THE MODERN FOXHOUND 



necked, and three cornered he had very deep 

 ribs, and a wonderful voice. His dam Royalty 

 (1871), descended from Rambler (1864), possessed 

 remarkable symmetry and balance, qualities that 

 the son failed to reproduce. Despite this fact 

 however, Weathergage transmitted these qualities 

 to his own son Gambler (1884), a compact, 23 inch 

 hound, 27I- inches in length. It therefore appears 

 that the qualities were dormant in him, and he 

 was able to transmit them to his progeny. 



To Gambler very many of the most fashion- 

 able foxhounds of to-day trace their origin, and 

 both he and his ancestors were small hounds com- 

 pared with the modern standard. During the 

 forty years between the time of Brocklesby 

 Rallywood and Belvoir Gambler, we find a very 

 noticeable increase of bone in foxhounds, par- 

 ticularly below the knee. This is plainly evident 

 if we compare the portraits of the above men- 

 tioned hounds. The picture of Gambler shows a 

 hound of massive appearance, yet well balanced 

 and symmetrical, with a characteristic and in- 

 telligent head, and great beauty of contour. 

 There is great bone, carried right down to the 

 toes, and though the pasterns are short and 

 straight, there is no sign of knuckling over at the 

 knee. The Belvoir kennels have of course pro- 

 duced very many remarkable hounds of the 

 standard type, which would take too long to 

 enumerate here. We may however mention 

 Dexter (1895) whose portrait shows a practically 

 perfect hound of his particular type. 



As already mentioned, all the hounds in the 

 most famous packs are bred and inbred to Belvoir 

 sires and to-day the standard type is to be found 

 throughout the hunting countries of the British 

 Islands. Many of the most famous hounds of the 



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