John R. Tabachka
Huntsman

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In 1972 my dad began his career with the Sewickley Hunt. In 1982 he began to hunt the hounds, that's when I got hooked on hunting (riding his hunters and my pony). That year is also when I began to lay drag. In 1990, I moved to Baltimore, MD to begin my professional career as a Whipper-in, after 6 seasons there, I moved to carry the horn at the Farmington in Charlottesville, VA. 20 seasons later (and a few more moves to hunt hounds at different packs in Maryland and Virginia) I came back to my home pack to help bring the Sewickley Hunt back to its glory days.

Whippers-In

The whippers-in may change from hunt to hunt, but the designated whips are pictured below. 

JENNIFER BUCKLEY

DOUG CHRISTY

​Brian Daniels

Our Hounds

The Sewickley Hunt hounds are primarily American Foxhounds. They are lighter built, deeper and bigger voiced, strong nosed, and a properly independent yet, biddable hound. I have been outcrossing to the PennMarydel hound recently. This is a strain of the American hound. This increases the voice and scenting ability of the pack tremendously, and can slow them down just a bit (that’s a good thing in our steep, rough terrain).
 
We do have a few crossbred hounds, those are hounds that have some of BOTH, English and American foxhound in their pedigree.