6o FOX-HUNTING FROM SHIRE TO SHIRE 



Stormer (1899), Cranmer stood over more than any 

 of the quartette ; his bone well carried down, and 

 round feet being a pattern to go by. Showing 

 a massive, impressive dog-hound head, somewhat 

 sour and determined in expression, his looks be- 

 spoke his character, for he is a very resolute sort, 

 with a funny temper, and requires careful handling. 

 A deep, narrow-chested dog, his shoulders are clean 

 and well laid ; back and loin being beautifully turned, 

 and we placed him second to Waverley, for the 

 longer you look at him the more good you find in 

 his conformation. To mate with light bitches of 

 a racing type, this dog's size and quality, together 

 with his character for work, should be valuable. 

 Whalebone, the maternal grandsire of Cranmer 

 was a son of Trader, and one of two couples of dog- 

 hounds which gained second prize at Peterborough 

 in 1909. He is a very serviceable stamp of dog, 

 a size smaller than his son Cranmer, possessing 

 good shoulders, feet and legs — an unusually good 

 hound to mark and throw his tongue when a fox 

 goes to ground. 



The fourth hound was Hampton, by Lord Harring- 

 ton's Harper, a son of Belvoir Hemlock (1899) — top of 

 that year's entry — a son of Belvoir Dexter (1895), 

 and his dam Genial, a daughter of Oakley General. 

 A big-framed dog, he is not so impressive in appear- 

 ance as his companions in couples, nor so good 

 below the knee. In colouring and size this quartette 

 captivated the eye at once ; having pronounced 

 black markings on muzzles and ribs, relieved by 

 the richest tan and liberal splashes of white. 



Stormer (1908), Somerset (1909), Watchman (1907), 

 and Whalebone (1907), the second team of dog- 

 hounds which Gillson drew for inspection, were 

 nearer the ground in build, cobbier in appearance, 



