RYDAL 17 August
terrier, beagle, harrier and foxhound champions on flags in the final championship;
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Rydal, Cumbria
THE Blencathra huntsman Barry Todhunter and his four-year-old tri-coloured bitch Satin 19 took the top honour at what is a Mecca for hunting enthusiasts from across the UK.
It was a stroke of genius from show chairman Claire Logan-Stephens to ask Eildon Letts to judge the last class of the day, namely the champion of the show. Claire, who succeeded her father Bruce as show chairman, knows the huge part that the late Martin Letts MFH played in the recent history of the show and his wife Eildon is hugely respected in hunting circles.
Martin was part of the scenery at this iconic Lakeland event, tweed flat cap in place and leaning on his walking stick. Tynedale joint-master and
