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beautiful colour and outline, he made a king 

 worthy of such a pack like the Belvoir. His 

 praises have been sung by all who saw him, his 

 portrait painted by more than one artist, and his 

 bones are now set up like those of the great 

 race-horse Hermit. Gillard could not honour him 

 too much, regarding him as the most perfect type 

 of the beautiful Belvoir blood, filling the kennel 

 with his stock. In all parts of a run he was 

 perfect, and he possessed a beautiful voice, which 

 he used freely, resounding through the woods, 

 giving the keynote to the pack, who would fly to 

 it. The best of his stock were hounds of great 

 character, remarkable for their good looks on the 

 flags, and their good hunting qualities in the field ; 

 moreover, the breed was everlasting, and never 

 tired. Gambler was probably the sire of more 

 hounds than any other of his day, and lived to his 

 fourteenth season, running with the pack up to a 

 year of his death, when he had to be drafted for 

 deafness. Although Belvoir Gamblers cannot be 

 bred from rule of thumb, the proportions of this 

 remarkable foxhound as taken by Mr. Basil 

 Nightingale, who painted his portrait for the Duke 

 of Rutland, are worth preserving as an example of 

 what symmetry should be. Standing twenty-three 

 inches at the shoulder, from the extreme point of 

 his shapely shoulders to the outer curve of his well- 

 turned quarters he measured twenty-seven and a 

 half inches in length, whilst from elbow to ground 

 his height was only twelve inches. Possessing great 

 depth of rib and room round the heart, he girthed 



