Bouncing, bonny – and sound

H&H’s hunting editor Catherine Austen has fun at two major hound shows, and has one eye on the approaching season

Clive Banwell on starting afresh at 65, preparing winners from the field and overcoming adversity

While the countdown to autumn trail-hunting is on for Tessa Waugh , she enjoys a day in excellent company at the local agricultural show, where her sheep wow the judges

A Blencathra bitch is champion for the third year running, and there’s emotion round the ring when a Cumbria beagle takes the supreme

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