. The foxhound of the twentieth century : the breeding and work of the kennels of England . ith great bone, and verygood in his work. Veteran won at Peterborough,1911. In the 1912 entry, Novice and Norah, by BelvoirNestor, 1909—Speedy, 1908, were the secondbest couple of unentered bitches at Peterborough,Novice also winning as the best unenteredbitch. The following packs send bitches to the sires ofLord Portmans kennel: Blackmore Vale, S. Dorset,S. and W. Wilts, New Forest, Dartmoor, Mr ScottBrowne, Isle of Wight, V. W. H (Cricklade), Duke ofBeaufort, Craven, Woodland Pytchley, Essex,Ledbury,
. The foxhound of the twentieth century : the breeding and work of the kennels of England . ith great bone, and verygood in his work. Veteran won at Peterborough,1911. In the 1912 entry, Novice and Norah, by BelvoirNestor, 1909—Speedy, 1908, were the secondbest couple of unentered bitches at Peterborough,Novice also winning as the best unenteredbitch. The following packs send bitches to the sires ofLord Portmans kennel: Blackmore Vale, S. Dorset,S. and W. Wilts, New Forest, Dartmoor, Mr ScottBrowne, Isle of Wight, V. W. H (Cricklade), Duke ofBeaufort, Craven, Woodland Pytchley, Essex,Ledbury, Hertfordshire, Essex and Suffolk, LordBathurst V. W. H. THE WEST COUNTRY HUNTS 235 The Blackmore ValeMr G. Wingfield Digby of Sherborne Castle foundedthe present Blackmore Vale hunt in 1858, buying20 couple from Lord Portmans when master of theVine. The present kennels at Charlton Horethornin the centre of the country were built by the master,who hunted the country for seven seasons at hisown expense, engaging Jack Press from the Cam-bridgeshire as huntsman. It is a bank and ditch 1 ^. A scent on the grass. country lying in Dorset and Somerset, chiefly pasture,with large woodlands. From 1884 to 1900 Mr Merthyr Guest hunted thecountry mounting the whole of the staff on greyhorses, the kennel being an excellent one oftenrepresented on the flags at Peterborough. Mr Guestpurchased the celebrated Brocklesby dog houndsfrom Lord Lonsdale in 1896, but the hounds weredispersed when he retired in 1900. Mr J. Hargreavessucceeded to the mastership, bringing with him hisown pack of bitches from the Cattistock, chieflydescended from Blankney blood. In 1909 Mr 236 THE FOXHOUND OF THE XXth CENTURY F. J. B. Wingfield Digby, son of the founder of thehunt, became master with 55 couples of hounds,hunting them two days a week himself, W. Welshcarrying the horn on the other two days. At Peterborough, 1913, the Blackmore Vale wonwith a couple of unentered dog hounds, Sounder,by Sampson—Delicate b
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