A DAY WITH MR E. A. V. STANLEY 195 



a Leicestershire grass country, where many of the 

 fields are a hundred acres, big hounds seem most 

 suitable, also their music is good to hear in the deep 

 woodlands ; and Mr Stanley would appear to favour 

 a big stamp of hound, so long as they are built near 

 the ground. A very nice model bitch, standing on 

 the roundest of feet, was Tragedy (1907), by Ather- 

 stone Conquest (1904), and so typical of the type 

 of that kennel is she that I easily picked her out. 

 Long and low, with deep, rich colouring, she looked 

 like work, and came in a purchase of a couple and 

 a half at the V. W. H. (Cricklade) sale, to Mr Stanley's 

 bid of 160 guineas. A nice, short-coupled, weighty 

 bitch was Blissful (1908), by Chanter (1903), from 

 V. W. H. Buxom (1902), though the hard going 

 in the cub-hunting season damaged her feet. 

 Treasure was another Belvoir-bred one that caught 

 my eye, by Warlock (1906), from V. W. H. Trusty 

 (1904) ; in fact, those I have mentioned can only 

 serve as a sample of the treasures of the kennel, 

 for other critics might rearrange the order. 



In the field Mr Stanley has an excehent hunting- 

 pack, and they fly to his horn with the greatest 

 confidence. This I noted during an enjoyable day's 

 hunting seen on the Market Harborough side of 

 the country. The fixture was at Carlton, on a 

 bright frosty morning in November, and Roake 

 trotted on to covert with nineteen and a half couples, 

 whilst we did the eight miles in the master's motor, 

 speeding through a district of county mansions 

 and fine timber. The famous Lord Cardigan of 

 Deene — where his widow now lives — was a great 

 man with these hounds; so was the late " Squire " 

 Try on, of Bui wick Park, father of the late 

 Admiral George Tryon. The chief woods of Weekly 

 Hall, Geddington, Broughton, and Grafton are the 



