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EVENLODE – Miss Hastings and her
Monarch.

In writing about the story of Ven it Miss Hastings bred and showed many
is impossible not to mention Miss dogs to their titles, even doing the
Osmunda Hastings of the famous double at a number of Championship
Evenlode kennel. She was the shows. She also provided quality dogs
starting point for Mrs Molly Fort’s Van for others to show and was behind
Sandar kennel and later with Mrs many great post war lines, including
Molly Collins the foundation of the Ven, Rhinevale and Ledwell.
Ven kennel.

Miss Hastings
with Monarch,
along with Mrs
Nagle BIS
judge and the
secretary
of the Swedish
Kennel Club
making the
presentation.
LKA July 1962

One of the dogs who
did so much for her
but also to promote
I still remember meeting Miss the breed at the highest level was Ch
Hastings at the Southampton Open Evenlode Monarch of Merrybelle, bred
show, which back in the 1960s was by Mr Merry out of his Rhinevale
benched. As a teenager I was in awe bitch.
of her, in her white stock coat and
with a schoolteacher demeanour. Monarch won best in show at both the
West of England Ladies Kennel
My young bitch Penny was by her Association, WELKS, and The LKA in
famous Ch Sinterklaas Big Noise of 1962. This accolade went unbeaten
Evenlode, with so many of the for many years. He also held the Dog
wonderful Evenlode dogs behind him. CC record for nearly 20 years.

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