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across this sentence. " A momentary check below 

 Wartnaby collected the scattered field, but Old 

 Dorcas' feathery stern was seen disappearing up 

 the opposite hedgeside, and the rest of the pack 

 were soon with her." I remember that old bitch 

 well, and she helped Firr kill many a fox. She was 

 one of the light-coloured sort that the craze for 

 Belvoir tan has almost made extinct, but in those 

 days there were several of the colour in the Quorn 

 kennel, and they always showed up when scent 

 was bad. I imagine the crowd at Peterborough 

 Hound Show would be shocked if any pack were 

 bold enough to show a light-coloured hound now, 

 but the Quorn " Dreamer " won the cup (1888), 

 and he was that colour. 



I walked " Dreamer " myself, but never quite 

 liked him or his sire the Rufford *' Galliard," in 

 spite of the fact that he was out of " Dorcas." If 

 my memory is not at fault both Gillard and Firr 

 used the Rufford " Galliard," being attracted by 

 beautiful legs and feet with great bone, but I fancy 

 neither were pleased with the results. 



Kirby Gate, the Quorn opening meet, does not 

 appear to have been productive of much sport, but 

 the Belvoir had a very fast gallop on the following 

 Wednesday. It was, I remember, a typical Belvoir 

 burst, hounds racing, a few happy men near them, 

 and the rest of the field struggling to overcome the 

 disadvantages of a slow beginning. 



Referring to my account, I read, " Count and 

 Cornet are striving for the lead, and are cutting out 

 the work for the rest." The former was Count 

 Zbrowski, and the latter Capt. F. Forester — not a 

 captain then — who has lately resigned the Quorn 



