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upstanding dog with size and quality. Of him 

 Brooksby said in the Field, " he is the gem of 191 1, 

 and worth a long journey to see. A picture of 

 elegance and power combined, owning no suggest- 

 tion of lumber, yet with immense bone down to his 

 ankles." 



Still one more conquering hero has to be recorded 



Belvoir Whalebone, 191 1. 



to Weaver's credit, by name Chorister, who won 

 the cup for the 1910 entr}^ This is a slashing 

 young dog, perhaps higher on the leg than the 

 other winners by this sire. All quality, with im- 

 mense bone carried well down, and very perfect 

 symmetry, he stands over a lot of ground, looking 

 the right stamp for a Leicestershire grass country. 

 On the side for his dam. Charmer (1906), Chorister 

 brings in a valuable outcross to Lord Galway's 

 Woldsman ; and his broken colouring is rather 



