8 GOOD SPORT 



ness is as common in the slow as in the fast, and 

 has nothing whatever to do with make and shape, 

 or with nose either. Not only is pace an assistance 

 indirectly to the nose of a hound, but make and 

 shape are a direct assistance to the nose of any 

 hunting animal. Make and shape indicate ease of 

 motion — a smooth, even action — and therefore 

 wind, without which none of the senses can be 

 utilised to the full. Still, in spite of any argument, 

 there will always be those to subscribe to the old 

 copy-book maxim, "It is better to be good than 

 beautiful." 



Early memories of Peterborough are associated 

 with the tall figure of George Carter, who for a 

 number of years was well-nigh invincible with the 

 stout Milton blood . from Mr. FitzwilHam's kennel. 

 The keenest rivalry in the ring existed between 

 George Carter and Tom Whitemore, a contrast in 

 height and figure, who ran him very close with the 

 pick of the Oakley, both claimed by Peterborough 

 men as home packs. Our first hound-show notes 

 were made in 1881 and published in the Illustrated 

 Sporting and Dramatic News. Twenty-one kennels 

 sent entries on that occasion, and the show was 

 held in the open on the skating rink, the judges 

 being the late Lord Portsmouth, a student of all the 

 best lines of blood from the days of Hugo Meynell ; 

 Mr. T. T. Drake, master of the Bicester, a name for 

 all time associated with the illustrious race of old 

 Duster, whose blood runs in many of the most 

 famous sires of to-day ; and Mr. R. D. Scratton, 

 master of the Essex Union, afterwards a great 

 breeder of short-horns. Both Mr. Drake and j\Ir. 

 Scratton wore tall silk hats in the judging ring. 



The first class for the best couple of unentered 

 dog-hounds took some deliberation and weeding out 



