Fox-hunting Past and Present 



timed at fifty-one miles in four hours I Hounds 



can run a cold scent now as well as ever. In the 



days long ago hounds were not so much pressed 



as they are now, and undrained land carried a 



better scent. 



Although a volume this size could easily be 



written round hound-lore and breeding, some 



interest may be added to this chapter by tracing 



the lineage of a few only of the above-noted 



foxhounds to those of to-day. Such bygone 



authorities as George Osbaldeston, Lord Forester, 



and Mr. G. S. Foljambe studied hound merit 



in a manner almost akin to science. To-day we 



have many worthy successors to them. It was 



the Lord Forester who took the Belvoir after 



1825, who originated the idea of puppy walking, 



and introduced the Osbaldeston Furrier blood. 



This brought the Belvoir to the pinnacle of 



hound fame on which the pack now rests. The 



huntsmen, Goosey and then Will. Goodall, were 



experts in hound-breeding, and introduced the 



singularly beautiful stamp and type to that 



kennel. The same traditions were carried on 



by Frank Goodall and by Ben. Capel to-day. 



Weather-gage, for instance, bred in 1876, was the 



hound par excellence of the Belvoir pack in his 



day. His pedigree reads as follows : By Warrior, 



by Wonder-Susan, by Stormer, by Guider, son 



of the ** Drake" Duster. Weather-gage's dam was 



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