Field Archives

A collection of historic hunts, iconic hounds, and the legacy they left behind

Ch Pinedale Clown B owned Robby Bogue, Thaxton, MS

Flash, an all-age winner of 1896 at Barr, is an excellent example of a beautifully level hound built for speed and endurance. She is one of the best types of modern English cross (Walker Strain). Her rich black and tan markings are American, but her clean physical levelness comes from English ancestry.

• National Foxhunters Association, October 2024

28th annual roll call for the National Fox Hunters Association at Crab Orchard Springs, KY in 1921.

• Courtesy of Library Special Collections, WKU

Ch. White Cat Hellums (Hoehner's Action Cat x Speedy Hellums) winning the 1992 All American Running Hound Classic owned by David Hellums, Pearl, Mississippi at Picayune, Mississippi

Trigg Hound wins the first Futurity (1921) runs on 3 legs.

Credit - Hounds and Hunting Through the Ages

By Joseph B. Thomas

From Feb. 1921 Chase - ROAMER by Ch Hustler out of Light Owned by Mr. JC Hunt - Oilton, Oklahoma

From 1956 Chase - U.S.O. Champion Pine Ridge Fred (Pine Ridge Slick x Lucky Wing Stride) owned by Fox Hill Kennels, Keswick, Virginia - The hound goes straight back to Tom Crowe and War Cry Lady. His Sire, Pine Ridge Slick was run in the first U.S.O. and finished in the first ten in Hunting and Trailing.

From Sports Illustrated Dec. 1955
MOSE BUSH HILL
Mose Bush Hill, 12, of Waco, Ky. proudly pours milk into the silver bowl awarded to his 2-year-old Walker Hound, Little Baby Hill, winner of the Chase Futurity in the National Fox-hunters Association field trials. It was also a victory for the slender, blond-haired youngster—Mose had to get straight A's in school for two years in order to make the trip to the trials. His father, Mose Bush Hill Sr., who raises foxhounds, says, "I wanted to sell Little Baby as a puppy, but I couldn't. Young Bush cried and carried on so. He wouldn't even let me price her."

David Hellums with Charger Hellums (1968 or 1969)