Country Diary

Patrick Leigh-Pemberton presents a beginner’s guide to becoming a model houndsman at a new hunt — even if you might be bluffing it

Patrick Leigh-Pemberton

When I moved away from home, some of my friends were worried that I might struggle to make new connections in a new area, and I always responded with blind confidence that I would make new friends through hunting. But, having moved in spring, after the end of the hunting season, I cannot meet people in the field until autumn hunting begins. Roll away clouds, roll on harvest. So, I have been turning to the high point of hunting’s summer scene, which is the puppy show. The nominal purpose of a puppy show is to judge the youngest hounds in kennels, to celebrate the best breeding among them. The secondary nominal purpose is to thank the puppy walkers, who take a huge burden off the hunt staff by raising two or…

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Shooting Times & Country (Digital) - 1 Issue, 2-Aug-2023

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