148 Modern Dogs. 



than in the field, animosity against exhibitions must 

 be sunk. Most of the packs entered in the Stud 

 Books, consist of big, rather large hounds, many 

 from thirteen to sixteen inches, and the oldest 

 pack is the Royal Rock, hunting from near 

 Birkenhead, Cheshire, established in 1845 ^Y 

 Colonel Anstruther Thompson, who brought them 

 out of Essex. The Bronnwyd beagles, Sir Marteine 

 Lloyd's, with the kennels at Llandyssil, South 

 Wales, in his family since 1846, have been carefully 

 bred from true strains. The Cheshire Beagle Hunt 

 Club have some hounds good both in appearance 

 and work, which on more than one occasion have won 

 leading honours at Peterborough. Christ Church, 

 Oxford, has beagles of its own, originally established 

 in 1874, but the pack experienced vicissitudes, 

 especially in 1886, when, dumb madness breaking 

 out, the entire kennel were destroyed. The then 

 Master, Mr. F. B. Craven, soon obtained twelve 

 couples of merry little hounds, and the establish- 

 ment is now as strong as ever. Near London, at 

 Surbiton, Colonel Turner and Mr J. Fisher are joint 

 masters of the hounds which Mr. R. W. Cobb got 

 together in 1882, and the Stud Book (1895) 

 includes the Cursis Stream Beagles, with kennels 

 at Chapelizod, near Dublin, Mr. J. Godley being 

 master. The Peover, Cheshire, Mr. R. L. Crank- 



