Christian
Hueber, II, wearing the traditional brown livery of the
Brandywine Hounds of West Chester, PA
(photo courtesy of George S.
Hundt, Jr.)
Bryn Mawr Hound Show Show Chairman and Radnor Joint-MFH Christian
Hueber II died on October 28th, at the age of 49, after a
courageous fight with pancreatic cancer. During a ceremony at
Radnor’s Thanksgiving meet Senior Master Frank H. “Terry” Griffin III
lauded Mr. Hueber’s passion for hounds and hunting and then rode off to
disburse his ashes over hunt country.
Mr. Hueber was such an avid foxhunter that on Radnor off days he could
often be found at the Rolling Rock Hunt where he served as honorary
whipper-in. He also went to London for extended stays on business
which enabled him to hunt with many of the great English and Irish
packs. A student of hounds in particular, Mr. Hueber befriended
notable huntsman such as Captain Ronnie Wallace and Hugh Robards, among
others.
Mr. Hueber was ubiquitous as the Show Chairman of the BM Hound
Show. He was also a Vice President at the Peterborough Royal
Foxhound Show in England and had few peers in the arcana of hound
breeding. As Master of Radnor, Mr. Hueber was instrumental in
keeping open the Brandywine Hounds hunting territory for Radnor.
He was educated at the Haverford School and the University of
Pennsylvania, and was a member of the Rittenhouse, Philadelphia, and
Merion Cricket Clubs. He owned Philpen motors, a Jaguar
dealership, and was on the board of the Radnor Hunt Concours
d’Elegance, a motor-car show, for which he ran the road rally.
Known to his friends for his encyclopedic knowledge of foxhunting, he
was also the co-author of Bentley Continental Sports Saloon, the
definitive study of the Bentley R Type Continental of which he owned
one of the two hundred and eight that were produced. This was the
original car of a certain fictional British secret agent before
switching to Aston Martins.
Mr. Hueber is survived by his wife of eighteen years, Trish Hueber,
also an avid foxhunter.
The Bryn Mawr Hound Show Association is deeply saddened by this loss.