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who had dipped into it, and many a time have 

 we seen cheery Frank's face lit up with a smile as 

 he watched the hounds of his own breeding catch 

 the judge's eye. There was no doubt that the 

 Senator strain was the most fashionable blood at 

 this time, winning this summer at the Alexandra 

 Palace Foxhound Show for both the Quorn and 

 Brocklesby kennels. 



As many as one hundred couple of puppies were 

 sent out to walk every season from Belvoir, many 

 going to the tenants on the Derbyshire estate as 

 well as Leicestershire and Lincolnshire. A good 

 start in life was insured for each puppy sent out 

 from kennel, a label bearing his name and pedigree 

 accompanying him, together with two bottles of 

 medicine for distemper and jaundice, with full 

 instructions when to use it, and a small gilt spoon 

 in which to measure the same. Consequently 

 the mortality amongst puppies was reduced to a 

 minimum, and the fame of "the Gillard com- 

 pounds" for distemper is to-day known world 

 wide. 



This season Alfred Orbell was promoted to the 

 position of first whipper-in, a duty which he 

 performed with great credit, being quick to turn 

 hounds, and a nice weight, 9 stone 7 Ibs. The 

 cubbing time was one of the best on record, 

 especially during October, when several nice pre- 

 liminary gallops with stout cubs in the open 

 resulted. During the second and third weeks of 

 September, when the weather was so hot and dry, 

 the Belvoir woods afforded excellent schooling 



