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a record by winning for Mr Charles M'Neill and Sir 

 Samuel Scott the champion cups at the Peter- 

 borough and Reigate hound shows. Of Grafton 

 Rakish it was said by the critics of the Field, " She 

 has nearly every good point a young foxhound bitch 

 should have. She has good bone, adequate sub- 

 stance, nice size, good legs and feet, is symmetrical 

 and prettily turned, with a deep brisket and loin. 

 We thought her the most charming foxhound 

 in the show." Mr M'Neill kindly supplied the 

 following measurements of this beautiful model, 

 taken by independent parties. Height 24 inches, 

 girth round heart, after three hours exercise and 

 no food since previous day, 3i| inches ; round 

 arm, just below elbow, ^\ inches ; round neck 

 17 inches ; from tip of nose to tip of stern, 

 straight over back line and head, 59 inches. Later 

 reports tell us that this charming daughter of 

 Belvoir Rallywood, has " entered the very best 

 to hunting." 



Yet a third champion cup went to the credit 

 of the Belvoir blood in 1911, when the Peterborough 

 verdict pronounced Meynell Waverley (1909) to be 

 the best dog-hound on the flags. This grand two- 

 season hunter combines the blood of Belvoir, and 

 the old Hugo Meynell sort, which were the first to 

 hunt foxes in Leicestershire. Meynell Waverley 

 (1909) was bred by Mr Gerald Hardy, — who is a 

 pastmaster in the science of breeding hounds, — 

 the result of a union with Belvoir Warlock (1906) 

 and Meynell Promise by their Trader. Referring 

 back to Belvoir lists, it will be found that Warlock 

 (1906) was a son of Stormer (1899), who was one of 

 the best hounds seen on the line of a fox, in whose 

 veins coursed the blood of Grove Harkaway and 

 Belvoir Dexter. Warlock was a hound of some 



