14 GOOD SPORT 



Hugo Meynell, the first to hunt in Leicestershire, 

 the latter-day triumphs in breeding are the result of 

 a dip into the Bel voir blood. Mr. Gerald Hardy 

 and his huntsman Charles Gillson have good cause 

 to be proud of ^^'arrener and Why Not, winners at 

 Peterborough in 1907 and igo8. To describe Mey- 

 nell Warrener ('07), by Belvoir Warlaby from 

 Locket, he has size to recommend him, standing 

 nearly 24J inches, and measuring 32 inches round 

 the heart. All activity, well coupled up, with 

 shoulders, ribs, legs, and feet of the best, the breed- 

 ing of his sire and dam, nick through Belvoir 

 Weathergage ('76), and his colour is typical of that 

 kennel. 



Of Why Not ('05) Charles Gillson said, "He is 

 quite a huntsman's hound in the field," a stylish, 

 tan-coloured dog by Belvoir Vagabond ('99) from 

 South Cheshire Wayward, a daughter of Warwick- 

 shire Talisman. Why Not was bred by Mr. Reginald 

 Corbet when master of the South Cheshire, w^ho 

 kept nothing but bitches, presenting the dog puppies 

 to his friends. Both Warrener and Why Not helped 

 the Meynell to win in the class for the best two 

 couple of dog-hounds in 1908. 



The Warwickshire, under two masterships of 

 Lord Willoughby de Broke' s, have gained probably 

 more distinctions on the flags than any other pack 

 of hounds in England, and that too in a very short 

 space of time. The late Lord Willoughby de Broke, 

 with Jack Boore as huntsman, advised by Mr. J. 

 Maunsell Richardson and the Rev. Cecil Legard, 

 built up the kennel with liberal infusions of blood 

 from the Belvoir, Milton, and other proven sources, 

 determined to make the pack the very first for high 

 quality. In 1892 the Warwickshire sent a very 

 beautiful dog to Peterborough in Hermit ('89), who 



