. The foxhound of the twentieth century : the breeding and work of the kennels of England . their huntsmen. Harry Ayres was with them40 years and was never tired proclaiming the meritsof Cromwell, 1855. Backhouse accomplished a longspell and died in harness, whilst Will Rawle retiredat the end of twenty years service. Early in theforties Lord Fitzhardinge and Harry Ayres wentto Belvoir, Brocklesby, Milton, and Badminton forblood, and would have none but hard workers withplenty of tongue; good looks never being taken intoconsideration. From the Warwickshire a stallionhound was obtained named Ta
. The foxhound of the twentieth century : the breeding and work of the kennels of England . their huntsmen. Harry Ayres was with them40 years and was never tired proclaiming the meritsof Cromwell, 1855. Backhouse accomplished a longspell and died in harness, whilst Will Rawle retiredat the end of twenty years service. Early in theforties Lord Fitzhardinge and Harry Ayres wentto Belvoir, Brocklesby, Milton, and Badminton forblood, and would have none but hard workers withplenty of tongue; good looks never being taken intoconsideration. From the Warwickshire a stallionhound was obtained named Tarquin, 1845, a sort of THE MID-SOUTHERN COUNTIES HUNTS 195 pied grey hound, and the colour is to be found inthe kennel to this day. Though you cannot getmake or shape from the kennel, yet wherever theblood is used, an improvement in work is present huntsman, Will Gilbert, went to theBerkeley kennel in 1907, and writing with referenceto the hounds in August 1913, he says, I am en-closing you a list, and our hounds in colour aredifferent to most other packs. We keep all colours,. gTHeCV Working out the line. the lemon, badger-pied, grey, and of course sometan. They are noted for their beautiful huntingqualities, fine cry, and are terrors in sticking totheir foxes. Also they have wonderful sprung using other blood the Meynell and the Miltonpacks have done very well for us of late years, andpreviously the Tickham Guider did us good. Thepresent home sires we are using are Hermit, 1910,by Worcestershire Hemlock, 1904—Possible, 1906;Feudal, 1909, by Partisan, 1905—Flurry, 1902;Galway, 1911, by Victor, 1902—Genuine, 1904; iq6 THE FOXHOUND OF THE XXth CENTURY Gainer, 1911, by Governor, 1907—Guilty, 1908;and Victor, 1902. Vampire we have just drafted,but he has left a lot of good stock. Packs thatcome to our blood are the Cotswold, North Cots-wold, Rufford, Lord Bathursts Crawley and Hors-ham, Llangibby, Mr Fullertons. The dog houndsmeasure about 23 J- to 24 i
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