Winter - The Deerhound Club

park. The local paper interviewed Katrin Hubert, from Switzerland, as this is the first
time Deerhounds have been brought over for anything like this. They have only been
entered into shows previously. Katrin had a fantastic day as Amy Bew got through to
the semi-finals. Both her dogs had been tired from their exploits, hare coursing, the
day before. So I would imagine that the pair of them slept exceedingly well on their
long journey back to Switzerland. What stories they would have to tell their kennel
mates when they reached home!
There was another chance to parade after lunch and then it was straight back into the
coursing. Slipping was made a bit easier in the afternoon as the more enthusiastic
hounds were left in the stake. There were some extremely keen ones still in with a
chance. Wayne had his work cut out as the hounds were so eager that when you put
them in slips they were straining, raring to go and became two hundred pounds of
sheer power! As the rounds progressed, the coursing improved immensely as we were
down to very keen, fast dogs and it made it much more entertaining for the spectators.
The front runners were Hubert's Amy Bew who had lure coursed before and ran very
keenly, Coe's Dreamseller (Peggotty), a bitch that ran out a clear winner each time in
the early rounds. She made it through to the final. Churchill's lsauld (Dove), that flew
Iike the wind and ran out the eventual winner beating Peggotty, by a couple of
lengths. There was aprize giving at the end of the day and Mary Churchill was
presented with an engraved glass plate by Joan Wragg (Lady Huntworth!) and the
runner up Malcolm Coe also received one. Throughout the day hundreds of pictures
were taken so the events would be recorded for life as it was certainly a very
memorable day. Apparently, there were approximately 800 people through the gate,
so it was also a very successful day for the National Trust and maybe there will be a
repeat performance next year!
Clare Churchill
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