. The foxhound of the twentieth century : the breeding and work of the kennels of England . lebones is Whisperer,1910, a rare galloping sort of dog to stride alongover Southwold plough country, which often carriesa more holding scent than the fashionable grass, butfoxes do not come easily to hand. An elegant golden tan and white dog is Warbler,1910, by Meynell Warrener, 1907. He looks a grasscountry hound to go the pace, with exquisite neckand shoulders. Frank Freeman very much likedthis dog, and had him in the Pytchley kennel wherehe left some whelps. A different type of dog is Stoker, 1908,
. The foxhound of the twentieth century : the breeding and work of the kennels of England . lebones is Whisperer,1910, a rare galloping sort of dog to stride alongover Southwold plough country, which often carriesa more holding scent than the fashionable grass, butfoxes do not come easily to hand. An elegant golden tan and white dog is Warbler,1910, by Meynell Warrener, 1907. He looks a grasscountry hound to go the pace, with exquisite neckand shoulders. Frank Freeman very much likedthis dog, and had him in the Pytchley kennel wherehe left some whelps. A different type of dog is Stoker, 1908, by LordMiddletons Striver, 1904—Trainable, 1904, one ofthe best all-round workers in the kennel, full ofintelligence and untirable, just the hound to go THE MID-EASTERN COUNTIES HUNTS 117 hunting with ! Both Stoker and his son Stormer,1912, are much the same pattern of hound as BelvoirStormer, 1899, and they do drive along after afox. Then there was Tuner, 1908, by Turncoat, 1902—Guileless, 1904, a nearly all black stocky little dog;and the day Mr Rawnsley took his hounds by invita-. Sir William Cookes Tumbler, 1906. tion to hunt in Warwickshire there were several whoremarked the black dog leading. The bitches are all that you expect, and look likeracing up to a fox, and carrying on the fame of thekennel. The strength of the pack is 41 couples, ofwhich 2j\ couples are not older than two-seasonhunters, for four days a week. Sir William Cookes Sir William Cooke in 1909, gave up the mastershipof the Ledbury and became joint-master of the n8 THE FOXHOUND OF THE XXth CENTURY Southwold with Mr E. P. Rawnsley. The countrywas then divided, and Sir William Cooke has kennelsat his residence Ranby Hall, where with a separateestablishment he hunts hounds himself four days aweek. When visiting the kennels in 1910 we sawsome promising young hounds by Milton sires,from bitches brought from the Ledbury pick of the 1909 entry were Tumbler and Tuscan,by Milton Saladin, 1906, from
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