All our yesterdays week 2.

What’s in a name – Loyal that won the trail at Winster is not the Loyal11 that put up a great show in last years puppy championship , but was a six year old hound with the same name. On being registered , an undertaking was given that the original Loyal would not run. Well it did or did it?

I was there and the consensus of opinion was that it was the young Loyal that won but it was the old loyal ‘on the boards’.

Woman owners are also encouraged to take their hounds to Ambleside by the offer of special prizes for the first maiden and maiden puppy owned by a woman.

The number of bookmakers at the 1960 Grasmere sports has been restricted to 30 at £5 . A number of bookies are averse to paying £5 but there is nothing they can do about it.

By the way judging by their numbers , they must be doing quite nicely.

This is a true story –  A West Cumberland lady in her garden recently saw a hound running by ,she saw that it was extremely thin and felt sorry for it, she called out to it and offered it some tit-bits which it gobbled up so she gave it some more. She recalled that the poor thing had no hair and was of the opinion that it ‘s owner should be prosecuted for cruelty. Who ,by the way, came looking for it and was extremely rude to the lady when she said she had fed it and that he should be grateful.

Apparently it was favourite in that trail and had a good lead at halfway , this Act explains why it didn’t finish in the first six.

Lowther Park – a  photographer, equipped with the latest type of camera , showed a picture of the finish. Perhaps such a camera would come in useful judging by the many disputable ‘ photo finishes’ we’ve had this season. 55 years ago.