2 From the Chairman September 2019 A warm September welcome to everyone, we have a lot to look forward to as autumn approaches, with the Dartmoor working trials and November open show on the horizon. Plans for the autumn trials and show are taking shape thanks to the hard work of Sam and Rob respectively. The trials schedule was distributed with the summer newsletter giving plenty of time for members to enter their hounds. It is interesting to note that the “Dartmoor Commoners” have asked for all hounds to be leashed for this event, and of course we have to honour their request. Unfortunately it is becoming more common for this type of ruling to affect bloodhound trials. Schedules for the open show should accompany this newsletter and I hope you will all support our judge Sue Finnett. If we are to maintain a supply for the future, the breed needs to provide opportunities for new judges. However, in order to achieve this, we need your support to make it worthwhile continuing to provide two open shows each year. Of course these shows are also the ideal platform for introducing hounds to the show ring. Nick wrote an article on colour in the summer newsletter and Mac has written another for this edition, both prompted by the proposal to delete red & tan from the KC breed standard. The Kennel Club have now confirmed that the proposed amendment to the Bloodhound Breed Standard colour clause will be effective from 1st September 2019, when the website and printed versions of the standard will be updated. The following wording has been approved: Colour Black and tan; liver and tan; red. Darker colours sometimes interspersed with lighter or badger-coloured hair and sometimes flecked with white. Small amount of white permissible on chest, feet and tip of tail. Early planning for the AGM and elections starts at this time of year so please read the notifications in this newsletter and give serious consideration to helping with the governance of the club. We would like nominations for all of the positions advertised. I have been chairman now for over eleven years and would welcome nominations for the role, so if you feel you can take us forward into the next decade please come forward, your Club needs you! Thanks for your continued support. Keith Long 3 Health Matters I am very pleased to report that we have awarded the first Gold and Platinum awards under the joint health scheme. Gold and Platinum certificates were presented to Precious Poppy Truffe Mediévale avec Farlap and CH Boru’s Fifty Mission Cap at Farlap, both owned by Sam Clark. In order to gain these awards, in addition to passing the general health and eye assessments, both hounds have received good hip/elbow, heart and degenerative myelopathy scores. This is a terrific achievement and shows what can be accomplished with a dedicated approach to health matters and I hope it encourages more members to participate in the health scheme. The Kennel Club are keen to promote participation in these schemes and it will help greatly with our quest to be removed from the category three list if we can show a high return rate from the scheme. With this in mind we are planning to hold further health clinics at the 2020 Championship Show, so please give a bumper entry and have your hounds checked by the attending veterinary specialists. Keith Long Sam receiving her certificates from Keith Long 4 Bloodhound Club Events for Your Diary 2019/2020 Autumn Championship Working Trials, Monday 21st - Thursday 24th October -Dartmoor, Senior Judge Norman Foster Autumn Open Show Sunday 3rd November - Baginton, Judge Sue Finnett Kelperland Trophy Special Stake Sunday 17th November, South Wales - Judge Matt Price Millvery Trophy Special Stake Sunday 26th January 2020, Wendover. Judge Jo Franks Spring Open Show & AGM Saturday 15th February, 2020 Baginton Village Hall, Judge Simon Burton Spring Trials, Sunday 23rd - Wednesday 26th February 2020, Mentmore - Senior judge awaiting Kennel Club approval CH Show Saturday 6th June 2020 Baginton Village Hall, Judge David Gore Change of Address - Mark and Philippa Woolley’ The Old Coach House, Argos Hill, Rotherfield,, East Sussex TN6 3QL Tel; 07759 030 984/ 07743 663 434 Email [email protected] & [email protected] CONTENTS 1 Cover by Farlap 12-14 Bloodhound Colour Article 2 Cover Girl/Boy recruitment 15 ABB Ch Show results 3 From the Chairman 15 Darlington Ch Show results 4 Health Matters 16-17 Leeds Ch Show critique 5 Club events diary 17 Festival of Hunting photo 5 Change of address 19-20 Hnd Ass Ch Show critique 6 AGM notice 20-21 KC Breed Record 7 Hound & About & Club Notices 22-23 St Hubert report 8 Treasurer Notice 24-25 Hound & About stories 8 New Members 26-29 Keeping Track 9 Arts & Crafts Plaque 30-31 Crossword 10-11 Show Judge List 32 Farlap Bloodhounds Health Awards 5 Notice of AGM Saturday 15th February 2020 The Bloodhound Club Annual General Meeting will be held on Saturday, February 15th 2020 at Baginton Village Hall at 11.00am. Items for the agenda must be sent to the secretary in writing by November 30th 2019. Nomination of Committee for 2020 Nominations are invited for two Officers and three Committee members, to take effect at the Annual General Meeting on 15th February 2020 These must also be received by November 30th 2019. Such nominations are to involve existing members as defined by our constitution, and must include signatures of a proposer. The member being proposed should also include their signature to show their willingness to stand. [Forms are available form the Secretary] This table summarises the rotation of Committee members: 2018 Keith Long (Acting Secretary) - Stood Down Nick Sutcliffe (Secretary) - Elected Janet Alford (Committee) - Stood Down Theresa Jolley (Committee) - Stood Down Lorraine Priestley (Committee) - Stood Down Sam Clark (Committee) - Elected Rob Manley (Committee) - Elected 2019 Paul Letheren (Treasurer) - Re-Elected Dave Scrivens (Committee) - Re-Elected Jo Franks (Committee) - Re-Elected Christine Green (Committee) - Re-Elected 2020Paul Letheren (Treasurer) - Standing Down Keith Long (Chairman) - Due to stand down by rota Elin Richards (Committee) - Due to stand down by rota Darren Mortimore (Co-opted) - To stand for election 2021 Nick Sutcliffe (Secretary) Sam Clark (Committee) Rob Manley (Committee) Please note that the Committee should comprise three officers and nine Committee members. If there is more than one nomination for the respective Officer vacancies, or more than three nominations to the Committee, there will be an election by postal ballot to the Returning Officer. 6 "Hound & About" Darren Mortimore is looking for stories and anecdotes (annoying, funny, run of the mill or unusual) about pet hounds for inclusion in the Newsletter. See P 24-25 for this Autumn’s stories Please contact Darren with your tales [email protected]. There is a constant flow of little items about bloodhound antics on Facebook pages so there must be plenty for Club Members to share in the Newsletter The Bloodhound Club Officers: Chairman - Keith Long, Strawberry Barn, 39a Stamford Road, Geddington, Northants, NN14 IBB -t: 01536 744058) - e: [email protected] Secretary - Nick Sutcliffe, Mill View, Old Bolingbroke, East Lindsey, PE23 4HN [email protected] Treasurer & Vice Chairman - Paul Letheren, 31 Blue Haze Avenue, Seaford, East Sussex, BN25 3QJ - t: 01323 896839 - m: 07860 184055 - e:[email protected] Shows and Trials - Rob Manley - m: 07703 417737 - e:[email protected] Chief Steward and Cup Steward: Elin Richards, 2 Yew Tree Cottages, The Street, Ripe, East Sussex BN8 6BD t: 01323 811 696 - e:[email protected] Regalia - Darren Mortimore [email protected] Thanks to Sam Clark / Farlap Photography for the front cover design and for other contributors - all copyright retained. Views expressed in articles or letters in this publication are those of individual authors and are not to be taken as the official views of The Bloodhound Club, or its committee. Printing of advertisements or promotional material does not imply the Club's endorsement of what is advertised. Information submitted to us is printed in good faith. Please notify us of any errors and a correction will appear in the next publication. Members Advertisements The Bloodhound Club welcomes Members' advertisements in the Newsletter. If you wish to submit an advert, in the first instance send this to the Treasurer, by email, accompanied by the correct fee, which currently stands at £10 per page insertion. You can pay by Paypal, bank transfer, (See previous page), or by posting a cheque, payable to The Bloodhound Club. 7 A MESSAGE FROM THE TREASURER. Dear Members “Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of the party.” …is a phrase concocted in the early 20th Century to assist would – be typists in their honing of the skills whilst learning the typewriter keyboard. Others, as I did, learned the phrase whilst learning to write as an infant pupil. As I intend to stand down as Treasurer of The Bloodhound Club at the next AGM, (February 2020) the time is right for all good Members to come to the aid of The Club and make themselves known to the Chairman, or any Committee Member. Don’t think that a high degree of business acumen is required, handling The Club accounts is a little like handling your own household accounts, also there’s software to assist you in record keeping which you may choose not to use, it’s entirely up to you. (Currently I’m using www.clubtreasurer.com, a Cloud based program, which you can look up on the internet.) But you might prefer to use your own money program with which you are more familiar.