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a North Staffordshire bitch ; she is nippy, gay in 

 carriage, with smart neck and shoulders. The 

 Ughtest in build, but all quahty, was Magic (1908), by 

 Whynot ; and the runners-up at Peterborough to 

 this quartette were the Milton bitches, more massive 

 in mould, but not so near the ground. 



The entry of bitches at Meynell in 1909 was an 

 exceptional one, producing Lavender, Welbeck and 

 Winsome, which, with the second season Dimity, 

 were placed second at Peterborough, 1910, to the 

 two couples shown by the Cattistock. All are by 

 home sires. The first named being by Warrener^ 

 the other three daughters of Whynot, going to 

 prove that " like begets like." The entry of 1910 

 though numerically strong, showing size and sub- 

 stance, was not quite so conspicuous for quality. 

 At Peterborough, Heedless (1910), by Worcestershire 

 Hemlock, from Hostile, by Belvoir Hymen, was 

 second in unentered couples when shown with 

 Savoury, by Hertfordshire Sampler. Afterwards 

 the judges pronounced Heedless the best un- 

 entered bitch in the show, and her lines are very 

 beautiful, expressive of speed and exquisite quality, 

 with good bone for her size. Her colouring of golden 

 tan and white is very distinguished, and had there 

 been a hound to match her, she would probably 

 have won the couples ; but Savoury is a dark- 

 coloured hound, and has not quite so good bone 

 as her companion. Judged at home on the flags 

 another hound was preferred even to the Peter- 

 borough winner, for the Rev. Cecil Legard, Ben 

 Capell, and George Whitemore placed Rapid first, 

 and Heedless second. The winner is a daughter 

 of Belvoir Ragman (1906), and a bigger, more stuffy 

 bitch, tan in colouring, compact in build, a rare 

 sort for work or breeding purposes, bouncing along 



