128 FOX-HUNTING FROM SHIRE TO SHIRE 



real workers, capital hounds to draw acres of strong 

 brambles. 



Amongst the younger hounds is promising work- 

 ing material by Essex sires, and this is particularly 

 gratifying to Mr Smith-Bosanquet, who when at 

 Eton was entered to fox-hunting in the Essex 

 country. Belvoir blood crops up chiefly in the 

 Atherstone purchases, and there is no mistaking 

 the qualities of necks, shoulders, and colouring. 

 The pick of the 1910 entry is to be found in a 

 litter of two and a half couples by Fitzwilliam 

 Saladin, from Hasty, a South and West Wilts 

 bred bitch ; they are Saucebox and Safety. The 

 young dog-hound Saucebox has size, and is quite 

 the right sort of hunting hound, with good looks. 

 In the previous entry there was a nice bitch 

 called Racket (1909), by Essex Rambler from 

 Warwickshire Trespass, by Warwickshire Trojan 

 from their Streamer. Racket is a 22h inch bitch 

 on short legs, has the right stuff and quality, and 

 has been mated with a Belvoir sire, her dam being 

 a great worker. Another nice bitch in the 1909 

 entry was Destiny, by Atherstone Deacon (1904) 

 from their Victory (1904), built on racing lines, 

 well balanced, and the right sort to go fox-catching 

 with. Hilda, of the same year, by Belvoir Ragman 

 (1906) from Atherstone Heretic (1907), we liked; 

 and Tariff, another Atherstone bred one, was said 

 to be a topper in her work. Trespass (1908), by 

 Lord Zetland's Foreman (1904) from Truelass, w^as 

 a big bitch, a wonder on the line of a fox, and Science, 

 a seven season hunter, by Belvoir Dasher (1900) 

 from Morpeth Sidelight (1900), should distinguish 

 herself as a matron. Amongst the dog-hounds 

 bred in the kennel, Rambler, a litter brother to 

 Racket, stood out ; he had a hard serviceable 



