. The foxhound of the twentieth century : the breeding and work of the kennels of England . is season—1912-13—the dog hounds ran a care-fully measured five miles in 20 minutes, markingto ground. The bitches on Feb. 15th, 1913, ran a threeand a half mile point in 13 minutes and killed. As regards dog hounds, perhaps the pick isDraftsman, 1910, by Tynedale Draftsman, 1904—Gentle, 1905. Other good ones are Gratitude, 1905,by South Durham Primate, 1901—Governess, , 1909, by Belvoir Weaver, 1906—Harpy,1902. Valiant, 1908, by Lord Fitzhardings Van-guard, 1899—Gentle, 1905. The pick of th
. The foxhound of the twentieth century : the breeding and work of the kennels of England . is season—1912-13—the dog hounds ran a care-fully measured five miles in 20 minutes, markingto ground. The bitches on Feb. 15th, 1913, ran a threeand a half mile point in 13 minutes and killed. As regards dog hounds, perhaps the pick isDraftsman, 1910, by Tynedale Draftsman, 1904—Gentle, 1905. Other good ones are Gratitude, 1905,by South Durham Primate, 1901—Governess, , 1909, by Belvoir Weaver, 1906—Harpy,1902. Valiant, 1908, by Lord Fitzhardings Van-guard, 1899—Gentle, 1905. The pick of the bitchesare Racket, 1909, by Vanguard, 1905—Redwing,1905. Diligent, 1912, by Gratitude, 1905—Dowager, THE NORTHERN COUNTIES HUNTS 41 1908. Parody, 1909, by Belvoir Viceroy, 1905—Pastime, 1905. History, 1910, by Belvoir Helper,1903—Faithful, 1907. Hairpin, 1907, by HeythropHarbinger, 1901—Gossamer, 1902. Glamorgan True-love, 1908—Their Seaman, 1903—Their Traffic, 1905. I consider it a difficult country in which tokill foxes owing to the many rocky places on the. YA Away from Covert. west, and the links on the east, which are verydifficult to stop properly. The going is very goodand seldom really heavy. The 1912-13 list of the Percy shows a total offorty-six and a half couples in kennel, of which thirty-six couples are old hounds, ten and a half couplesyoung hounds, for three days a week hunting. Border Hounds An interesting hunting note comes from Mr JacobRobson, master of the Border hounds, which for 42 THE FOXHOUND OF THE XXth CENTURY generations have been owned by the same family tohunt the moorlands of Northumberland and Rox-burghshire. The list of the ten couples whichcomprise the kennel was accompanied by the follow-ing letter: We dont like them too heavy for thehilly country, and light coloured ones are must be fast, and when they are lightlybuilt, they last much longer, for heavy hounds donot last long on the hills, and are too
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