8 FOX-HUNTING FROM SHIRE TO SHIRE 



as the hunting men. It is fifty years since the 

 foxhound show was started, and we hope that it 

 will be fifty times fifty before this show experiences 

 an ending." 



Commander W. B. Forbes, R.N., " Maintop," 

 author of that delightful standard work " Hounds, 

 Gentlemen please ! " has written, " The utility 

 of the Peterborough hound show has been questioned 

 by some, but it appears to me most desirable, as 

 I have already said, that a standard type of fox- 

 hound should exist. Wise men have decided what 

 points are desirable in his frame, and they can 

 do no more ; but this type one ought to be able 

 to see at Peterborough if anywhere. Visitors to 

 the show may keep the winners in their minds, 

 and if they have hounds at home may get hints 

 as to what kennels they should go to, to seek 

 for blood that will correct any very glaring faults 

 in their own. . . . There is an extraordinary 

 fascination about the ' cult of the foxhound,' 

 and if the Peterborough Show did no other good, 

 I am sure that it has helped to make many folk 

 take an interest in hounds, who would never have 

 done so had it not been the fashion to ' go to 

 Peterborough.' " 



The Milton kennel, as befits such an historical 

 pack, has an old-world look about it, more sug- 

 gestive of an ancient ivied fortress than an up-to- 

 date kennel. Sheltered by magnificent oaks, which 

 are a great feature of the park, and some of the 

 largest in England, it is an ideal setting — with its 

 herd of deer and heronry — for the home of a pack 

 possessing so splendid a record. When staying at 

 Milton to enjoy a woodland day in the huge forest 

 of Bedford Purlieus by Wansford, Mr Fitzwilliam 

 showed us a fine collection of pictures, which in- 



