The
Vale of Lorton
The Melbreak Foxhound Show set in the Vale of Lorton
is in Cumbria
for those who don’t know. Cumbria, also
for those not up on these things, is the home of the Six Fell Packs. The independent minded big foxhounds evolved to
cope with the mountainous rugged terrain of the Lake
District as a means of controlling the foxes and protecting the livelihood
of the farmers. Anyway, you can look
them up and no doubt find differing sentiments.
However without them the Lakes community life would be much the worse
and events like this local show would probably have no focus to exist. A Brief History
The show included separate events to judge terriers
lurchers and beagles as well as fell foxhounds. There were also Trailhound events where athletic hounds, bred for the purpose, follow a specially laid scent trail over the fells competing with each other to win the race and get back for their bowl of food, and so odds are given and wagers are made in speculation of which hound might come first.
So below are images, in no particular order, of Lorton Show on Sunday 26th July
2014 on a very hot sunny day.
A trailhound at the finish having run over the fells, stone walls and fences for anything up to ten miles in about half an hour. Being closely cropped to allow it to keep cool it has virtually no coat so tends to look even thinner. If you want to know more start here maybe - Hound trailing
A trailhound at the finish having run over the fells, stone walls and fences for anything up to ten miles in about half an hour. Being closely cropped to allow it to keep cool it has virtually no coat so tends to look even thinner. If you want to know more start here maybe - Hound trailing
The Finish
The reward
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