MR GERALD HARDY 



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and placed second at Peterborough to the Warwick- 

 shire in 1909. The dog we hked best was Stormer, 

 a worthy son of Belvoir Stormer (1899) from Trinket, 

 by Saffron, a low-set 

 hound, well balanced, 

 with stuff and quality 

 to commend him. This 

 team were active mid- 

 dle-sized hounds of a 

 very workman - like 

 pattern. 



In a kennel so full of 

 young blood, a five or 

 six season hunter comes 

 to be regarded as a 

 veteran, and Gillson was 

 soon calling for " the old 

 brigade," the first repre- 

 sentative to try conclu- 

 sions on the flags for the 

 Meynell at Peterborough 



in 1907. These included the grey-faced Whynot (1905), 

 Warrener (1907), Prodigal (1905), and Hamlet (1907), 

 to whose credit are numerous successes on the flags. 

 Warrener and Hamlet won at Peterborough in 1907, 

 as an unentered couple, much interest being centred 

 in the appearance of the old Hugo Meynell sort 

 brought up to the standard of modern perfection 

 with an infusion of Belvoir blood. The same year 

 Whynot (1905) was shown as a stallion hound, 

 but was beaten by Hertfordshire Sampler (1905) 

 after being well in the running. Their meeting on 

 the flags in the final for champion honours was 

 a memorable occasion, because they were both 

 bred by Mr Reginald Corbet when master of the 

 South Cheshire kennel— where only bitch puppies 



Unseated but not defeated. 



