. The foxhound of the twentieth century : the breeding and work of the kennels of England . he day, the Miltonhounds at the Jubilee show at Peterborough inJuly 1909 won the special silver cup presentedagain by Mr Tom Parring-ton, the father of fox-hound shows. The couplewhich won on this occasionwere Saladin, 1906, byPotent, 01, a son of Went-worth Proctor, 98. andTynedale Ardent, 98. Thedam of Saladin was Sanguine, ^„ . w Milton Donovan. the champion bitch at Peter-borough in 1906. The bitch hound shown withSaladin was his daughter, Saucebox, 1909, top ofher entry. Like the Belvoir, this kenn
. The foxhound of the twentieth century : the breeding and work of the kennels of England . he day, the Miltonhounds at the Jubilee show at Peterborough inJuly 1909 won the special silver cup presentedagain by Mr Tom Parring-ton, the father of fox-hound shows. The couplewhich won on this occasionwere Saladin, 1906, byPotent, 01, a son of Went-worth Proctor, 98. andTynedale Ardent, 98. Thedam of Saladin was Sanguine, ^„ . w Milton Donovan. the champion bitch at Peter-borough in 1906. The bitch hound shown withSaladin was his daughter, Saucebox, 1909, top ofher entry. Like the Belvoir, this kennel has been underthe care of huntsmen, the acknowledged best oftheir time, holding long tenures of office, withoutwhich the breeding of any pack cannot go for-ward. Will Deane, Tom Sebright, and GeorgeCarter accomplished nearly one hundred and thirtyyears service, between 1760 and 1888. DuringGeorge Carters time the breeding of the houndsreached a high state of excellence, and were well-nigh invincible on the flags at Peterborough, whilein chase they have always been distinguished for. 148 THE FOXHOUND OF THE XXth CENTURY nose, tongue, and drive. Undoubtedly the natureof the country over which they have hunted forgenerations plays a very important part in theformation of character, and the varied conditionsunder which the Fitzwilliam pursue the fox, hasalways helped to develop those sterling qualitieswhich distinguish the foxhound. In an area ofcountry thirty by twenty miles, which lies inHuntingdonshire and parts of Northamptonshire,forty per cent, is strong plough, twenty per cent,woodland and forty per cent, pasture. Preservingfoxes for the house of Fitzwilliam almost amountsto a religion, and the following includes farmers whofor generations have lived and hunted in the number of foxes killed in Mr George Fitz-williams country at the end of season 1912-13totaled 79J brace. The score was as follows: 50brace killed by the Milton hounds; the other packshunting by
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