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an indefatigable worker in the interests of both 

 sides of the show. 



There is no one more widely known at the 

 Peterborough gatherings than the Rev. Cecil Legard, 

 vicar of a small parish in Northamptonshire and 

 heir to a Yorkshire baronetcy. Clad in faultless 

 clerical attire, his judgment on horse and hound is 

 safe as St. Paul's. As the founder and editor of the 

 '' Foxhound Kennel Stud Book," Mr. Legard has 

 accompHshed a great work to further the interests of 

 the chase, and every year presents a silver hunting- 

 horn at the Peterborough show for the best un- 

 entered dog-hound. At Belvoir his reverence is 

 very well known, having judged every entry of 

 young hounds since Sir Gilbert Greenall instituted 

 the puppy show. A few years ago Mr. Legard was 

 presented with his portrait by the Association of 

 Masters of Foxhounds, when retiring from the 

 editorship of the Stud Book, which is now under- 

 taken by Mr. H. E. Preston, joint-master of the 

 York and Ainsty with Mr. E. Lycett Green. As 

 a prominent official of the show, the Marquis of 

 Huntly is always to be seen there, and a latter- 

 day member of the committee is the young Marquis 

 of Exeter, one of the keenest amateur huntsmen of 

 his time. Mr. J. L. Mills, Major G. L. Wickham, 

 Colonel Henry Wickham, and the Chairman, Mr. 

 G. C. W. Fitzwilham, figure prominently in the 

 management of the show, aided by Mr. J. G. Bar- 

 ford, Mr. J. W. Buckle, son of the famous jockey, 

 Mr. J. C. Cheney, Mr. J. Crisp, Mr. W. G. Maxwell, 

 Mr. F. Percival, a name of Heycock fame in the 

 Fitzwilham country, Mr. R. B. Walker, with Mr. 

 John R. Smart, the indefatigable secretary. A 

 prominent figure managing the arrangements of the 

 ring and announcing the verdict of the judges is 



