Bolton, Lancashire. 26th December, 2022: Traditional Boxing Day being staged in the picturesque village of Pleasington, near Blackburn, where Horses and riders gather for the annual Boxing Day Hunt. The annual event staged by the Holcombe Hunt was attended by hundreds of people in cold sunny conditions who had come to enjoy the traditional spectacle. The event saw the Hunt’s prized pack of rare Stud Book Harriers Beagles taking part in a demonstration of trail laying. Credit; MediaWorldImages/AlamyLiveNews
Harriers have a long history in England with detailed records of individual packs existing from 1260 to the present. In March of 1891, the Association of Masters of Harriers and Beagles (AMHB) was formed and published a Stud Book. Harriers were at that time much more popular than Beagles. The 1891 - 1900 volumes list 107 registered packs of Harriers. They also began to run the Peterborough Harrier and Beagle Show in 1892. Records of Peterborough Shows and photos of the winners are published annually in the Stud Book. The foundation stock for the 1891 edition were admitted based on individual pack records or by committee. Hounds continued to be added by committee for several years. Harriers can also be registered in the appendix of their stud book if only one parent is registered. Offspring of appendix hounds appear in the regular stud book. Many of these "foundation" Harriers were in fact small Foxhounds with parents from recognized Foxhound kennels. Some of these foundation Harriers appear in top winning Beagle pedigrees, so "Harrier" often defines type of hunting and size of hound rather than pedigree in AMHB packs. The practice of breeding to Foxhounds still occurs in England and is reflected in the pedigrees which follow later in this Volume.
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