98 SOLDIER AND SPORTSMAN 



Here, too, it will be seen that the first of the 

 produce was Eremon by Thurles, winner of the 

 Grand National. During Daisy's fifteen years at 

 the stud she was barren on no fewer than eiofht 

 occasions, twice when revisiting Vitez, by whom 

 she had three other foals. 



The bitches on the right of the picture are 

 Beeswing (from the Dartmoor kennels, adjudged 

 to be a model of a foxhound), Guidance and 

 Revenue. 



The two hounds on the left are Rambler and 

 Revel, the two moving on the left, Belvoir Gaylad 

 and Venom. 



Be hounds ever so fit, their pace will be 

 influenced by the style of country over which they 

 run. Those best qualified to judge agree that 

 hounds run fastest in countries where the fields are 

 lara"e and have an abundance of grrass, and where 

 there are no fences of the banking sort. The best 

 of Leicestershire and Northamptonshire, comprising 

 some of the Ouorn and the Pytchley countries, is 

 an example of a first-class hunting country, where 

 if hounds run a man must go with a rattle at his 



