| Tony and Karen Lewis |
| LYTH WHIPPETS |
| The name LYTH is derived from where Tony and Karen used to live in England. Lyth Hill, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England. Tony started with his love of all Longdogs as soon as he was old enough to walk up a hare in wartime England. He accompanied his uncle, a lurcher man and farmer of the old school, where Tony was pressed into service to flush hares and carry and the catch. Tony was raised on a Warwickshire farm, where during the war years much of the meat on the table was put there by Longdogs. The farm was six miles from Measham, Leicestershire, for many years the Mecca of Whippet Racing. Many of the village men, at the time predominantly coal miners, owned Whippets or Lurchers and Tony spent many hours in the company of these Whippet Fanciers (usually without the knowledge or consent of his parents) who as well as racing used their dogs for taking rabbits for sale and for the table. Karen's love of Longdogs began when she adopted an ex-track greyhound. Her love of dogs goes back to her first memories having been brought up with English Springer and Cocker Spaniels her parents bred and showed all the years she was growing up. She was born and brought up in Little Aston, Staffordshire. She spent all the time she could with both dogs and horses, showing, show jumping and fox hunting. She met Tony in 1961 and says she doesn't know whether he initially fell in love with her or her dog. Karen also now has two miniture dachshunds. Their three children are all now married with children of their own. Tony and Karen became United States Citizens on 12th. June 1998. We have also owned or been associated with Foxhounds, Working Terriers, Working English Springers, G.S.D.'s, N.G.R.C. Greyhounds, N.G.A. Greyhounds under the "Bowman" prefix and various working Lurchers. They came to Goldendale, Washington from the U.K. in 1979 with three children, 11 Whippets and one Gypsy bred rough coated lurcher. They are interested in Racing and Lure Coursing. LYTH Whippet Kennels are the breeders of the :- 1984/85/86/88/95 NPR National Champion 1984/85/86/87/88/91/98 NOTRA National Champion 1988 NAWRA National Champion 1996/97/98 WRA National Champion Lyth Whippet Kennels are the breeders of:- 21 Award of Racing Merit Whippets 26 Oval Racing Champions 6 Supreme Oval Racing Champions 4 WRA Racing Champions 3 NAWRA Racing Champions Lyth Whippet Kennels are the breeders of many F.Ch's, LCM's, NACM's, CC's, Cm's & CD's and Yes! even some with SHOW points!!!!!! Lyth Whippet Kennels sometimes has pups for sale to approved homes and also have some dogs at stud. |
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