. The foxhound of the twentieth century : the breeding and work of the kennels of England . li«: i>--,. ^ x ... si- - . A Peterborough Winner, 1912. hound with a terribly rusty looking coat, but beauti-ful legs, feet, and general style, a cheery hound inchase and such a wearer. At the Earl of Lonsdalesdispersal sale of hounds, Mr Harry Whitworthpurchased Sargeant, 1909, by Hertfordshire Sampler,1905, from South Cheshire Warble, 1904. The pricepaid was one hundred guineas, and he possessesthe blood of Belvoir Tapster and Pirate in the thirdand fourth generation. Already Sargeant has ma
. The foxhound of the twentieth century : the breeding and work of the kennels of England . li«: i>--,. ^ x ... si- - . A Peterborough Winner, 1912. hound with a terribly rusty looking coat, but beauti-ful legs, feet, and general style, a cheery hound inchase and such a wearer. At the Earl of Lonsdalesdispersal sale of hounds, Mr Harry Whitworthpurchased Sargeant, 1909, by Hertfordshire Sampler,1905, from South Cheshire Warble, 1904. The pricepaid was one hundred guineas, and he possessesthe blood of Belvoir Tapster and Pirate in the thirdand fourth generation. Already Sargeant has madehis mark at the stud, the young Sargeants in manykennels coming out well in their entries. At THE YORKSHIRE HUNTS 63 Peterborough, 1912, Sargeant was awarded first prizefor the best stallion hound in the show. The Holderness kennel is strong in bitches, andtheir Dainty, 1907, by Handel, 1902, from Dairy-maid, 1904, by Belvoir Day Star, was reservechampion bitch at Peterborough, 1912. There are56 couples of hounds in kennel to hunt fourdays a week with Mr G. T. Heigham carrying the. Cleveland Vagrant, 1904. horn, the country consisting principally of plough,with big ditches. For the most part it carries ascent, a former huntsman saying, the scent isso good in Holderness that a man there might killa fox with a sow and litter of pigs. The Cleveland The present kennel, under the mastership of MrW. A. Wharton since 1886, comprises a sorty packof 47J couples bred to Belvoir. Originally a trencher- 64 THE FOXHOUND OF THE XXth CENTURY fed pack dating back to 1722, they are most interest-ing, and Sir A. E. Pease has written their 1871 the old order of things came to an end,and hounds were kennelled at Kirkleatham underMr Watson Dixon, to be succeeded by other residentsquires, Mr J. T. Wharton, Mr A. H. T. Newcomen,Mr J. Proud, and in 1886 the present master,Mr W. H. A. Wharton, of Skelton Castle, nearSaltburn. The new kennels we visited at Skelton in Cleve-land, and there
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