. The foxhound of the twentieth century : the breeding and work of the kennels of England . nteresting to see the outside crossing thatFrank Gillard resorted to, and note how few of thepuppies by outside sires were good enough to gain aplace in the entry with those by the home result of the outside crosses when successful,came out strongest in the female line, and havebeen of great value in maintaining the constitutionof the pack, giving colour to the theory that makeand shape comes from the sire, character from thedam. The out-cross of which Frank Gillard wasmost proud, resulted fro
. The foxhound of the twentieth century : the breeding and work of the kennels of England . nteresting to see the outside crossing thatFrank Gillard resorted to, and note how few of thepuppies by outside sires were good enough to gain aplace in the entry with those by the home result of the outside crosses when successful,came out strongest in the female line, and havebeen of great value in maintaining the constitutionof the pack, giving colour to the theory that makeand shape comes from the sire, character from thedam. The out-cross of which Frank Gillard wasmost proud, resulted from the visit of Prophetess,a daughter of Rallywood, to Milton Furrier, whohad no Belvoir blood in him for many generations 286 THE FOXHOUND OF THE XXth CENTURY back. So many as two couple from this union wereconsidered up to the standard to gain a place inthe entry of 1874, and included Fallible, whobecame head of a Belvoir family, being used every-where, as was his son Founder. But to-day theFallible line is nothing like so pronounced in thekennel as that of Weathergage, 1876, who was a. Frank Gillard in the Dukes Room at the Belvoir Kennels. three-cornered, flat-sided, home-bred hound forwhich Mr Albert Brassey would not give £10 whenincluded in the old draft. But breeding will tell,for when carefully mated Weathergage never siredanything as mean-looking as himself, whilst in thefield he was good in every part of a run, possessingnose, tongue, drive, constitution, and devilry whenbreaking up a fox, qualities which he transmittedto his stock. Weathergage, 1876, was the son ofWarrior, 1870, who was the son of Wonder, 1864, THE SIRES OF THE BELVOIR KENNEL 287 the son of Chanticleer, the son of Chaser, the son ofBrocklesby Rallywood, brought to Belvoir in dam was Willing, a noted bitch by Rallywood,son of Belvoir Rallywood, Warriors pedigree hastwo hits to Mr Drakes Duster, two to Rallywood,and two to Senator. In breeding, when going fortype it would appear that Frank Gi
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