the “RESULTS” section.Our congratulations to the organisersfor both successful shows and to allthe winners.
MIDLAND COUNTIES CH SHOWOctober 24, 2014. Judge: Mrs JanCheshire who had an entry of 52hounds from which she chose theBitch CC winner, Sam Taylor's -Kilbourne Pandora to Talorpeche(Against All Odds for Kilbourne x ChWitch Way to Kilbourne) to be herBest Of Breed. This was Pandora’sfirst CC; she is seen below right here(lt- rt) with Sam, Mrs Cheshire andMs Kay Barret with the Dog CCWinner, her Pharcourse Noah atStranwith (Ch. Stranwith Symphony xRagwell Blossom of Pharcourse) alsowinning his first CC.The Best Puppy in Breed went toMick & Glenis Peach’s bitch puppy,Kilbourne Zoe, (Nimloth Bilbo of
Kilbourne xKenmillevenPearlEssence).After the
judging, abirthday
party washeld incelebrationof Jean’s70thbirthday.A big sincere thank you to Jean &Robin Spencer for their secretshopping, to Kerry Tresh and GlenisPeach et al for their contributions andthanks to all for the lovely cards,presents, and good wishes. Here are acouple photos to give you a flavour of
Jean's “bit-of-a-do”. Our grateful thanks to Glenis for once
again allowing us to use herphotographs. There are many morephotographs & results to be found onthe Deerhound Club site.
HAVE A VERY HAPPYCHRISTMAS AND SINCEREWISHES FOR A PEACEFUL 2015.
JEAN & TOM RHODES
TEL: 01782 392374
Regional News
MidlandMatters
Show NewsAbroadfrom
Czech Republic’s Eva andHana Vobornikova’s homebredDAISY CARRIE IRATER,won Best in Show at the ClubShow in Slovenia.
It is Daisy’s fourth Best inShow award in her career.Handled by Hana in the photo.
CLUB SHOW - SLOVAKIA 2014
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All at BEARDSWOOD
wish youA Very Merry Christmas
and Happy New Year
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Wishing you all a Happy Christmas
Vanessa, Cliff and the Packway Hounds
Wishing you all a Happy Christmas
Vanessa, Cliff and the Packway Hounds
Our "Southern Belle"
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It was 1992, Mark and I were looking for adeerhound puppy and were put in touchwith Anne and Norman through theDeerhound Club, as their lovely bitch,Ardkinglas Music, had a litter of puppies.
It is a daunting prospect - applying for adeerhound puppy and being vetted by alongstanding club member, breeder andjudge! We were young, inexperienced andon our best behavior, but Anne immediatelyput us at ease. She was most welcoming,and generously shared her knowledge andexpertise and showed us her beautifulgarden that had been extensivelyremodelled by 8 lively puppies!
A couple of visits later and we had not onlyour fabulous deerhound puppy, “Tumbo”,
but a wonderful new friendship with Anneand Norman. They became like anextended family to us and were a beautifulexample of a loving marriage and a happydevoted couple.
Ann was born in Bradford, her mother wasa professional dancer which reflected inAnne’s interest in ballet, opera, dancing &all types of music, especially jazz music,she met her future husband, Norman, atCroydon Jazz Club.
Anne was always a lovely hostess, anexcellent cook, gentle, kind, generous, hada wonderful sense of humour & wasinterested in other people’s lives. I knowshe had health problems over the years butshe never dwelt on them & would turn aconversation back to her interest in whatyou were doing & how you were. Shewrote lovely newsy letters & I know manyothers will remember her for this. Wealways looked forward to receiving a letterfrom Anne.
Deerhounds have long memories and ourdeerhound, Tumbo, never forgot Anne.When she and Norman came to visit,Tumbo was in the back garden when heheard Anne’s voice at the front of the house.He would rarely bother to get up whenvisitors came, but on this occasion I think
he set a new world record for speed andagility as he raced through the house to findher. Another time, at a show, dignity andcomposure in the show ring were forgottenwhen he heard Anne’s voice and boundedkangaroo like out of the ring to lavish adeerhound greeting on her. Tumbo onlylived with Anne until he was 4 months old,but he never forgot her and his love for herwas undiminished over the years.
Similarly, Anne has left a lasting anddelightful impression on all of us. I am surethat I speak not only for my family, but forall the friends and family who knew her,when I say that we all miss her greatly but,just as it was with our old deerhound, Annewill always be there in our memories and inour hearts.
JULIA WARMAN
Many thanks to all Club members for theircards and messages of sympathy whichgave great comfort to the family at this sadtime. A special thanks to the deerhounds inattendance at the service. Anne’s smile wasalways bright and welcoming, butespecially so when greeting a deerhound.Remember that smile, it will comfort you.
NORMAN DAVEY, JEANETTE,
NICOLAS, PHILIP AND JULIA.
ANNE DAVEY
BARBARA CASSELS MBE1914 - 2014
Obituaries
I had a great admiration for Mrs Cassels -always known as ‘B’ and most recentlyhugely supportive of Kenneth as Presidentand now Patron of the Deerhound Club. ‘B’celebrated her 100th birthday in April - sheand Kenneth were married for 72 years, andKenneth always called her ‘Bubbles’.Sadly, living to such a great age you outliveyour contemporaries, and her funeral was asmall, mostly family affair. Eldest daughterFiona (born 1943) reminded us of B’s ‘glorydays’ when the three girls were young:fantastic picnics, expeditions on bicycles,and wonderful holidays on Coll (and it is toColl she wishes to be returned). She andKenneth were also huge travellers, carryingon globe trotting until well into theirnineties.
The family always had dogs, and the saluki I
thought was Kenneth’s was in fact Deidre’s.
Most importantly, Kenneth & ‘B’ wereinstrumental in rescuing (with others) theManchester Terrier when the breed wasthreatened with extinction after the war.
For many years ‘B’ had her ‘Stonnards’(after the house in Essex) whippets – whichKenneth got fit, and then ran at coursingmeetings in the south. B was alsoinstrumental in helping to launch the Davacoursing meeting with Kenneth when theylived in Inverness. I think the very firstcombined saluki/deerhound meeting washeld in 1955 and I’m sure the Cassels’ homewas the ‘hotel’.
‘B’ was awarded the British Empire Medal(now the MBE) for her Red Cross work inScotland. A trained nutritionist, she wasvery involved in devising healthy foodduring the War when rationing wasimposed. The Club Newsletter No 11 (May1965) features an article from ‘B’ listing‘Food Values’ - she was always very strictwith Kenneth, and made sure he ate the right
food, despite his fondness for Danishpastries!
B had impeccable dress sense – understated,
but what style! Always perfectly in accord
with her pale complexion and beautifulauburn hair. Her mother was an apprenticeat William Morris (of Arts & Crafts fame).Quite recently one of her mother’s designs
has been reproduced again ‘Arbutus’, andall the loose covers in their sitting roomwere renewed with Arbutus.
My favourite memories of ‘B’ are of hercatalogue marking at Breed Shows.Whatever the weather, ‘B’ was impervious!One especially wind-swept show on thetennis courts at North Berwick, it was bitter.Judging over, I offered ‘B’ a drop ofDrambuie from my hip flask - and yes, agood swig and she was warm again. Evenvisiting fairly recently, snow on the groundand rather chilly, there was ‘B’ with all thewindows open just to keep the room wellventilated during the day. She was a clever,strong and upright character, and with herpassing, the Deerhound Club has lost a truefriend.
MARY GIRLING
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The Revd J Graeme Longmuir, GCSJ,MA Oxon., BEd, FASC died while onholiday with his deerhounds on NorthUist. Minister of St Andrew’s ParishChurch (The Auld Kirk of Inverurie)since 2001, and before that Chaplain atStrathallan School in Perth for nearlytwenty years, he was Vice-convenor ofthe Church of Scotland’s Panel onWorship and Convenor of its LiturgicalCommittee for almost 10 years, andPrelate of the Priory of St Margaret ofScotland, OSJ (Knights Hospitaller).
But ever since I first met Graeme atPortsonachan Hotel in the mid-1960s (hehad a white sports car), his abidingpassion had been Deerhounds -encouraged by Phyllis Young andAnastasia Noble. His first deerhoundwas Ardkinglas Zara (1976) called‘Zaza’. He always had one or twohounds and he pampered to their everywhim. I didn’t recognise the PunkRocker who appeared at Darlington oneyear when I was judging, but that wasGraeme! His secretary told me he was anexcellent boss, and the moment hedonned his robes he became a (Church ofScotland) Minister, but then there wasGraeme the man.
What a super chap he was, great sense ofhumour - that lovely chuckle - and
always interested in the breed, theirhistory and the people. We exchangedcards at Christmas over the years, andwhen the Breed Show came to Blackpool
I remembered Graeme’s early life hadbeen at Morecambe (with his GuardianThe Revd. Fred or ‘Freddie’) and invitedhim to come and say Grace at the showdinner. What an eye-opener that was,we’d never had a Grace like that before!
He met lots of us, and hoped to get moreactively involved with the breed when heretired at 70 in a couple of years time.
Jimmy Grogan went to the funeral -“he’d had a few drinks with Graeme overthe years, and found him great company,he always had thought for others”.Jimmy sent me a fine email: “the churchwas packed full of Graeme's friends andparishioners, local dignitaries. TheKnights Hospitallers were in theircrimson robes with crusader crosses.I’ve never seen so many different clergyof all denomination from all overScotland… stories told - funny withlaughter. Sadness when outstretchedhands from both sides of the aislereached to touch Graeme's wicker casketas it made its way to his resting place inNorth Uist. The local Episcopalian
minister told me Graeme's churchmagazine had a column reputed to be
written by Two Deerhounds.”
The shockwaves of Graeme’s suddendeath are subsiding, and his two
deerhounds have found a safe haven withMs Waltraud Hess. Jean Blandford & herfriend, Robert, collected the hounds fromthe ferry at Uig, on Skye, ferried fromNorth Uist - the round trip took 13 hours,so a huge undertaking. Nell MacBean
then kept the hounds & Waltraud isthrilled to have deerhounds about heragain. ‘Gilsay’ (Killoeter Ossa) and‘Mara’ (Killoeter Paabay at Culuath) aresettling into their new home, andknowing how kind Waltraud is to herdogs, I suspect they will be every bit asspoilt as they were with Graeme.Waltraud tells me that it is ‘Mara’ who ison the front cover of the Member’s List.
He died over the night of Saturday 10thAugust when the moon on Uist wouldhave been at its fullest and brightest,lighting the sky for his spirit to soar free.Dear Graeme, we who are left behind arericher for having known you, but thepoorer and sadder for your suddenpassing.
MARY GIRLING
GRAEME LONGMUIR
1. If your dog’s acting up, it might be
because a storm’s on the way. Dogs can
hear, smell, and feel a change in the
weather long before us.
2. Labradors are the most popular
breed in the world.
3. According to legend, Sir
Isaac Newton’s favourite dog,
Diamond, upset a candle,
setting fire to manuscripts
containing his notes on
experiments conducted
over the course of twenty
years.
4. The first sense puppies
develop is touch.
5. Eighteen muscles move your dog’s
ears around independently of one
another.
6. A dog named Delta was discovered
during the excavations of Pompeii. The
dog’s corpse was frozen in time by the
hardened volcanic ash. He was hunched
over a small boy, his master, apparently
trying to save him from the disaster.
7. Square-headed dogs like Saint
Bernards can hear subsonic sounds
better than dogs with narrow heads like
spaniels.
8. The ‘smell’ centre of a dog’s
brain is 40 times larger than
ours. Dogs can smell
thousands of times better
than humans. Their noses
have millions more scent
receptors - a human nose
averages 5 million, whilst
a Springer’s has 125
million, making them useful
in sniffing out drugs, dead
bodies and explosives.
9. Dogs are digitigrade animals,
meaning that their digits, not their
heels, take most of their weight when
they walk. Because of this, dog’s toe
bones are very important.
10. A dog named Saur, served as a king.
He took the throne after the people of
Norway killed Onund, King Eystein’s
son. After his son’s death, the king gave
the people a choice - to be ruled by a
slave or a dog. The people chose the
dog, thinking it would be easier to rid
themselves of a dog. Saur ruled for
three years.
11. Coursing with dogs may have been
brought to England by the Romans, but
we are not sure exactly when. By the
time of the Norman invasion,
greyhounds were closely associated
with the English aristocracy and
commoners banned from owning them.
It was in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I
that the Duke of Norfolk established
the first coursing rules. The course
usually consisted of two hounds, both
chasing a hare that was given a 240
yard head start. Coursing grew in
popularity over the next two centuries.
In 1837, the Waterloo Cup meet for
greyhounds was first held, and at the
end of the century had about 75,000
people attending the meeting.
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R e s u l t s C a p t i o n C om p e t i t i o n 37
C a p t i o n C om p e t i t i o n 38
Think of a humorous caption for this photo sent in by John andSue Reynolds and win an illustrated pedigree of your choice.
Send your entries to:
TOM & JEAN RHODESSomerville, Lightwood Road, Rough Close, Stoke-on-TrentST3 7PW or [email protected]
“And what breed might you be?”
“Yucca Filamentosa,Yucca Gloriosa, or Yucca Flaccida? Notreally sure, better give that Alan what’s-his-name a call.”
“A thrown gravy bone landed somewhere round here, I'll find it!”
“Ouch! - It bit me”
“Don’t think much of your new TV aerial!”
“Oh was there a flower on this to begin with?”
“What are you hiding over there for?”
“What’s this? - Day of the Triffids strikes again!”
“Eh mum, summat spikey’s landed and its not edible!”
“'scuse me, is this John Wyndham’s place?”
“Ugh! Ptooie! No wonder it’s called a yucca!”
“OK, I’m listening, say it again in English!”
We felt that the best caption was “Oh was there a flower on thisto begin with?” sent in by Robin & Leo Paisey. Well done, let us know which dog’s illustrated pedigree youwould like - JEAN & TOM
Many really great entries for this competition including: -
Prickly customer?”
“I didn’t steal it! It’s a plant!”
“Aloe Vera!”
“Don't think that this new diet they have me on will last long...”
Spe c i a l R af f l e From the legacy of the late Miss Muriel Fenn
A COLOURED PRINTIN THE STYLE OF JAMES HARDY JNR
Measures: Including mount 26” (67cm) x 20” (50cm)plus frame.
RAFFLE TICKETS - £5.00 each
Tickets will be sent to UK Club members early next year.
Raffle to be drawn at the Breed Show April 2015.
Send tickets & payment to the Breed Show Secretary
Rachel Quinn
Please make cheques payable to ‘The Deerhound club’.
In real life, a most attractive picture of a
ghillie with deerhounds with the hills rising
in the background. The colours are beautiful.
Help is needed from members please. It is
definitely an ‘old’ picture, the frame is gilt
and has pretty decorations - Plaster of Paris
perhaps? I would guess late Victorian. The
image is (apparently) part of the mount,
which is a veneer of wood on cardboard.
There is no signature or information visible
on the picture. On the reverse of the mount is
a small printed label (probably missing a bit)
which reads: “FAC-SIMILES of water-
colour drawings and oil p...... by Eminent
Artists. Published by E. Gambart & Co., 25
Berners Street, Oxford and 8 Rue de
Bruxelles, Paris.”
I am no expert, but hopefully someone will
know the artist, and the history of FAC-
SIMILES.
Please let me know so any information can
stay with the picture.
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Best Puppy in Breed 2014Puppies featured have won a BEST PUPPY award at a Championship show
Shagiead Aunty Hetty for LordswellBITCH OWNED BY MR G & MRS V MEER
BRED BY: MRS L SPENCEDOB: 23/9/2013
SIRE: KILBOURNE NICODAM: HYNDSIGHT RIPLEY INTO SHAGIEAD
AWARDS:SOUTHERN COUNTIESJUDGE - MR P DONDINARICHMONDJUDGE - MR D MURRAY
Finlas at ClaonaiglenDOG OWNED BY MS S PARSONS & MR A McKINNONBRED BY MISS J MILLERDOB: 28/8/2013
SIRE: KIRN AT KILLOETERDAM: DEIRDRIE OF THE SORROWS
AWARDS: WELKSJUDGE: MRS G PEACHBATHJUDGE: MR P PASKTHREE COUNTIESJUDGE: MRS J WRAGGBORDER UNION:JUDGE: MRS S PLATTHOUND SHOW: MRS E HAMILTONWELSH KC: MR K THORNTON
Photo: G Peach
Hetty is outgoing and friendly, very biddable and has atemperament to die for! She loves her food, people, theshow ring and bed. Our perfect companion and so easy tolive with.
Finlas (known as Finn) was chosen for us by Nell MacBeanand Jean Blandford, the first time we saw him was when wecollected him. Nell and Jean certainly have an eye for a goodpuppy. Finn’s temperament is second to none and gets onwell with the other hounds and horses. Finn loves re-designing our furniture, playing with his best friend, Esk,and chasing the ducks when he thinks we’re not looking.
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Best Puppy in Breed 2014
Regalflight Rueben
DOG BRED AND OWNED BY MRS J BOND
DOB: 17/10/2013
SIRE: PYEFLEET SILASDAM: REGALFLIGHT TANA
AWARDS: WINDSORJUDGE: MRS D KENIS-PORDHAMBOURNEMOUTHJUDGE: DR S HELPS
Kilbourne Zoe
BITCH OWNED AND BRED BY Mr M & MRS G PEACH
DOB: 26/11/2013
SIRE: NIMLOTH BILBO AT KILBOURNEDAM: KENMILLEVEN PEARL ESSENCE
AWARDS: BLACKPOOLJUDGE: MR A BRACEEAST OF ENGLANDJUDGE: MRS L SPENCELEEDSJUDGE: MR K PURSGLOVECITY OF BIRMINGHAMJUDGE: MRS M BRYCE-SMITHMIDLAND COUNTIESJUDGE: MRS J CHESHIRE
Photo: G Peach
David Platts offered to loan us his bitch Electra, so we jumpedat the chance. One of a litter of eight, Zoe was always ‘theone’. A big strong happy girl who fits in the pack beautifully.Gentle, funny, fast and fit for purpose, we love her.
Rueben is great puppy to have around and, to me, herepresents what a young deerhound should look like.
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Best Puppy in Breed 2014
Celticmoon Shadow Magic
BITCH OWNED BY MS V AND MRS M LINDSAY
BRED BY MR M O’BRIEN AND MS E DAY
DOB: 4/10/2013
SIRE: WOLFSCASTLE DRAIGDAM: WICKWAR WILD CLOVER AT CELTICMOON
AWARD:SKC (MAY) 2014, JUDGE - MRS G SMITH
Chuilinn Ballad
BITCH OWNED BY MRS S CUNNINGHAM
BRED BY DR D AND MRS B ROBERTSON
DOB: 4/2/2014
SIRE: ROSSLYN REIVERDAM: CHUILINN AFRA
AWARDS: SKCJUDGE: MRS A MCDONALDDARLINGTONJUDGE: MRS E CARTLEDGE
Ballad is an absolute delight to live with - she is just happy, happy,happy all day long.
Photo: Mr A Dryer
Rowan, or Rowdy, as she is often better known, has provedto be a wonderful addition to the household. A lovelynature, she immediately fitted in with the otherdeerhounds, lurchers and cats and has made lots of friendsin our village.
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Best Puppy in Breed 2014
Regalflight Racer
BITCH BRED AND OWNED BY MRS J BOND
DOB: 17/10/2013
SIRE: PYEFLEET SILASDAM: REGALFLIGHT TANA
AWARD: BIRMINGHAM NATIONALJUDGE: MISS C CHURCHILL
Racer lives up to her name and does everything at top speed.Jumping on her brother is her favourite pastime.
CAlENDAR 2015Featuring Club members photographs in this
‘SCENIC DEERHOUNDS’ calendar.
£7. 50Size A4
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Proceeds to support futureDeerhound Health Research
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Tel: 01278 662815Email: [email protected]
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CHAMPIONSHIP SHOWSBOURNEMOUTH C.A. (09.08.2014)
Judge: Dr Sarah HelpsPUPPY DOG1. Regalflight Rueben (Bond) BPIBJUNIOR DOG NO ENTRIESPOST GRADUATE DOG1. Luckhurst Nebo to Wolfscastle (Owen &Brodie) 2. Fritzens Drum to Neroche (Imp Deu) (Wragg)3. Luckhurst Nairn (Lewis)LIMIT DOG1. Sireadh Chase (Wilkinson)2. Hyndsight The Darkness (Finnett & H.Heathcote)OPEN DOG1. Ch. Cotherstone Shot And Steel (Morton &Morgan) CC2. Ch. Hyndsight Riddick (Spence & N.Heathcote) RCC3. Lux Ch. Regalflight Tarloch (Baumann)PUPPY BITCH1. Shagiead Aunty Hetty for Lordswell (Meer)2. Wolfscastle Cracker (Owen & Brodie)3. Pantawick Brea (Bunce)JUNIOR BITCH1. Greyflax Summer Breeze (Bailey)2. Luckhurst Olgrin (Lewis)POST GRADUATE BITCH1. Shagiead Mrs Bridges (Finnett & N.Heathcote)2. Ardlancien Eiryn to Balgaled (Aston)3. Nimloth Belthill (Smith)LIMIT BITCH1. Shagiead Lady Sea with Greybrows (Redmond& Friend) CC & BOB2. Stranwith Ariadne (Barret) RCC3. Rosslyn Pollie of Nimloth (Smith)OPEN BITCH1. Greyflax Just Peachy (Bailey)2. Ch. Cotherstone Duchenne (Morton &Morgan)3. Hyndsight Ripley into Shagiead (Spence)
TROPHIES AWARDED AT BOURNEMOUTHRoss - For type: Ch. Shagiead Lady Sea withGreybrowsBlythblue - Bred by: Ch Cotherstone Shot SteelFlute - Not bred by: Ch. Shagiead Lady Sea withGreybrowsGeltsdale – Best R.C.C.: Stranwith AriadneBarmaud – Puppy: Regalflight ReubenBeardswood - Under 18 months: GreyflaxSummer BreezeMhor - Under 2 years: Greyflax Summer BreezeFawcett - Under 3 years: Ch. Shagiead Lady Seawith GreybrowsEvita - Over 5 years: Ch Hyndsight RiddickRob Roy - Owner never won a C.C.: SireadhChaseMelchior - Head & expression: Ch. ShagieadLady Sea with GreybrowsBalgrogan – Brace: Morton & Morgan
WELSH KENNEL CLUB (15.08.14)Judge: Mr C.K. Thornton
VETERAN DOG – NONE PRESENT.MINOR PUPPY DOG – NO ENTRIESPUPPY DOG1. Finlas At Claonaiglen (Parsons & McKinnon)BPIBJUNIOR DOG – NO ENTRIESPOST GRADUATE DOG1. Luckhurst Nairn (Lewis)2. Pedlarspath Secret Star (Merrick)3. Fritzen's Drum to Neroche (Imp Deu) (Wragg)LIMIT DOG1. Beardswood Quinlan (Helps)2. Beardswood Quiver (Schaanning Ling)OPEN DOG1. Ch. Cotherstone Shot And Steel (Morton &Morgan) CC & BOB2. Lux Ch. Regalflight Tarloch (Baumann) RCC3. Laird Of Summerisle (Stabb & Taylor)VETERAN BITCH1. Ch. Witch Way to Kilbourne (Williams) BVMINOR PUPPY BITCH1. Araceta Butterfly (Quinn & O'Brien)
2. Wolfscastle Cracker (Owen & Brodie)3. Marivon Fallon (Wilbraham)PUPPY BITCH1. Celticmoon Shadow Magic (Lindsay)JUNIOR BITCH1. Greyflax My Girl (Paisey)2. Greyflax Summer Breeze (Bailey)3. Luckhurst Olgrin (Lewis)POST GRADUATE BITCH1. Lodhainn Bennbeheula to Jamalison(Grimshaw)2. Ardlancien Elona (Lewis)LIMIT BITCH1. Beardswood Quintessence (Helps) RCC2. Claonaiglen Buie (Parsons & McKinnon)3. Cassacre Aelfrida of Ghiltan (Seymour-Jackson)OPEN BITCH1. Ch. Cotherstone Duchenne (Morton &Morgan) CC2. Greyflax Just Peachy (Bailey)3. Claonaiglen Fionnelighe (Parsons &McKinnon)
TROPHIES AWARDED AT WKCRoss - For type: Ch. Cotherstone DuchenneBlythblue - Bred by: Ch. Cotherstone Shot AndSteelFlute - Not bred by: Non MemberGeltsdale – Best R.C.C.: BeardswoodQuintessenceBarmaud – Puppy: Finlas At ClaonaiglenBeardswood - Under 18 months: Greyflax My GirlMhor - Under 2 years: Greyflax My GirlFawcett - Under 3 years: Greyflax My GirlEvita - Over 5 years: Claonaiglen FionneligheRob Roy - Owner never won a C.C.: LodhainnBeinnbeheula to JamalisonMelchior - Head & expression: Ch. CotherstoneDuchenneBalgrogan – Brace: Morton & Morgan
SCOTTISH KENNEL CLUB (23.08.14)Breed Judge: Mrs E.A. MacDonald
Group Judge: Mr A BracePUPPY DOG1. Isdemus Prince Sense of Beauty TAF (Burns)2. Arrachogaidh Bhaideanach (Seamens)JUNIOR DOG1. Almondbank Lead On McDuff (McIntyre)2. Dorrator Franklin (Foy)3. Dorrator Curtis (Devine)YEARLING DOG1. Cusidh Drawing Down The Sun (Cartmell)2. Teviotdale Banner Blue (Cunningham)POST GRADUATE DOG1. Rosslyn Qonnor (Sharp)2. Ruairidh Macratha of Cusidh*** (Cartmell)3. Pitlochry's Lanselot [Imp Nld] (De Courcy)LIMIT DOG1. Killoeter Ruaig (Macbean) RCC2. Gentiehun Desert Orchid (Anderson)3. Killoeter Quern at Cuillinmor (Davis &MacIntyre)OPEN DOG1. Ch. Cotherstone Shot And Steel (Morton &Morgan) CC, BOB & G3 – Congratulations.2. Ch. Kwaricott Corelli (Hawkins)3. Ch. Regalflight Tarloch (Baumann)PUPPY BITCH1. Chuilinn Ballad (Cunningham) BPIB & RCC.2. Celticmoon Shadow Magic (Lindsay)JUNIOR BITCH1. Dorrator Garvey (Gillie)YEARLING BITCH1. Cusidh Dreaming Spirit (Cartmell)2. Cotherstone Brogue (Swanson)POST GRADUATE BITCH1. Cotherstone Islay Mist of Kaleginy(Constantine)2. Brylach Over The Broomstick with Cusidh(Cartmell)LIMIT BITCH1. Gentiehun Adelaide of Kaleginy (Constantine)2. Killoeter Ralia (Macbean)3. Kessoch Marsco of Greystiel (Smart)OPEN BITCH1. Ch. Cotherstone Duchenne (Morton &Morgan) CCVETERAN BITCH1. Canishurn Zena (Cunningham)
TROPHIES AWARDED AT SKC – AUG.Ross - For type: Ch. Cotherstone Shot And SteelBlythblue - Bred by: Ch. Cotherstone Shot & Steel
Flute - Not bred by: Chuilinn BalladGeltsdale – Best R.C.C.: Killoeter RuiagBarmaud – Puppy: Chuilinn BalladBeardswood - Under 18 months: Chuilinn BalladMhor - Under 2 years: Killoeter RuiagFawcett - Under 3 years: Killoeter RuiagEvita - Over 5 years: Canishurn ZenaRob Roy - Owner never won a C.C.: ChuilinnBalladMelchior - Head & expression: Chuilinn BalladBalgrogan – Brace: Morton & Morgan
CITY OF BIRMINGHAM C.A. (29.08.14)Judge: Mrs M. Bryce-Smith
VETERAN DOG - NO ENTRIESPUPPY DOG1. Wolfscastle Caradog (Hall)JUNIOR DOG1. Greyhawks Romanie Drom (Pink)POST GRADUATE DOG1. Erewhon Celestial Fire (Shannon) CC & BOB2. Luckhurst Nairn (Lewis)3. Greyflax Pie In The Sky (Williams)LIMIT DOG1. Breesfalt Jasper (Hogan) RCC2. Beardswood Quiver (Schaanning Ling)OPEN DOG1. Lux Ch. Regalflight Tarloch (Baumann)2. Ch. Cotherstone Shot And Steel (Morton &Morgan)GOOD CITIZEN (DOG) – NO ENTRIESVETERAN BITCH1. Tillyhilt Little Eva to Breesfalt (Hogan)PUPPY BITCH1. Kilbourne Zoe (Peach) BPIBJUNIOR BITCH1. Greyflax Summer Breeze (Bailey)2. Kilbourne Liberty (Peach)3. Luckhurst Olgrin (Lewis)POST GRADUATE BITCH1. Erewhon Wanton Flame (Shannon)2. Lodhainn Bennbeheula to Jamalison(Grimshaw)3. Ehlaradawn Tilia at Kilbourne (Peach)LIMIT BITCH1. Shagiead Lady Sea with Greybrows (Redmond& Friend) RCC2. Gentiehun Adelaide of Kaleginy (Constantine)OPEN BITCH1. Greyflax Just Peachy (Bailey) CC2. Ch. Cotherstone Duchenne (Morton &Morgan)3. Stranwith Aria at Roguesmoor ShCMGOOD CITIZEN (BITCH) – NO ENTRIES
TROPHIES AWARDED AT CITY OF B'HAMRoss - For type: Erewhon Celestial Fire.Blythblue - Bred by: Erewhon Celestial Fire.Flute - Not bred by: Shagiead Lady Sea atGreybrowsGeltsdale – Best R.C.C.: Shagiead Lady Sea atGreybrowsBarmaud – Puppy: Kilbourne ZoeBeardswood - Under 18 months: GreyflaxSummer BreezeMhor - Under 2 years: Greyflax Summer BreezeFawcett - Under 3 years: Erewhon Celestial Fire.Evita - Over 5 years: Tillyhilt Little Eva to BreesfaltRob Roy - Owner never won a C.C.: ErewhonCelestial Fire.Melchior - Head & expression: Erewhon CelestialFire.Balgrogan - Brace: None entered.
RICHMOND (05.09.14)Judge: Mr David E. Murray (Moireach)
VETERAN DOG1. Greyzicon Blythespirit (Piggott) BVIBPUPPY DOG NO ENTRIESJUNIOR DOG1. Pyefleet Tarka (Girling)2. Greyhawks Romanie DromYEARLING DOG1. Packway Lonesome Dove (Lucas & Dargonne)2. Erewhon Celestial Fire (Shannon)POST GRADUATE DOG NO ENTRIESLIMIT DOG1. Beardswood Quinlan (Helps)2. Luckhurst Nebo to Wolfscastle (Owen & Brodie3. Sireadh Chase (Wilkinson)OPEN DOG1. Ch. Cotherstone Shot And Steel (Morton &Morgan) CC2. Ch. Hyndsight Riddick (Spence & Heathcote)RCC
3. Hamiltonhill Fred D Mercury (Wilson)VETERAN BITCH1. Trentdale Glamis of Lyndorthwin (Tresh)PUPPY BITCH1. Shagiead Aunty Hetty for Lordswell (Meer)BPIB2. Foxcliffe Classic Liberty Freedom atBeardswood (Helps & Dove)3. Wolfscastle Cracker (Owen & Brodie)JUNIOR BITCH NO ENTRIESYEARLING BITCH1. Erewhon Wanton Flame (Shannon)2. Fenririnbarn Brunhilde (Hawkins)POST GRADUATE BITCH1. Kilbourne Willow for Greyzicon (Piggot)2. Lyndorthwin Ethel Grey (Tresh)LIMIT BITCH1. Shagiead Lady Sea with Greybrows (Redmond& Friend) RCC2. Rosslyn Pollie of Nimloth (Smith)3. Beardswood Quintessence (Helps)OPEN BITCH1. Stranwith Ariadne (Barret) CC & BOB2. Ch. Cotherstone Duchenne (Morton &Morgan)
TROPHIES AWARDED AT RICHMONDRoss - For type: Stranwith Ariadne.Blythblue - Bred by:Stranwith Ariadne.Flute - Not bred by: Ch. Hyndsight RiddickGeltsdale - Best R.C.C.: Ch. Hyndsight RiddickBarmaud - Puppy: Shagiead Aunty Hetty forLordswell.Beardswood - Under 18 months: Pyefleet Tarka.Mhor - Under 2 years: Packway Lonesome Dove.Fawcett - Under 3 years: Ch. Shagiead Lady Seaat GreybrowsEvita - Over 5 years: Ch. Hyndsight RiddickRob Roy - Owner never won a C.C.: PackwayLonesome Dove.Melchior - Head & expression:Stranwith Ariadne.Balgrogan - Brace: Girling
DARLINGTON DOG SHOW SOC.(12.09.14)
Breed Judge: Mrs C.E. CartledgeGroup Judge: Mr B. Reynolds-Frost
Puppy Group Judge: Mrs A MacDonaldVETERAN DOG1. Menteith Declan (Swanson) BVMINOR PUPPY DOG1. Wolfscastle Caradog (Hall)PUPPY DOG - NO ENTRIESJUNIOR DOG – NO ENTRIESPOST GRADUATE DOG1. Erewhon Celestial Fire (Shannon)2. Araceta Dreamflight (Wallace)LIMIT DOG1. Beardswood Quinlan (Helps) RCC2. Gentiehun Desert Orchid (Anderson & White)3. Pharcourse Noah at Stranwith (Barret)OPEN DOG1. Ch. Cotherstone Shot And Steel (Morton &Morgan) CC, BOB & G42. Kwaricott Corelli (Hawkins)VETERAN BITCH1. Tartraven Rosaidh (Robertson)MINOR PUPPY BITCH1. Chuillin Berengaria (Robertson)2. Marvion Florence (Davis)PUPPY BITCH1. Chuilinn Ballad (Cunningham) BPIB & PG3 2. Kilbourne Zoe (Peach)JUNIOR BITCH1. Kilbourne Liberty (Peach)POST GRADUATE BITCH1. Cotherstone Islay Mist of Kaleginy(Constantine)2. Cotherstone Brogue (Swanson)3. Erewhon Wanton Flame (Shannon)LIMIT BITCH1. Gentiehun Adelaide of Kaleginy (Constantine) CC2. Beardswood Quintessence (Helps) RCC3. Kilbourne Unity (Ellse)OPEN BITCH1. Chuilinn Magdalena (Robertson)2. Stranwith Ariadne (Barret)3. Ch. Cotherstone Duchenne (Morton &Morgan)
TROPHIES AWARDED AT DARLINGTONRoss - For type: Ch Cotherstone Shot And SteelBlythblue - Bred by: Ch Cotherstone Shot AndSteel
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Flute - Not bred by:Gentiehun Adelaide ofKaleginyGeltsdale – Best R.C.C.: Beardswood Quinlan.Barmaud – Puppy: Chulinn BalladBeardswood - Under 18 months: Chulinn BalladMhor - Under 2 years: Cotherstone Islay Mist ofKaleginyFawcett - Under 3 years: Cotherstone Islay Mistof KaleginyEvita - Over 5 years: Mentieth DeclanRob Roy - Owner never won a C.C.: GentiehunAdelaide of KaleginyMelchior - Head & expression:GentiehunAdelaide of KaleginyBalgrogan – Brace: Constantine
DRIFFIELD AGRI. SOC. [No DH CC's](21.09.14)
Judge: Mrs J Spencer (Talgavar)BB & BOB Stranwith Ariadne (Barret)BD Gentiehun Ayers Rock of Kaleginy(Constantine)RBB Gentiehun Adelaide of Kaleginy(Constantine)RBD Not Awarded.
SOUTH WALES K.A. (10.10.14)Judge: Mrs Pamela Mottershaw
PUPPY DOG1. Greyflax The Jazz Singer to Jamalison(Grimshaw)2. Beardswood Strahan at Peopleton (Francis,Blatchford & Helps)JUNIOR DOG1. Finlas At Claonaiglen (Parsons & McKinnon)POST GRADUATE DOG1. Kilbourne Usher to Ormanstar (Taylor) RCC2. Luckhurst Nairn (Lewis)LIMIT DOG1. Luckhurst Nebo to Wolfscastle (Owen &Brodie)2. Greyhawks Romanie Kalo (Stabb & Taylor)OPEN DOG1. Ch. Cotherstone Shot And Steel (Morton &Morgan) CC & BOB2. Hamiltonhill Fred D Mercury (Wilson)PUPPY BITCH1. Araceta Butterfly (O'Brien & Quinn) BPIB2. Chuilinn Berengaria (Robertson)3. Ormanstar Cherry Blossom (Taylor)JUNIOR BITCH1. Celticmoon Shadow Huntress (Day & O'Brien)2. Dorrator Garvey (Gillie)POST GRADUATE BITCH1. Kilbourne Pandora to Talorpeche (Taylor)2. Lyndorthwin Ethel Grey (Tresh)3. Araceta Daydream Believer (O'Brien & Quinn)LIMIT BITCH1. Hoddingrey Terrona (O'Brien & Quinn) CC2. Regalflight Civet (Stuart & Holt)3. Hamiltonhill One Vision (Wilson)OPEN BITCH1. Greyflax Just Peachy (Bailey) RCC2. Stranwith Aria at Roguesmoor ShCM(Pursglove)3. Ch. Cotherstone Duchenne (Morton & Morgan)VETERAN BITCH1. Trentdale Glamis of Lyndorthwin (Tresh)GOOD CITIZEN DOG SCHEME (BITCH)1. Ardlancien Elona (Wilbraham)
TROPHIES AWARDED AT S.W.K.A Ross - For type: Ch Cotherstone Shot & SteelBlythblue - Bred by: Ch Cotherstone Shot & SteelFlute - Not bred by: Hoddingrey TerronaGeltsdale – Best R.C.C.: Ch Greyflax Just PeachyBarmaud – Puppy: Araceta ButterflyBeardswood - Under 18 months: Finlas AtClaonaiglenMhor - Under 2 years: Finlas At ClaonaiglenFawcett - Under 3 years: Kilbourne Pandora toTalorpecheEvita - Over 5 years: Trentdale Glamis ofLyndorthwinRob Roy - Owner never won a C.C.: HoddingreyTerronaMelchior - Head & expression: HoddingreyTerronaBalgrogan – Brace: Morton & Morgan
MIDLAND COUNTIES C.S. (24.10.14)Judge: Mrs Jan Cheshire
MINOR PUPPY DOG – NO ENTRIESPUPPY DOG1. Wolfscastle Caradog (Hall)JUNIOR DOG – NO ENTRIESPOST GRADUATE DOG1. Luckhurst Nairn (Lewis)2. Regalflight Poacher at Leksmoor (Greenhalgh)LIMIT DOG1. Pharcourse Noah at Stranwith (Barret) CC2. Luckhurst Nebo to Wolfscastle (Owen & Brodie)OPEN DOG1. Kilbourne Nico (Peach) RCC2. Ch Cotherstone Shot And Steel (Morton &Morgan)3. Hamiltonhill Fred D Mercury (Wilson)MINOR PUPPY BITCH1. Ormanstar Cherry Blossom (Taylor)2. Greyflax Teenspirit (Bailey)3. Marivon Fallon (Wilbraham)PUPPY BITCH1. Kilbourne Zoe (Peach) BPIB2. Araceta Butterfly (O'Brien & Quinn)3. Marivon Florence (Davis)JUNIOR BITCH1. Shagiead Aunty Hetty for Lordswell (Meer)2. Regalflight Raffia of Lairigefyne (Rhodes)3. Celticmoon Shadow Huntress (Day & O'Brien)POST GRADUATE BITCH1. Kilbourne Pandora to Talorpeche (Taylor) CC &BOB2. Wolfscastle Greyce (Owen, Brodie & Cody)RCC3. Ehlaradawn Tilia at Kilbourne (Peach)LIMIT BITCH1. Gentiehun Adelaide of Kaleginy (Constantine)2. Kilbourne Unity (Ellse)3. Pyefleet Skatha at Ollandsheart (Stuart & Holt)OPEN BITCH1. Greyflax Just Peachy (Bailey)2. Ch Shagiead Lady Sea with Greybrows(Redmond & Friend)3. Ch. Cotherstone Duchenne (Morton &Morgan)
TROPHIES AWARDED AT MIDLAND COUNTIESRoss - For type: Kilbourne NicoBlythblue - Bred by: Kilbourne NicoFlute - Not bred by: Kilbourne Pandora toTalorpecheGeltsdale – Best R.C.C.: Kilbourne NicoBarmaud – Puppy: Kilbourne Zoe.Beardswood - Under 18 months: Kilbourne ZoeMhor - Under 2 years: Wolfscastle GreyceFawcett - Under 3 years: Kilbourne Pandora toTalorpecheEvita - Over 5 years: Hamiltonhill Fred D MercuryRob Roy - Owner never won a C.C.: KilbourneUnityMelchior - Head & expression: Greyflax JustPeachyBalgrogan – Brace: No entries
OPEN SHOWSNORTHERN DOG (25.01.14)
Judge: Not KnownBest AVNSC Gentiehun Ayres Rock of Kaleginy(Constantine)
DARLINGTON & DIST (01.02.14)Judge: Not Known
BOB Gentiehun Adelaide of Kaleginy(Constantine)
JARROW & DIST (09.02.14)Judge: Not Known
BOB Gentiehun Adelaide of Kaleginy(Constantine)
BILLINGHAM SYNTHONIA (23.02.14)Judge: Not Known
BOB Gentiehun Adelaide of Kaleginy(Constantine)
HOUND CLUB OF WALES ( 27.04.14)Judge: Mr Richard Gunn (Katanga)
RBOB Wolfscastle Greyce (Cody, Owen & Brodie)BOB Luckhurst Nebo to Wolfscastle (Owen &Brodie)
BORDER COUNTIES HOUND (11.05.14)Judge: Not Known
BOB & Res BIS Gentiehun Adelaide of Kaleginy(Constantine)
TYNE WEAR & TEES HOUNS ASSOC.(24.05.14)
Judge: Not KnownBOB Gentiehun Adelaide of Kaleginy(Constantine)
RIPON & DIST. (01.06.14)Judge: Not Known
BOB & BIG Gentiehun Adelaide of Kaleginy(Constantine)
DUNDEE CANINE CLUB (07.06.14)Judge: Mr Alex Paisey
BOB Ch. Cotherstone Shot And Steel Sh. CM(Morton & Morgan)
PEMBROKESHIRE C.A. (19.07.14Judge: Mrs Thomas
BOB & BPIB Wolfscastle Cracker (Brodie &Owen)
LEEK SHOW SOC. (26.07.14)Judge: Ms M A Stuart (Ollandsheart)
BOB Regalflight Poacher at Leksmoor(Greenhalgh)
EAST OF ENGLAND L.K.S. [70thAnniversary Summer Show] (03.08.14)
Breed Judge: Ms M A Stuart(Ollandsheart)
Group & Puppy Group Judge: Mrs W CrossBOB & G3 Pyefleet Scrumpie (Girling)RBOB Regalflight Poacher at Leksmoor(Greenhalgh)PG3 Regalflight Rueben (Bond)
BAKEWELL SHOW (06 & 07.08.14)Breed Judge: Mrs S Phillips (Ladygrove)
Group Judge: Mr R IrvingBIS Judge: Mr R Price
BOB Kilbourne Unity (Ellse)BPIB, BPIG & Res BPIS Kilbourne Zoe (Peach)
SEDGFIELD AGRI. SOC. (09.08.14)Judge: Not Known
BOB & G4 Cotherstone Islay Mist of Kaleginy(Constantine)
VALE OF GLAMORGAN (13.08.14) Judge: D Treadwell (Floydian)
BOB Ch/Lux Ch. Regalflight Tarloch (Baumann)
BORDER COUNTIES HOUND (17.08.14)Judge: Not Known
BOB Gentiehun Adelaide of Kaleginy(Constantine)
PEMBROKESHIRE COUNTY SHOW(19.08.14) Judge: Mr S Hall
BOB & BPIB Wolfscastle Cracker (Brodie &Owen)
HORLEY & DIST SHOW SOC. (14.08.14)Breed Judge: Miss Z Brodie
Group Judge: N/KRBOB Packway Lonesome Dove (Lucas &Dargonne)BOB Hyndsight The Furyan (Finnett &Heathcote)BPIB & PBIG Shagiead Aunty Hetty (Meer)
PONTARDULAIS AGRI. & HORT. SOC.(23.08.14)
Breed Judge: Mr T G (Nyliram)Group Judge: N/K
Best AVNSC Hound & G3 Greyflax My Girl(Paisey)
SUFFOLK K.A. (25.08.14)Breed Judge: Mr S MallardA.V. Judge: Mrs Janet Kay
RBOB Erewhon Wanton Flame (Shannon)BOB Erewhon Celestial Fire (Shannon)
Best A.V. Hound Hoddingrey Peregrine (Taylor)
LEICESTER CITY (25.08.14)Judge: Mrs R Quinn (Araceta)
BOB Lodhainn Bennbeheula to Jamalison(Grimshaw)
SOUTH EASTERN HOUND CLUB PREMIER[POINTS SHOW] (31.08.14)
Breed Judge: Mrs B Robertson(Chuilinn)
BIS Judge: Mrs S RawlingsBOB Beardswood Ripley for Calbraidh (Faircloth)RBOB Lodhainn Bennbeheula to Jamalison(Grimshaw)BPIB & Res. BPIS Beardswood Spey (Helps)BVIB Sorisdale Maclindon (Erskine)
WOLSINGHAM & WEAR VALLEY AGRI.SHOW (06.09.14)Judge: Mrs E Third
BOB & G3 Cotherstone Islay Mist of Kaleginy(Constantine)
CAMBOURNE & REDRUTH C.S. (14.09.14)Breed & Groups Judge: Mrs J K (Katyian)BOB & G4 Jamalison Anthem (Bye)BPIB, RBOB & Res. BPIG Greyflax The JazzSinger to Jamalison (Grimshaw).
TAVISTOCK & DIST. C.S. (05.10.14)Breed & Group Judge: Mr K Andrew
BOB & G4 Jamalison Anthem ShCM (Bye)
SCOTTISH BREEDS C.C. (05.10.14)Breed Judge: Prof E Cartmell
BIS Judge: Mrs I ElderBOB Islay's Iarla to Leoch [Imp Deu] (Milne &Andrews)BOS Fintralgor Red Red Rose (Foote & Crossan)BPIB & BPIS Chuilinn Ballad (Cunningham)
EASTBOURNE & DIST. C.S. OPEN SHOW(05.10.14)
Judge: Mrs R QuinnBOB Lyndorthwin Ethel Grey (Tresh)
HOUND ASSOC. OF SCOTLAND (12.10.14)Judge: Miss A Morton (Cotherstone)
BOB Gentiehun Adelaide of Kaleginy(Constantine)
LOWESTOFT, OULTON BROAD & DIST.C.S. (19.10.14)
Breed Judge: Mr R B Gunn (Katanga)BOB & G4 Saint Valentene Lilly (Taylor)RBOB Erewhon Wanton Flame (Shannon)
LIMITED SHOWSDEERHOUND CLUB LIMIT SHOW
[NORTH] (20.09.14)Judge: Miss W Blatchford (Peopleton)
PUPPY DOG 1 Arrachogaidh Bhaidenach BPDJUNIOR DOG1 Almondbank Lead On McDuff2 Dorrator FranklinSPECIAL BEGINNERS DOG - NONE PRESENTPOST GRADUATE DOG 1 Cusidh Drawing Down The Sun RBD2 Rosslyn Qonnor3 Moireach Osprey Of FingonOPEN DOG 1 Cusidh Homecoming BD & RBIS2 Gentiehun Desert Orchid3 Rosslyn QonnorVETERAN DOG 1 Menteith Declan2 Hearthstane GlengarriochPUPPY BITCH 1 Chuilinn Berengaria BPB & BPIS2 Chuilinn Ballad3 Marivon FlorenceJUNIOR BITCH1 Dorrator GarveySPECIAL BEGINNERS BITCH1 Cotherstone Brogue2 Cusidh Eilid3 Killoeter Nina
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SP YEARLING BITCH - NO ENTRIESUNDERGRADUATE BITCH - NO ENTRIESPOST GRADUATE BITCH1 Chuilinn Whisper BB & BIS2 Kilbourne Nimble At Marivon3 Fintralgor Red Red RoseOPEN BITCH 1. Brylach Over The Broomstick With Cusidh2. Gentiehun Rosemary3. Ennsai At KilloeterVETERAN BITCH1. Riding The Wind With Cusidh RBB & BVIS2. Cotherstone Devil In Drag3. Canishurn Zena
DEERHOUND CLUB LIMIT SHOW [SOUTH](27.09.14)
Dog Judge: Mrs P BuswellBitch Judge: Prof E Cartmell
Referee & Specials: Mrs J Wragg(stood in for Miss J Startup)
PUPPY DOG1. Greyflax The Jazz Singer to Jamalison(Grimshaw) BPD
2. Beardswood Spey (Helps)JUNIOR DOG1. Greyhawks Romanie Drom (Pink)2. Pyefleet Timothy (Girling)3. Ehlaradawn Rune (Barter)SPEC. BEGINNERS DOG1. Kilbourne Poacher (Jenkins)SPEC. YEARLING DOG1. Packway Comanche Moon (Lucas & Dargonne)BD & BOS 2. Kilbourne Poacher (Jenkins)3. Pyefleet Timothy (Girling)UNDERGRADUATE DOG1. Packway Lonesome Dove (Lucas & Dargonne)POST GRADUATE DOG1. Beardswood Ripley for Calbraidh (Faircloth) RBD2. Luckhurst Nairn (Lewis)3. Erewhon Celestial Fire (Shannon)OPEN DOG1. Hyndsight Tempest (S. Finnett & Harrington)2. Sireadh Chase (Wilkinson)3. Hyndsight The Furyan (S. Finnett & N.Heathcote)VETERAN DOG - NONE PRESENTPUPPY BITCH1. Foxcliffe Classic Liberty at Beardswood (Imp
USA) (Helps & Dove) BPB & BPIS2. Chuilinn Bellina (Spring-Arnold)3. Araceta Butterfly (O'Brien & Quinn)JUNIOR BITCH - NO ENTRIESSPEC. BEGINNERS BITCH1. Cassacre Aelfrida of Ghiltan (Seymour-Jackson)2. Beardswood Poesy at Calbraidh (Faircloth)3. Regalflight Pemba (Wheeler)SPEC. YEARLING BITCH1. Hyndsight Runin Down A Dream (S. Finnett &H. Heathcote) RBB & RBIS2. Araceta Daydream Believer (O'Brien & Quinn)UNDERGRADUATE BITCH1. Shagiead Mrs Bridges (S. Finnett & N.Heathcote)2. Sorisdale Maclindon (Erskine)POST GRADUATE BITCH1. Erewhon Wanton Flame (Shannon) BB & BIS2. Rosslyn Pollie of Nimloth (Smith)3. Beardswood Rona (Helps & Kermack)OPEN BITCH1. Pyefleet Scrumpie (Girling)2. Lodhainn Bennbeheula to Jamalison(Grimshaw)3. Hoddingrey Terrona (O'Brien & Quinn)VETERAN BITCH
1. Wolfscastle Fern of Nimloth (Smith)2. Sorisdale Maclindon (Erskine)SPECIAL CLASSESNOT BRED BY1. Hoddingrey Terrona (O’Brien & Quinn)2. Greyflax The Jazz Singer to Jamalison(Grimshaw)3. Lodhainn Bennbeheula to Jamalison(Grimshaw)BRED BY1. Pyefleet Scrumpie (Girling)2. Beardswood Rhymi (Helps)3. Saintvalery Inspiration (Guise)NEW MEMBERS1. Regalflight Pemba (Wheeler)
Our thanks to all who have takenthe trouble to send show resultsto us - keep them coming.Tom & Jean RhodesTel: 01782 392374 [email protected]
Wow, what aclean house. Wehad......!
The perfectsummer you’dhave to agree,but now, backto mud and wetdogs again, itall seems like ad i s t a n t
memory.
Luckily, the weather was good with the extradogs that have been through the house thisyear. No sooner had the lovely Cricket left usafter fostering her, the wiggly Patch arrived.English Bull Terrier cross something, less thana year old and full of bounce, he quicklybecame Ripley’s bestest friend. Lots of rollingaround the lounge and play fighting, Ripleythought his arrival was the best present everand they soon became good friends. PoorRipley was very put out when Patch left for hisforever home.
On Patch’s last day with us, he came to theSouth East Hound Club Show at the fabulousand famous Hickstead Showground in Sussex.The show is renowned for encouraging picnicsaround the breed rings and, as per usual, thedeerhound folk pulled together to produceanother spectacular spread. Thank you to PipBuswell for organising the picnic again thisyear, even though she was too unwell to makeit and so missed out on the culinary delights.It was lovely to see Jean Gilhooly, whosehusband David is very unwell and is now sadlyunable to attend the shows. This particularshow was one of his favourites and Jean andDavid are part of the long standing supportersof the show.
We had a very respectable entry of 23 for ourjudge, Bridget Robertson, to go over, whichwas just as well as she had come all the waydown from Scotland that morning! To our
delight and surprise, our Beardswood Poesy atCalbraidh won Best of Breed, I adore thisshow, so I was thrilled to go into the BIS ringwith her - she is so much fun to show as shethinks it’s all hysterically funny.
After South East Hound Club show, I attendeda private greyhound dissection, organised byour canine and equine osteopath. I havedissected limbs before, but was a littleapprehensive as to how I would be with awhole animal, especially a sight hound. Evenso, I leapt at the opportunity to attend becauseof the learning value. Some people may notunderstand why this would be of any interest,but it really was fascinating. He was agreyhound who had naturally reached the endof his years and was a lovely specimen. If youcan ever face it, especially if you judge, youwon’t regret it. I learnt so much more aboutstructure and movement that day.
So, with eyes afresh, I attended the DeerhoundSeminar. What an enjoyable day! I loved everyminute, from Glenis Peach & Susie Piggott’sliving breed standard, to Bjorn Fritz’s brilliantinterpretation of the Breed Standard which wasvery interesting and highlighted the need tointerpret the wording correctly, rememberingto note thedifferences betweenthe wording of‘undesirable’ and‘unacceptable’. SueFinnet and HectorHeathcote ‘pacing’in unison up anddown the halld e m o n s t r a t i n gmovement was anunexpected delight,as were Hector’s
animated explanations. Great days only workwith help and a massive amount of organising.Thank you, Mary Girling & Vanessa Lucasand everybody else who helped, especiallywith the delicious food.
From whole deerhounds to half of one - Diggerarrived. Another Arundawn foster needing aquick ‘out’ from a northern pound where hewas due to be put to sleep. A lovely Deerhoundcross who had been abandoned by somebodyup to no good in a partridge pen, in a wood.Luckily for him, he was found by asympathetic keeper who handed him in to thepolice. He must have had some sort of angelguarding over him because as his days wererunning out, and all the rescues were full tobursting, a rescuer alerted Elaine Barter fromArundawn Rescue. She in turn twisted our armand, instead of being put to sleep, he came tous as an emergency, firstly going through amassive transport run, involving four sets ofvolunteers, each doing a section of the longjourney to bring him south.
Another perfect house guest and quite like adeerhound to live with, he had a short stay withus, including coming to the South DeerhoundLimit Show where he was picked up by hislong term fosterer and has since found a lovelyhome.
LIZA FAIRCLOTH
Regional News
T hames ValleyVoice
Foster dog, Patch with Ripley
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We have had our first deerhound, Lilly,for three and a half years. When I waslooking for a breed of dog we shouldhave, besides the look, size andathleticism of the deerhound, one of thedeciding factors was theirtemperament. I have never regrettedmy choice and love having deerhoundsin our life so much so that we nowhave another, Clyde.
Lilly has always been really relaxedaround people, so I decided I wouldlike to introduce more people todeerhounds, as well as doing somegood work in the community, so Ivolunteered Lilly as a Pets as Therapy(PAT) dog.
To become a PAT dog, both the dog andhandler have to be assessed; I amhappy to say we both passed, althoughI’m not sure Lilly would have if theexaminer had ever seen her and Clyde
play fight at home - growling, snappingand boxing their way up and down thelounge.
Lilly has been certified as a PAT dogfor over a year and during this time wehave regularly visited a local nursing
home. We had to buy our ownuniform, plus insurance, which is
currently £19 p.a. and the dog has towear a black lead and collar and mustbe held on the lead at all times. PATrecommends that you make a visit a
least once a month, but I try to go twice
a month, fitting this around my work.PAT is voluntary and I find it veryrewarding giving an hour of my time tobrighten the day of some of our localelderly folk. The residents love to seeLilly, they stroke her, talk to her and
the staff are always pleased to see ustoo. On one of his visits, our localvicar was very surprised to see a ‘wolf’
in the communal lounge!
The photo above was taken at Southendon Sea college promoting a ‘Pets AsTherapy’ awareness event. Thestudents made colourful dog and catmoney boxes and sold raffle tickets.We sat next to the automatic doors
where streams of students came backand forth all day, most making a double
take at Lilly, and my friend Sylvia’slittle Tibetan Terrier - two ends of thedog spectrum and shows that any breedof dog can make a good PAT dog. Weattended on the first day of the weeklong event, during which the students
raised over £1,000 for our charity.
We have attended a further two PATawareness events at local carnivals andSylvia has organised her own PAT dogshow where Lilly entered a couple ofthe fun events. I would encourage
other people to take part in thisworthwhile activity and the deerhoundmakes for a great PAT dog.
CAROLE TAYLOR AND SAINT
VALENTENE LILLY
A deerhound makes a great PAT dog
Q. When is a black dog not a blackdog?A. When it’s a greyhound!
Q. What is the differencebetween Father Christmasand a warm dog?A. Father Christmas wearsa whole suit, a dog justpants!
Q. Why are dogs suchpoor dancers?A. They have two leftfeet.
Q.What kind of dog does avampire prefer?A. Any kind of bloodhound!
Q. Why did the snowman call his dogFrost?A. Because frost bites!
Q. Where do Eskimos train their dogs?A. In the mush room!
Q. What is a dog’s favourite food?A. Anything that is on YOUR plate!
Q. What is a dog’s favouriteflower?
A. Any flower in yourgarden!
Q. What do you get ifyou cross a dog with a
blind mole?A. A dog that keeps barking
up the wrong tree!
Q. Who gave the dog a black eye?Nobody gave it to him. He had to fightfor it!
Q. What dog wears contact lenses?A cock-eyed spaniel!
Doggie
Howlers
A. N. Hartley’s book
THE DEERHOUNDFirst published in 1955.
Reprinted (additional material) 1972
Is still available fromCLUB LIBRARIAN
MARY CHURCHILLPhone: 01255 870402
Price: £10.00
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Since we began this survey in January2004, I have received informationabout 338 deceased Deerhounds.This survey will be ongoing forseveral years. When we havesufficient data we plan to presentsome statistics.
Information needed:� KC registered name of Deerhound
� Sex of hound� Date of birth
� Date & cause of death:-Illness/disease/ trauma/
injury/accident. Evidence eg. postmortem/autopsy
would assist, if available.
Send details to:-DR SARAH HELPS
PORCH HOUSE, COLESHILL AMERSHAM,BUCKS HP7 0LGTel: 01494 727584
Email: [email protected]
All information held in
strict confidence
MORTALITYSURVEY
DEERHOUND
CRITERIA FOR WINNING A SOLID SILVER SPOONSix first prizes with the same dog at
different Championship showsLimited to six spoons
The winning owner paying half thecost of the spoon
Let VANESSA LUCAS have details of your winsplus a cheque for £29.00.Cheque made payable to ‘The Deerhound Club’
C l a i m a S i l v e r S p o o n
A quarter page B/W advert with photograph and some
information about your houndcosts just £10.00
Please send details toThe Editor
email: [email protected]
Would you like to shareyour ‘Golden Oldie’ specialdeerhound with Newsletter
readers? Your hound needs to beover seven years old to
qualify.
Golden OldiesDog Quote
Our perfect companions never havefewer than four feet.
Collette 1873 - 1954
Deadline for Spring edition 20 February 2015
The Deerhound Club is investigating the
incidence of congenital portosystemic
shunt (PSS) within the breed, in
collaboration with Dr Bryn Tennant
BVSc PhD, MRCVS. If you wish to be
involved contact him at: -
CAPITAL DIAGNOSTICS
SAC Veterinary Services
Allan Watt Building, Bush Estate,
Penicuik, Midlothian, EH26 0QE.
Phone: 01315 353145
e-mail: [email protected]
Portosystemic Shunt Testing inDeerhound Puppies
Q Why choose a deerhound?
AMy first dog, a Border Collie straightoff a farm taught me at eleven why thiswas not a good idea. Next a Lurcherwhilst I was at vet school was my oncein a lifetime dog. He introduced me tosighthounds, their good temperamentsand grace and beauty. I saw my firstDeerhound and decided they were forme.
Hector first thought he wanted aDoberman but soon realised he waswrong and also wanted a Deerhound.With two lurchers and a Deerhound wedid competition obedience and agility.All three were trained to track(apologies to Anastasia Noble ..........)
Q How did you get started in the breed?
A There were few breeders and youcould wait a year for a Deerhoundpuppy. I was on both Dr Poyner-Wall andMiriam Dickinson’s puppy lists. From a‘Daily Record’ advert, I met LesleyMacQueen who had a litter, with onebitch puppy available. I was captivatedby the dam and her pups. The bitchliked me, so I was allowed to have theremaining puppy. I will always begrateful for all Lesley’s help and advice.She became a good friend.
Q How did you choose your affix?
A ‘Hind’ for female deer and ‘sight’ forsighthound. Just to make it different Iswopped Y for I . Hyndsight reminds usthat today’s hounds are a legacy we
should alwayslook to the past forguidance.
Q How did youbecome involvedwith dog showing?
A The sequencewas: JoinDeerhound Club,find puppy, attendBreed Show, thirdin puppy bitch,more shows, buyestate car, add 5 -
10,000 miles a year, give up holidays.
Q Is there one Deerhound highlightyou will always remember?
A When Hector won Best in Show atBlackpool Championship Show with ChHyndsight Au Fait. He had been so tiredthat he nearly didn’t set off for theshow. A truly wonderful day!
Q Is there a Deerhound you wouldliked to have owned?
A Yes, there are several. Hector lovedArdkinglas Idol and what a dynasty youcould have bred from her. We spent a lotof time following Ardkinglas Val aroundthe ring so she would be another.
Q What are you aiming for whenbreeding?
A Trying to breed something betterthan its parents and closer to the idealDeerhound in our minds.
Q What advice would you give tosomeone starting in the breed?
A Take your time. Do your researchand look at pedigrees. Be honest withyourself and see where your bitchneeds improvement. Choose a sire whois strong where she is weak. If youcannot be objective then you areunlikely to be successful.
Q What other breed would you own ifyou did not have Deerhounds?
A I would say a lurcher. There aremany types depending on breeds used.Or possibly a Saluki, they can look sobeautiful it takes your breath away.However, we recently acquired a BostonTerrier and she has such a bigpersonality and presence. She has evenwon over Hector.
Q What other pastimes or hobbies doyou have?
A Few at present. Life is too busy withdogs, work and family. One day, whenHector’s ‘to do’ list is down to onechapter, he would like to go cavingagain and ski more. I would like tosculpt and silk screen print.
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Finding out more about Sue Finnett & Hector Heathcote
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Miss Noble’s - Ardkinglas Val
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Photos: Joan Wragg
Photos: Tricia Macpherson
DEERHOUND CLUB LIMIT SHOW (North) 2014BEST IN SHOW: Dr D and Mrs B Robertson’s - Chuilinn Whisper with judge, Miss W Blatchford
BEST PUPPY IN SHOWDr D and Mrs B Robertson’s - Chuilinn Berengaria
DEERHOUND CLUB LIMIT SHOW (South) 2014Left: BEST OF BREED Mrs E Shannon’s - Erewhon Wanton Flame
Below: BEST PUPPY IN SHOWDr S Helps, Dr R & Mrs C Dove’s - Foxcliffe Classic Liberty Freedomat Beardswood (Imp USA), with judges, Mrs P Buswell andProf E Cartmell.
