Winter - The Deerhound Club

Mad Englishmen and Does Go Out In The Middav Sun
The old Noel Coward ditty was never so apposite as on the Sunday of the
Bournemouth dog show. As the sun soared to its apex on the hottest day ever
recorded in this country and the temperature went though the mercury levels. What
else were Deerhound folk to do but parade in the rrridday sun?
"....1n tropical climes there are certain times of day
When all the citizens retire to tear there clothes off and perspire.
It's one of the rules that the greatest fools obey,
Because the sun is much to sultry and one must avoid it's ultra violct r:rr
The natives grieve when the white men leave their huts
Because they're obviously, definitely nuts!..."
We ourselves had made the trip to the Bournernouth show as our usual arrrrrlrl lr,rlr,l,r
in the New Forest. A pleasant and leisurely trip down on the Friday gavc us ;r l',rlrrr.,
evening in the hotel. A few aperitifs, followed by dinner, provided a ltlcirsrrrrr , rr,l r,,
the day. On the Saturday we set ofTfor what was intended to be a stifl'rvrrlk rr rrlr rlr,
father and son dogs, Mac and Bruce. We settled on the River Walk at llLrck lcr ,, I l.rr, I
The sun was beginning to beat down even at 9.00 atn we set off along lhc brrrrl.,, r't tlr,
Beaulieu river. At first it was a very enjoyable trek but probably not lirr llrurt, rrlro,,t
puppy inquisitiveness saw his interest in sorne fish activity end up witlt irrr
unscheduled head first swim in the river. However, this rnisadventurc vcrr slrortlr
became a blessing in disguise as the heat suddenly soared. Bruce's drcrrchirrl slr',',1
him in good stead as opposed to Mac, for whom inquisitiveness always c()nr('\ ir l)r)()l
second to safety, who began to wilt in the heat. Still. he wasn't tlre only orre irs lrotlr
Cath and rnyself began to fade. We decided to cut the walk short and lrcird blt l. lirr
the safety of the cal and air conditioning. After stopping at a countfy pub lirr lrrrrtlr
Cath began to feel decidedly iffu and the rest of the day was spent irr the lrotcl rr illr
her feeling more and more unwell as l, bored out of my head, only succccclcd irr lt.r
ting more and more sozzled (or, given the heat, should that read "sizzlcd"'l). lhe
night failed to bring any relief and Cath awoke at about 2.00am f'eeling rcallf ill
When morning came we both f-elt all we really wanted to do was to get honrc brrr
having come all this way we decided we should nrake the ellbrt to get to the slro*
So, to the show we went. There we met more hardy souls. The weather had obviorrslr
put some off (when would you lrave thought adverse weather conditions woulcl nrcrrrr
too much heat ?) but the Deerhound representation was very respectable. Havin_u gol
there we were pleased that we had, at least, brought enough cover fbr the dogs ancl
Helga Jansen canre to rescue with spare wet towels to drape round Mac and Bruce
When we ntet up with Glenis and Mick Peach the heat was becorrring unbearable bLrr I
had just returned fi'om tlte car with additional cover in the shape of a large umbrella
t4
( ilenis irnnlediatelY seized
rrpon this as her onlY means
ol' surviving the inf'erno,
slre soent tlre rest of the
show doing a Passable
irnpression of the Queen of
Sheba as I had to
continuallY adjust the
rrrnbrella to ensure that she
rvas always in the shade, (a
llrst lltere then Glenis? -
orrly jokirrgl). The Sun
()ueen slre is not!
A nurnber of PeoPle Passing M
try were arnazed thal
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,uJlr,l. sergeant n',iio.' u'ktd fbr yet another lap of the ring' It was a toss r'rp as to
wlrowastnoreinrreedoffirstaidaseachclassfinished-thedogsortlrehandlers'
As the ntorrring headed to high noon I rentarked to Mick Peach how the strn had
sudderrly seetned t" U. gttti'i evgn m.o.re intense' Whilst we weren't to know that it
was.itrst building up ,n i,. recird breaking level it was therr that the Noel coward
ditty carre to be so patently correct'
WhetlrerornotitwasthesunscratrrbIingthebrains,Iknowrrot'btttmyseIf,Mickand
Glenis spent the searing heat of midday discttssing the finer points of chicken
breeding. lratching eggs ana Mick's amazing hatching machines' plus our worm
breedin! ideas. The srtn has a lot to answer for' J'F' Keeley
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ht, Evke t. tlte S.tttlt or,,rin,.n H.untl open sltou,, not sure il it u,ent into lhe rcrffle or
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