LORD LONSDALE 



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from Violet (1880). The sire of Wanderer was Wolds- 

 man (1874) from Gratitude (1878). Violet was by 

 Grove Reginald (1874) from Virgin (1876). The late 

 Frank Gillard, in his " Reminiscences/' records an 

 interesting note about Lord Lonsdale's Villager 

 during a day's hunting, which he had at Blankney, 

 December 31, 1885. Lord Lonsdale had mounted 



Mr Henry Chaplin hunting with the Belvoir and Cottesmore, 1910-11. 



Frank Gillard on a hog-maned, short-tailed 

 chestnut, and he says : " With a scent the pack 

 would have done well ; they kept their noses 

 down and were quick casting, particularly Villager, 

 a good-looking, short-legged hound, well off for 

 bone, and very muscular. This hound was used at 

 Belvoir later with good results." To-da}^ his blood 

 comes through Vagabond (1899), a most successful 

 sire of many sires at Belvoir ; bred during the master- 

 ship of Sir Gilbert Greenall with Ben Capell, hunts- 

 man. It will be remembered that the present 



