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brought right up to date as regards feet, neck, 

 back and shoulders. In the field he is all right, 

 possessing an excellent nose ; one of the first on 

 occasions to wind a fox in a tree. When the pack 

 was dispersed, Sergeant made lOO guineas, bought 

 by Mr Harry Whitworth, master of the Holderness. 

 His brother Sampler, a shorter coupled hound, was 

 placed second ; and Saucy, a litter sister, was second 

 in the class for bitches. Other Samplers topped 

 the Cottesmore entry, which was above the average 

 in quality. Bel voir blood came to the top wath a 

 beautiful litter of three couples by Ragman (1906) 

 from South Cheshire Treason (1907) a daughter 

 of Belvoir Valesman (1902) and South Cheshire 

 Testy (1902). Rosy of this litter was placed in 

 front of all the ladies ; she was beautifully level, 

 stood perfectly, and with well-sprung deep ribs, looked 

 typically Belvoir in outline ; a model for the kennel. 

 A distinguished company, entertained to luncheon 

 by the Earl and Countess of Lonsdale at the Barley- 

 thorpe kennels, on the occasion of the 1909 Puppy 

 Walkers' Show included the Hon. Lancelot Lowther, 

 field-master of the Cottesmore, Lord Annaly, master 

 of the Pytchley, Captain Burns Hartopp, ex-master 

 of the Quorn, Colonel H. Wickham, ex-master of 

 the Fitzwilliam, Mr Austin Mackenzie, ex-master 

 of the Woodland Pytchley, Lord Willoughby de 

 Broke, master of the Warwickshire, Mr Henry 

 Chaplin, ex-master of the Blankney, Mr E. W. 

 Griffith, field-master of the Belvoir, and Mr James 

 Hornsby, one of the staunchest supporters of the 

 chase. The speeches after the luncheon were of 

 exceptional interest, the noble Earl first scoring 

 off his own bat when proposing the toast of King 

 Edward. " Gentlemen, I need not dilate on His 

 Majesty's qualities, which endear him to us all, 



