106 THE YORK AND AINSTY. 



hands the hounds seem likely to maintain the 

 prestige which they have possessed so long. 



It was in October that we paid our last visit 

 to the kennels. The hounds had just returned 

 from their first day's cubbing, and a workmanlike 

 lot they looked as they returned home after a 

 hard and hot day's work amongst the cubs. 



Wilson soon drew the entry for us to look at. 

 And a capital entry it is, consisting of six-and-a- 

 half couples of dog hounds, and seven- and-a-half 

 couples of bitches. As one would naturally 

 expect, there is a considerable amount of Belvoir 

 blood in the entry, Wilson having used the 

 Belvoir Gordon, Gambler, and Spartan freely. 



Gordon is a hound of which he cannot speak too 

 highly. He is by Stainless, out of Governess, 

 and possesses a rare combination of the Belvoir 

 Fallible and Warrior blood, a line that cannot 

 be beaten for work and hard running. His 

 puppies out of Fanciful, are a very promising 

 lot. Of these the bitches Faithless, Faultless, 

 and Farewell are a beautiful trio, with good feet 

 and legs, capital shoulders, and lovely heads. 

 The dogs. Falcon and Faculty, are also two 

 cleanly built hounds, full of quality, and the 

 whole five entered at once. They have a lot of 

 dash, and that excellent quality hound breeders 

 are too frequently tempted to overlook, plenty of 

 tongue. Wilson remarked, as he put them back, 

 that he had never seen young hounds do better. 



