Airedale Beagles
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 Dawson Jowett and Tom Clark with the pack, 1891 | |
| Hunt type | Beagling |
|---|---|
| Country |  England |
| History | |
| Founded | 1891 |
| Parent pack | Bradford Harriers |
| Historical quarry | Hare |
| Hunt information | |
| Hound breed | Beagle |
| Hunt country | West Yorkshire &North Yorkshire, bordering Lancashire |
| Master(s) | M Spilsbury & P A Osbaldiston |
| Quarry | Rabbit |
| Kennelled | Silsden |
| Website | www.airedalebeagles.com |
The Airedale Beagles was a beagle pack founded in 1891.
The pack was founded in 1891 following a chance meeting between Dawson Jowett and Tom Clark, the former becoming the huntsman and the latter the kennelman.[1][2][3][4] The pair are believed to have made use of hounds from the Bradford Harriers which was disbanded several years earlier.[5]
The pack was trencher fed until 1922 when kennels and a huntsman’s house was built in Eldwick, the pack is now kennelled in Silsden.[1]
Since the passing of the Hunting Act of 2004, the pack hunts scent trails and rabbits and is very occasionally called to locate hares that have been injured following a shoot, all of which is permitted under the legislation.[1][6]
The hunt folded in 2023.[7]
Hunt country
The country hunted is in West Yorkshire and North Yorkshire, bordering Lancashire, from Trawden in the south-west, to Horton in Ribblesdale in the north and Otley in the east, including Rombalds Moor, the terrain is fell and rough pasture with high stone walls.[1][4][8]
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