catherine.austen@futurenet.com
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IF you want to glimpse into the future of hunting, go along to the young handlers' class at the Festival of Hunting at Peterborough on 19 July (ring one at 3pm). That is, if you can get anywhere near for the crowds. Hounds of all types are shown by their junior handlers, who are often bedecked in oversized white coats, but betraying a golden thread woven of skill, hard work and mutual respect.
Nearly every show recognised by the Masters of Foxhounds Association and others besides hold a young
