Explore the TNYH experience through the eyes of GEORGINA PRESTON in “Coyote Country” an article published in Field Magazine.
There are no strangers here, only friends you haven't met yet.
We welcome horse and hound enthusiasts of all ages.
We’re a not-for-profit and volunteer-run club. Our members and professional staff are passionate about protecting the Ontario countryside, including the historic sport of following a pack of English foxhounds.
Our Property
Beautiful & varied terrain with abundant wildlife.
TNYH is an accredited member of the Masters of Foxhounds Association of America, which has conserved 1.5 million acres of land in North America.
We are a private club that owns and breeds a pack of hounds whose ancestry traces back to British officers stationed at Fort York in the early 1800s. Our hounds are kept in heated kennels on our property of over 50 acres in Mulmur, where we also have a small stable, clubhouse, and the home of our professional Huntsman. A series of low jumps on our rolling hills make up an inviting cross country course.
Meet Our Hounds.
Just like people, foxhounds have individual characteristics, so it is a long and careful process to both breed and train hounds.
TNYH breeds for both hunting instincts and conformation and TNYH’s hounds have won many awards at shows throughout North America. Puppies are fostered in ‘puppy walker’s’ homes from 8 weeks for socialization. They then come back to the TNYH kennels and begin their training, learning commands and pack etiquette. They love their job but they are also very loving and sociable with both people and one another – no matter how much room they have they tend to sleep on top of one another in a ‘hound pile’!
What
We Do.
Our Huntsman guides and works with the hounds, (some of them Canadian champions) leading them to try and solve the puzzle of where the coyote has fled to.
It is this incredible spectacle of watching the Huntsman guide the hounds as they follow their nose to the coyote’s route, which keeps us all coming back, along with the companionship of like-minded horse people!
Bottom’s Up!
A drink from the traditional stirrup cup warms us up and sets the day off right!
Since 1843. 175 Years of Foxhunting.
Our History.
The Prince of Wales joins a meet of the Toronto Hounds in 1924.
In 1843, the Toronto Hunt was led by officers at Fort York, and hounds were kennelled there. In the 1860s, some businessmen in the flourishing city kept the offspring of those hounds downtown and enjoyed following them when they ran through High Park, Queens Park, and the Don Valley.
In 1893, the sporting folk, including many ladies who rode sidesaddle, enlarged their club by inviting their golfing friends to help buy property in Scarborough, overlooking Lake Ontario, today is known as the Toronto Hunt. In 1930, most of the hounds moved north to Yonge Street in Aurora to a farm given by Lady Eaton to the renamed Toronto and North York Hunt. The rest of the pack stayed closer to the city, becoming the present Eglinton Caledon Hounds. TNYH moved yet again in 1986 to Newmarket, but at the start of this century, we made our final move to our present home in Mulmur, near the village of Creemore.