‘happy hunting, everyone’

Will Bryer on coveting a hound’s sense of smell, novel excuses for falling off and having to accept his wife is always right

As thoughts begin to turn gradually towards the hunting season, spare a thought for your kit. Is it still in the state it was left in back in March? Never fear, Octavia Pollock has plenty of advice on how to get it in tip-top shape

The HH wins the doghound championship for the first time, while the Beaufort claim a 60th title

In the latest of his series about great foxhunters he knew personally, Alastair Jackson tells us about Captain Brian Fanshawe, master and huntsman of several premier league packs, including the Galway Blazers and the Cottesmore

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