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defeated all comers, and was destined to become a 

 great sire, his young stock winning in both classes 

 on the occasion under consideration. Hermit ('89) 

 was by Harper, a celebrated Warwickshire sire, from 

 Ruthless by Ravager, and he looked the gentleman 

 all over, it being impossible for a lover of fashion 



Atherstone Challenger ('98)— Champion 1902. 



to get away from the beauty of his neck and 

 shoulders. He had a thin white stern with very 

 httle feather, carrying it well over his quarters, the 

 weak point in his conformation being a slackness in 

 the back ribs. The judges were Mr. C. B. E. Wright, 

 master and huntsman of the Badsworth, and Mr. 

 E. P. Rawnsley, master and huntsman of the South- 

 wold, and this was the last occasion at Peterborough 

 when one set of judges were able to get through 



