As already last year, it is repeated in Maltese land an interesting as well as satisfactory hunting dog-loving twinning between the Italian Federation of Hunting and the local association of hunters, the FKNK. At the end of last January, Alberto Dandolo and Massimo Torelli - dog lovers who do not need to be introduced also for the numerous results that have characterized their competitive commitment over the years especially in the S.Uberto specialty - they went to Malta as FIdC judges precisely to put their experience at the service of local enthusiasts, judging a S.Uberto organized by the Ghknk of Mellieha.
At the event, in addition to the president of the Federation of Maltese hunters Joseph Perici Calascione, a representative of the Maltese government was also present to demonstrate the proximity to the local hunting world and support the interest of the island's dog lovers to enter the international trials circuit. After holding an informative meeting the evening before the race to better explain the regulation of the specialty, which as we recall it was "invented" by Federcaccia now half a century ago, then becoming a formula practiced throughout Europe, Dandolo and Torelli judged about forty competitors, divided into two batteries.
Simply spectacular - according to the two Italian technicians - the terrain where the test was run, a promontory on the sea with characteristics suitable for selecting competitors I took the field, with some reservations perhaps only for the English breeds, a little held back by the spaces to fully express the characteristics of the breed. Maltese Bracchi are much more at ease, a local hunting breed that has positively impressed our judges. The attention of the locals, both hunters and agonists, and of the authorities for the San Uberto specialty was high, so much so that an interest was expressed in form a group of judges specialized in this discipline in Italy, under the aegis of the Federcaccia, to expand the number of tests to be organized on the territory of the Republic and to be able to judge them independently.
The only brake, at the moment, is the possibility for Maltese dog lovers to program events of this nature only during the hunting period, while as is logical in all other countries, Italy included, it is precisely at the end of the hunting season that the focus is on competition. Also for this reason, a greater demand from enthusiasts could induce the Maltese government to bring its own legislation in line with that of other European countries.