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such clever ones to sweep up and down the hills, 

 and the longer the day the better they liked it." 

 At one time there were thirty hunters in the stable 

 by Gordon, and as many more young ones out at 

 grass, or in the hands of the breaker. Red Eagle 

 proved a great success as a hunting sire, for when 

 racing he was a long distance horse in training up to 

 his sixth year ; added to this he won three royal 

 premiums, and was placed three times first at the 

 Great Yorkshire Show. Wales is perhaps the most 

 powerfully built thoroughbred horse in England, 

 with great length in front of the saddle, depth 

 through the heart, big well-shaped hocks and knees. 

 The produce by Wales possess wonderfully developed 

 muscular quarters, and are the best of performers ; 

 blood-hunters up to weight. After hearing so much 

 about the short supply of horses in England, it was 

 a great pleasure to find Lord Middleton has such 

 a wonderful stud at Birdsall, "home-bred, and of the 

 best approved stamp." 



The Holderness Hunt 



On two occasions it has been our privilege and 

 pleasure to visit the Holderness kennel, and enjoy 

 the sight of stallion hounds whose names come into 

 the pedigrees of several packs. The first visit was 

 in 1902, during the long and successful mastership 

 of the late Mr Arthur Wilson ; when the kennel 

 won the champion cup at Peterborough with 

 Sanguine, a beautiful dark -coloured bitch ; and 

 first prize for unentered dog-hounds with Handel 

 and Dasher, by two Belvoir sires of those names 

 shown by Walter Medcalf, then huntsman. The 

 second visit to the Holderness was during August 

 1910, when we spent the day with Mr and Mrs Harry 



