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might mention Frank Goodall of the Queen's ; Charles 

 Payne from Sir Watkin Wynn's ; Frank Beers from 

 the Duke of Grafton's ; Nimrod Long from the Bad- 

 minton ; Tom Smith of the Bramham Moor ; John 

 Jones, for over twenty years huntsman to the 

 Cheshire ; Cox of the Bicester ; Charles Leadham of 

 the Meynell ; and Frank Gillard, late of the Belvoir, 

 whose opinion on hounds to-day is in great request. 



Those whose names are known best as the 

 scribes on foxhound lore, compiling a valuable re- 

 cord of the greatest assistance to breeders to-day, 

 include the late Mr. G. S. Lowe, perhaps the best 

 writer of the century on foxhound breeding ; Mr. 

 Miles, our old friend '' Dragon " of Horse and Hound, 

 always to be seen sitting " in the poets' corner " at 

 Peterborough ; Captain Pennell Elmhirst, the Prince 

 of hunt correspondents, '^ Brooksby " of the Field; 

 Mr. Charles Richardson, '' Shotley " of the Field, an 

 authority on all branches of sport ; Mr. Crawford 

 Wood, one of the most polished and brilliant per- 

 formers with the pen in the pages of the Field under 

 the nom de plume of ^^Hyme" ; Mr. Scarth Dixon, 

 a great Yorkshire authority on fox-hunting, son of the 

 famous ''Druid" and brother of "Vigilant" of the 

 Sportsman ; the Hon. J. Bathurst, a former master 

 of hounds and editor of Land and Water ; the Rev. 

 T. F. Dale, also a former editor of the same paper 

 and a prolific writer of hunt history ; Mr. Otho 

 Paget, well known as ''Q." of the Field for Leicester- 

 shire. 



The late Lord Willoughby de Broke was strong 

 in his arguments against those who do not love 

 hound shows, where shoulders, necks, and forelegs 

 — indicative of speed — are in strong demand. Those 

 who think that pace, make, and shape are synony- 

 mous with wildness are past arguing with. Wild- 



