with Horse and Hound

Denya Massey

Clasher and Clementine (foreground) with huntsman Antony Gaylard

Puppy Show Runner-Up Takes All at Canadian Hound Show

Clasher and Clementine (foreground) with huntsman Antony Gaylard
Clasher and Clementine (foreground) with huntsman Antony Gaylard

The experts tell us that puppies can change from one week to the next. Not that Toronto and North York Clementine was ever an Ugly Duckling. But to go from Reserve Champion at the hunt’s puppy show on one weekend to Grand Champion of the Canadian Foxhound Show the next weekend is certainly a remarkable feat for any un-entered hound.

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Oliver Harris, grandson of former Master Taddy Cork, is one of Toronto and North York’s most dedicated first-flighters. Oliver is shown here on his pony, Midnight.

Hounds to a View at Toronto and North York

May 19, 2010
The field held its breath. It’s not often one has the chance to know the exact point at which hounds will strike a line, and we weren’t disappointed. The cry was exuberant and definite. Hounds flew away as one, young and old, in full cry, and straight as an arrow.

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