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Recent News At UKC
08/26/2008: Don McVay Sr. Memorial Event Beaglers from all parts of the country were in attendance in support of the McVay Family and the Annual Don McVay Sr. Memorial Hunt and Show held last weekend at Shumacker Farms in Coshocton, Ohio . The area had not seen rain in quite some time which made for... Read more here.
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This Weekend At UKC
The 49th Autumn Oaks event takes place this weekend, Thursday, August 28 to Sunday, August 30! Coonhounds from near and far will gather in Richmond, Indiana to compete in one of the year's largest hunts and shows. The Autumn Oaks nite hunt is the second leg in the prestigious UKC Triple Crown presented by Black Gold. This year marks the grand debut of the two-ring, two-day bench show - the largest coonhund bench show in the world! With camping, great food, and live entertainment on Friday and Saturday, this is truly "The Event Where History Is Made".
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The Parson Russell Terrier was named for the Reverend John Russell, a 19th century parson with a passion for hunting who developed a well-known strain of Fox Terriers. By the end of the 19th century, the show Fox Terriers, had diverged so far from their ancestral type that Reverend Russell's old-style Fox Terriers were referred to as a separate breed-the Parson Russell Terrier. Because the proponents of this breed were so determined to maintain the breed's hunting capability, they opposed recognition by all-breed kennel clubs for many years, on the theory that such recognition would lead to degradation of the breed. The Parson Russell Terrier today is virtually unchanged from its origins, and breeders are striving to keep it that way. |

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