Hamilton Lily-belle caught judge Captain Ian Farquhar’s eye each time huntsman Andrew
Marren brought her into the ring.
An un-entered English foxhound who attracted the judge’s eye every time she entered the ring gave cause for great celebration at her home kennels where the Hamilton Hunt (ON) hosted the Canadian Hound Show on Saturday, June 8, 2013. Hamilton Lily-belle started her sweep by winning the class for Un-entered Bitches. She then proceeded to win the English Bitch Championship, the Un-Entered Foxhound Championship, the English Foxhound Championship, and the Grand Championship of Show.
“[Judge] Captain Farquhar told me it was rare for an un-entered hound to win a grand championship,” said Hamilton huntsman Andrew Marren, “but she screamed out quality to him in every class.”
“She’s still on couples,” Marren continued, “but she has been a lovely, pleasant hound and was the easiest to prepare in our practice show and on puppy show day. I jokingly predicted to MFH Richard Christianson that she would win the Grand Championship at the Canadian Show. He laughed and said he would give me ten dollars for every class she won!”
On her dam’s side, Lily-belle has royal forbears only one generation removed. She is out of Myopia Glider 2008, a litter mate of two previous Grand Champions at the New England Hound Show—Myopia Godfrey 2008 and Myopia Gallant 2008.
Former Myopia huntsman Robert Howarth put Glider to a Hamilton dog hound, Lithium, and sent three puppies from Glider’s litter—one being Lily-belle—to Hamilton. I’ll wager that huntsman Marren can’t wait to enter Lily-belle this fall to see what she will show him in the field!
Posted July 8, 2013
“…a lovely, pleasant hound,” said huntsman Marren