. The foxhound of the twentieth century : the breeding and work of the kennels of England . Belvoir Chorister, 1910. The average of foxes killed by the Belvoir during aseasons sport is 60 brace, for four days a week. Breeding for type and character is a never-failingsource of pleasure, though the disappointments anddifficulties may be in greater proportion than thesuccesses. It may be said of Ben Capell that hewas always looking three years ahead, and if everyentry was not remarkable,—because its composingelements had not quite arrived,—yet it wasscience and forethought, not accident, that att
. The foxhound of the twentieth century : the breeding and work of the kennels of England . Belvoir Chorister, 1910. The average of foxes killed by the Belvoir during aseasons sport is 60 brace, for four days a week. Breeding for type and character is a never-failingsource of pleasure, though the disappointments anddifficulties may be in greater proportion than thesuccesses. It may be said of Ben Capell that hewas always looking three years ahead, and if everyentry was not remarkable,—because its composingelements had not quite arrived,—yet it wasscience and forethought, not accident, that attainedthe continuous sequence of success. The greatest. Published in Bailys Magazine From picture in possession of Sir Gilbert Greenall LADY GREENALL IN COMMAND OF THE BELVOIK To face page 294 THE SIRES OF THE BELVOIR KENNEL 295 interest has always been centred in each successiveBelvoir entry, because hound men are appreciativeto see how the crosses of blood have been utilised,and what the new infusions promise for the futureof foxhound breeding. That is why fifty or moremasters of hounds make an annual pilgrimage tothe Belvoir kennels, with twice as many morehunstmen and houndsmen. The Belvoir kennel is a national institution whichfor generations has been open to the inspection andcriticism of the world at large, pursuing the eventenor of its way, careless of criticism, regardless ofpraise. The order of merit amongst a long suc-cession of stallion hounds has never been set by theBelvoir management, but by the masters of England,who have turned to the Duke of Rutlands kennelwhen they wanted to breed a foxhound possessingtype, size, bone, s
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