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Burne
Bloodhounds
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In the late 1970s, Mr Tony Burn and his son Nick became
Joint Masters of a pack of bloodhounds belongiong to Mr Reg Wright. The
hounds were kenneled at Coleshill and the hounds were hunted on foot.
Mr Wright died in 1991 and the hounds moved and became the Staffordshire
Bloodhounds, but they continued to be hunted on foot. In 1999 the hounds
moved again to North Shropshire and became the Burne Bloodhounds and still
hunted on foot. In 2005 a hunt club was formed and Mrs Jan Gratian joined
the Mastership and the 2005 - 2006 season became a mounted pack and hunted
mainly in Derbyshire, but also in parts of Staffordshire, Shropshire and
Warwickshire. The hounds consist of eight couples of bloodhounds, owned
by the Masters and they hunt usually on Sundays, meeting at 12.30pm.
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Mr N (Nick) Burne
01952 550559 / 01543 579612
Mr A (Anthony) Burne
Mrs J Gratian
01773 603381
Email
jgration@yahoo.co.uk
Secretary
Sarah Gregory 01629 580193 or mobile 07816573856
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Readyfield Bloodhounds
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The Readyfield Bloodhounds were formed in 1980 by Peter Boddy and his
son David. They were both given and loaned, 10 hounds from the Isle of
Man and North Warwickshire Bloodhounds. The hounds were first hunted by
the Boddy family in October 1980 at Readyfields Farm, Caunton. The first
Masters were Peter Boddy and Jim Beardsley. The Master and Hunt staff
wear brown a brown collared burgundy jacket with brass buttons initialed
R.B.The hounds are kenneled at Caunton and the pack consists of approximately
25 couple of black and tan hounds.
The country lies in a fifty mile radius of Newark, covering Nottinghamshire,
Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Lincolnshire. The meets take place on a
Wednesday and either Saturday or Sunday by invitation of farmers and landowners,
working with the co-operation of local hunts and hunting through some
country which cannot be hunted by foxhounds. A hunting day can consist
of up to 60 fences, of which most are approx. 3' 6".
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Mr D (David) Boddy
01636 636272
Mr F (Fred) Hibbett
07770 855190
Mr M (Mike) Atkinson
07799 414793
Mr S (Stan) Ardon
01246 412150
Mr G (Graham) Smith
07831 831765
Secretaries
Vicki Miller
01636 704670
Miss R (Rachel) Sanderson
01636 636272
Email
readyfield.bloodhounds@virgin.net
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The pack was created by its current Master, in Scotland in 2002, and
were brought South to their current kennels in Froxfield, Hampshire in
2005, to become the South Downs Bloodhounds. There are currently 16 couples
of hounds and they are owned and hunted by the Master. The Master and
Hunt Staff wear blue coats with mustard collars and silver buttons engraved
with SDB. They also carry white whips to help with identification.
The hunt operates over a varied country in East Hampshire, West Sussex
and South Surrey. The hunt prides itself in concentrating on producing
as natural a hunt as possible and deliberately running on various surfaces
to ensure that there is hound work to see as well as good riding. Some
days will involve jumping and others may have none at all. The hunt tries
to ensure there are routes for non jumpers. Children are welcome and encouraged.
The hunt usually meets on Sundays, with occasional mid week days. After
the opening meet in October, the hounds meet at 12 noon to move off around
12.30pm.
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Mr J H (Jeremy) Whaley
01730 827709 / 07817 974460
Email
Master@SouthDownsBloodhounds.com
Mr M (Mark) Stent
Email
Mark@SouthDownsBloodhounds.com
Secretary
Mrs M (Fran) Baker
01730 827218
Email
Secretary@SouthDownsBloodhounds.com
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