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About the Bryn Mawr Hound Show

The first Bryn Mawr Hound Show was held in 1914, making it one of the oldest hound shows in the country.  Currently, the show typically draws 35 to 45 exhibiting packs, showing more than 500 hounds in 6 rings: English Foxhounds, American Foxhounds, Crossbred Foxhounds, Penn-Marydel Foxhounds, Beagles and Bassets.

The show is held on the grounds of the Radnor Hunt Club, 826 Providence Road, Malvern PA, 19355.  The 2008 Show will be held on Saturday, May 31.

The 2008 Bryn Mawr Hound Show Judges will be:

English Foxhounds
Lt. Col. Dennis J. Foster, USA (Ret.), ex-MFH
Executive Director, MFHA of America
Millwood, VA

American Foxhounds
Andrew Barclay, ex-Huntsman
Green Spring Valley Hounds
Westminster, MD

Penn-Marydel Foxhounds
Dr. Roger I. Scullin, MFH
Howard County-Iron Bridge Hounds
Mt. Airy, MD
Cross-bred Foxhounds
Mr. & Mrs. C. Martin Wood, III, MFH
Live Oak Hounds
Monticello, FL
Foxhound Champion
Captain Simon T. Clarke, ex-MFH
The New Forest
Wiltshire, England
Beagles
W. Albert Poe, Former Huntsman
Middleburg Hunt, Middleburg, VA

Bassets
Steven D. Little, MH
East Lincs Basset Hounds
Lincoln, England

Junior Handler Classes
TO BE ANNOUNCED.

The Julian M. Marshall Award

A higlight of each year's show is the presentation of the Julian M. Marshall award.   The award is presented annually to a living individual for his or her lifetime contribution to hunting and hounds.  Mr. Marshall served as President of the Bryn Mawr Hound Show Association from 1983 though 1987, and as Honorary President from 1988 through 1999.  After his death, his family inaugurated the award, which is presented at the Hound Show Association Luncheon by Mr. Marshall’s widow, Mrs. Tenny Marshall.

Past recipients of the award have been:

    2001 - John H. Richards, Jr.,  ex-MFH
    2002 - George S. Hundt, ex-MFH
    2003 - Benjamin H. Hardaway, III, MFH
    2004 - Joseph B. Wiley, Jr., MBH
    2005 - Nancy Penn Smith Hannum, ex-MFH
    2006 - Hank Woolman, ex-MFH
    2007 - Russell Clark, Honorary MFH



 Mrs. Tenny Marshall, BMHS President Terry Griffin, and Mr. Russell Clark Honorary MFH, Myopia Hunt.

Who's Who

The Bryn Mawr Hound Show only functions as a result of the labor of many dedicated volunteers, organized into committees overseeng specific aspects of the show.  The current Committee membership is given below:

Executive Committee

Frank H. Griffin, III, MFH, President
George S. Hundt, Jr., Show Chairman
Richard H. Thompson, ex-MB, First Vice President
L. Stockton Illoway, MB, Second Vice President
Francis B. Jacobs, II, Secretary
Edith Lamb Hollister, Treasurer
Kris Bartosiak, Entry Secretary and Webmaster

Mrs. Mark Bedwell, ex-MFH
David W. Herr
A. Dunham Hollister, Jr.
George S. Hundt, ex-MFH
Alexandria A. Hundt
Lester T. Hundt, Jr.
Joseph J. McKenna, Jr.
George W. Robertson, Jr.
James F. Scharnberg, MBH
Anson W. H. Taylor, III (Trophy Co-chairman)
Michael G. Tillson, III, MFH

Entertainment Committee

Mrs. Joseph J. McKenna, Chair
Mrs. D. Hughes Cauffman
Mrs. C. Barton Higham
Mrs. George S. Hundt, Jr.
Mrs. Millard H. Jackson, Jr.
Ms. Virginia Jackson
Mrs. Francis B. Jacobs, II
Mrs. A. Lee Reeser
Mrs. A. Lee Reeser, Jr.

Committee on English Foxhounds

Hugh J. Robards, MFH
Mrs. Linda Jenkins Armbrust, MFH
Mrs. John B. Hannum, ex-MFH
Suzy A. Reingold, ex-MFH
Mrs. Gordon H. Sellar, MFH

Committee on American Foxhounds

Mrs. Mark Bedwell, ex-MFH
Alexandra F. Allen, MFH
John J. Carle, II, ex-MFH
James L. Young, MFH

Committee on Penn-Marydel Foxhounds

Robert H. Crompton, III, MFH
Richard B. Harris, MFH
Deborah S. McKechnie, ex-MFH
Michael G. Tillson, III, MFH
Peter Wilson

Committee on Cross-Bred Foxhounds

Benjamin H. Hardaway, III, MFH
Henry W. Hooker, MFH
Mason H. Lampton, MFH
J.W.Y. Martin, Jr., MFH
Dr. Roger I. Scullin, MFH
C. Martin Wood, III, MFH

Committee on Beagles

Forbes R. Reback, MB
L. Stockton Illoway, MB
Mrs. William E. Bobbitt, MB

Committee on Bassets

Mrs. Peyton S. Cochran, MBH
Mrs. James Park, MBH
James F. Scharnberg, MBH

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