. The foxhound of the twentieth century : the breeding and work of the kennels of England . —Hecuba, 1905, is the masters favourite, as goodin the field as she is in appearance. The present beautiful kennels were built by aformer master, Mr Gerard Leigh, on the plan ofthose designed by the late Lord Middleton at Birdsall,only on a larger scale. Mr Smith BosanquetsA portion of the Hertfordshire country on thesouth side has been lent since 1908 to Mr G. Smith-Bosanquet, who has established a two-day-a-weekkennel at his residence Broxbornebury Park, carry-ing the horn himself. From small beginnin
. The foxhound of the twentieth century : the breeding and work of the kennels of England . —Hecuba, 1905, is the masters favourite, as goodin the field as she is in appearance. The present beautiful kennels were built by aformer master, Mr Gerard Leigh, on the plan ofthose designed by the late Lord Middleton at Birdsall,only on a larger scale. Mr Smith BosanquetsA portion of the Hertfordshire country on thesouth side has been lent since 1908 to Mr G. Smith-Bosanquet, who has established a two-day-a-weekkennel at his residence Broxbornebury Park, carry-ing the horn himself. From small beginnings thisyoung hunt has become firmly established, and eachsuccessive season grows in popularity, maintaining 216 THE FOXHOUND OF THE XXth CENTURY an excellent average of sport. A shooting districtabounding in beautiful coverts, the happiest stateof feeling exists, foxes and pheasants flourishingunder judicious management. Mr Smith-Bosanquetformerly held a mastership to the Cambridgeshire,from which pack he brought his present kennelhuntsman James Budd, and first whipper-in ^V Mr Smith Bosanquets Saucebox, 1910. The kennels are constructed of wood and iron,placed in the park near the seventeenth-centurymansion, most complete and healthy for 25 couplesof hounds. It is a pack with a well-bred appearance,carefully drafted for working qualities, and full ofmusic to make the big woodlands ring with the drafts that have been purchased aresmart typey bitches from the Atherstone, LordZetlands, and the Woodland Pytchley, full ofBelvoir blood, the wherewithal to breed a kennel. THE SOUTH-EASTERN COUNTIES HUNTS 217 The completeness of the establishment with its25 couples of hounds, and 12 horses, leaves littleto be desired. The Whaddon ChaseThe Whaddon Chase hunt has been under themastership of the Selby Lowndes family since 1750,and the present Mr W. Selby Lowndes junior,succeeded to the family heritage in 1908. A packof 32J couples hunt two days a week, in a
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