The Airedale Beagles was a beagle pack founded in 1891.
 Dawson Jowett and Tom Clark with the pack, 1891 | |
| Hunt type | Beagling |
|---|---|
| Country |  England |
| History | |
| Founded | 1891 |
| Parent pack | Bradford Harriers |
| Historical quarry | Hare |
| Hunt information | |
| Hound breed | Beagle |
| Hunt country | West Yorkshire &North Yorkshire, bordering Lancashire |
| Master(s) | M Spilsbury & P A Osbaldiston |
| Quarry | Rabbit |
| Kennelled | Silsden |
| Website | www.airedalebeagles.com |
History
editThe pack was founded in 1891 following a chance meeting between Dawson Jowett and Tom Clark, the former becoming the huntsman and the latter the kennelman.[1][2][3][4] The pair are believed to have made use of hounds from the Bradford Harriers which was disbanded several years earlier.[5]
The pack was trencher fed until 1922 when kennels and a huntsman’s house was built in Eldwick, the pack is now kennelled in Silsden.[1]
Since the passing of the Hunting Act of 2004, the pack hunts scent trails and rabbits and is very occasionally called to locate hares that have been injured following a shoot, all of which is permitted under the legislation.[1][6]
The hunt folded in 2023.[8]
Hunt country
editThe country hunted is in West Yorkshire and North Yorkshire, bordering Lancashire, from Trawden in the south-west, to Horton in Ribblesdale in the north and Otley in the east, including Rombalds Moor, the terrain is fell and rough pasture with high stone walls.[1][4][7]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d "Beagle 'hunts' flourishing in spite of national ban". Keighley News. High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire: Newsquest Media Group Ltd. 25 January 2007. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
- ^ Lomax, Claire (27 December 2016). "Crowds turn out for Boxing Day meet of Airedale Beagles". Ilkey Gazette. High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire: Newsquest Media Group Ltd. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
- ^ Lowerson, John (1993). Sport and the English Middle Classes, 1870-1914. Manchester: Manchester University Press. p. 34. ISBN 0719046513.
- ^ a b Page, William. The Victoria History of the County of York. A. Constable Ltd. p. 501.
- ^ "History of the Airedale Beagles". Airedale Beagles. Archived from the original on 13 January 2024. Retrieved 1 December 2015.
- ^ "Hare hunt has run its course". Telegraph & Argus. High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire: Newsquest Media Group Ltd. 18 February 2005. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
- ^ Colville, Robert (2016). The Famous Beagling Packs of Great Britain. Warwickshire: Read Country Books. ISBN 9781473356511.
External links
edit- Baily’s hunting directory, "Airedale Beagles", bailyshuntingdirectory.com, retrieved 25 August 2017.
- https://protectthewild.org.uk/news/airedale-beagle-pack-folds/
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