LAMBOURN: A COMPENDIUM OF LURCHER PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN AT LAMBOURN 1981. By David Hancock. Edited and compiled by D.B. Plummer.

ND (1981?) 1st edition. Stapled A5 paperback (148 x 210mm). Pp96. B/w photographs by Hancock, illustrated by Martin Knoweldon. Edited and published by Brian Plummer.

"The Lambourne Lurcher show on the Berkshire Downs is a great place to be on a bright September Sunday. It all started in 1971. Racehorse trainer Captain Peter Lowis, his wife Penny and their friend, artist Leesa Sandys-Lumsdaine, all keen coursing enthusiasts, decided to hold a show for their friends' lurchers in a paddock at Peters' home, Croft House, Lambourne. ...Lurchers [were] shown in the morning, raced in the afternoon and all breeds of dogs could compete in obedience tests and obstacle races." All proceeds went to the Injured Jockeys' Fund. ...It became an annual event, and was held at Croft House for four years in all, each one bigger than the last." This small book is a collection of photographs of the tenth show (1981) which saw 1260 entries in 30 classes.