. The foxhound of the twentieth century : the breeding and work of the kennels of England . builtin 1857 at Belchford, on the Lincolnshire Wolds,four miles north of Horncastle. It is a ridingcountry with a ditch to nearly every fence, andmuch timber. About one-fourth is pasture, three-fourths plough, with big woods on the Mr Rawnsley commenced mastership in 1880,he purchased drafts from the York and Ainsty, theBurton, and South Wilts, going to Belvoir, Ouorn,and Brocklesby for sires. The first sire selected wasBelvoir Straggler, a descendant of OsbaldestonFurrier, and most of the
. The foxhound of the twentieth century : the breeding and work of the kennels of England . builtin 1857 at Belchford, on the Lincolnshire Wolds,four miles north of Horncastle. It is a ridingcountry with a ditch to nearly every fence, andmuch timber. About one-fourth is pasture, three-fourths plough, with big woods on the Mr Rawnsley commenced mastership in 1880,he purchased drafts from the York and Ainsty, theBurton, and South Wilts, going to Belvoir, Ouorn,and Brocklesby for sires. The first sire selected wasBelvoir Straggler, a descendant of OsbaldestonFurrier, and most of the present hounds trace to abitch called Freedom, 1881, which was given toMr Rawnsley by Lord Yarborough in 1884. The THE MID-EASTERN COUNTIES HUNTS 113 mating of this bitch with Belvoir Weathergage, 1876,produced wonderful results, Freeman being one ofthe litter. The pack to-day is practically made upof Belvoir Weathergage, and Southwold Freeman,each considered by the man who hunted them to be the best ever seen on the line of a fox. A quickhound with no lumber has been the type aimed at,. Southwold Whalebone, 1908. best adapted to show sport in a country where thegoing is very holding, and the fences strong. A day spent on the Southwold kennel flags withMr and Mrs Rawnsley in May 1913, was full of interestand instruction. Our host on that occasion wasgoing on crutches, recovering from the effects ofa smashed leg received from the kick of a horsewhen hunting hounds the previous season. The total strength of the kennel is 41 couples,the dogs being drawn separately, the bitches looked H 114 THE FOXHOUND OF THE XXth CENTURY through collectively. There is a very workman-like look about the hounds, clean necks, shoulders,and deep fore-ribs, to satisfy the eye. Nose, tongue,and drive are the distinguishing characteristicsof the pack in the field, and the blood ofGrafton Woodman, Belvoir Stormer and Vaga-bond, Brocklesby Wrangler, Warwickshire Tancred,Tarquin, and Talisman, is the sourc
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