. The foxhound of the twentieth century : the breeding and work of the kennels of England . THE SIRES OF THE BELVOIR KENNEL 281 and Chimer, sons of Weaver—Charmer by LordGalways Woldsman. Big, upstanding hounds withnoble heads, their colouring is hardly typical of theBelvoir kennel, and Chimer is too tall, a tendencythat can be counteracted in the mating. Comus, byVoyager, 1905, is another sire valuable for his Stormerblood, and he is getting good stock all about thecountry. Donegal, Deadlock, and Nominal, are sons. A determined sort in the field. of Ragman; Contract, a son of Weaver; Harlow,W
. The foxhound of the twentieth century : the breeding and work of the kennels of England . THE SIRES OF THE BELVOIR KENNEL 281 and Chimer, sons of Weaver—Charmer by LordGalways Woldsman. Big, upstanding hounds withnoble heads, their colouring is hardly typical of theBelvoir kennel, and Chimer is too tall, a tendencythat can be counteracted in the mating. Comus, byVoyager, 1905, is another sire valuable for his Stormerblood, and he is getting good stock all about thecountry. Donegal, Deadlock, and Nominal, are sons. A determined sort in the field. of Ragman; Contract, a son of Weaver; Harlow,Warwick, and Wrangler, sons of Warlaby, 1904, whosuccessfully established the Grafton Woodmanstrain in the kennel. The entry of 1911 is headed by Curate, a rare sortof full-sized dog, a nice loosely made foxhound withclean limbs, valuable for his blood which brings inall the best at Belvoir, including Dexter, Stormer,Grove Harkaway, and Grafton Woodman. Thelast of the Ragman dogs, in this entry, are Generaland Roman, but his son Rallywood is represented 282 THE FOXHOUND OF THE XXth CENTURY by Roderick, and there is Hector and Whisperer, byVulcan. Whalebone and Woldsman, by galaxy of breeding left by Sir Gilbert Greenalland Ben Capell in plenty and variety, wherewith tocarry on the fame of an illustrious kennel. The 1912 entry was headed by Rampion, a son ofRallywood, but it is not numerically strong orpromising for stallion hounds. The sons of Choristerand Chimer were top of the 1913 entry, the daug
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