. The foxhound of the twentieth century : the breeding and work of the kennels of England . , Reigate Horse and Hound Show Style and Elegance Charles at Home Sport and Agriculture meet at Peterborough Peterborough in the Eighties Peterborough, 1906 Impressive Size and Beautiful Quality A Double Champion : Cotswold Pilgrim, 190; A Determined Sort in the Field . Kings of the Kennel .... Frank Gillard in the Dukes Room at the Belvoir Vagabond, 1899 Belvoir Ragman, 1906 .... Belvoir Chorister, 1910 Finis ....... Belvoir Kennels LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS xi LIST OF MAPS PAGE Division of Hunting Country
. The foxhound of the twentieth century : the breeding and work of the kennels of England . , Reigate Horse and Hound Show Style and Elegance Charles at Home Sport and Agriculture meet at Peterborough Peterborough in the Eighties Peterborough, 1906 Impressive Size and Beautiful Quality A Double Champion : Cotswold Pilgrim, 190; A Determined Sort in the Field . Kings of the Kennel .... Frank Gillard in the Dukes Room at the Belvoir Vagabond, 1899 Belvoir Ragman, 1906 .... Belvoir Chorister, 1910 Finis ....... Belvoir Kennels LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS xi LIST OF MAPS PAGE Division of Hunting Country on the Map of England xvii Division A—The Northern Counties Hunts ... 39 Division B—Yorkshire Hunts . . . 51 Division C—The North-Western Counties and N. Wales Hunts 85 Division D—The Mid-Eastern Counties Hunts . . 103 Division E—The Eastern Counties Hunts .... 146 Division F—The Western Midlands and South Wales Hunts 164 Division G—The Mid-Southern Counties Hunts . . 187 Division H^South-Eastern Counties Hunts . . 206 Division I—West Country Hunts ..... 228. As well as shape,Full well he knows,To kill their FoxThey must have nose. From N. C. H., Mr MNeills Hound List. INTRODUCTION Successive generations of sportsmen, the bestand wisest of their time, developed the modernfoxhound, a creation expressive of beauty,strength, and energy ; whether regarded from thestandpoint of the sportsman or the artist. Thescience of breeding and selection when forming apack of hounds to match on the flags, and hunttogether in the field, has been the life-long workof many illustrious sportsmen during the past twocenturies. As a solace for old age such a studyrivals even whist, for the fascination exceeds the xiv THE FOXHOUND OF THE XXth CENTURY limit of human life, and is an inspiring problem;a source of pleasure for the sportsman who haslong ceased to take an active part in the great masters and huntsmen have been a long-lived race, and their memory is kept green for a
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