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GOOD SPORT 



the arduous duties of judging both classes. A re- 

 mark made by Mr. Wright about colouring we well 

 remember, " In breeding hounds take care of the 

 white necks and shoulders." Certainly Hermit was 

 a case in point, his markings enhancing his mar- 

 vellous symmetry. 



A full record of Warwickshire triumphs would 

 fill a whole chapter, for they have been continuous — 

 Tancred winning the champion prize in 1897 ; but 

 to come to the events of 1901, of which year we 



have pleasant memo- 



-^M^fyj^K \\ ries about Pedlar, the 



^^-•-i>L \ n last of the late 



Lord Willoughby de 

 Broke's prize - bred 

 hounds. Pedlar ('01), 

 byTuscanfrom Heed- 

 ful, strained back on 

 both sides to Bel- 

 voir Weathergage, 

 before he had seen 

 a fox, won the cham- 

 pion prize at Peter- 

 borough, shown by Jack Brown, a noted hard rider 

 from Lord Harrington's country, succeeding Jack 

 Boore. 



Standing 23^^ inches high, with muscular back 

 and quarters. Pedlar lacked the elegance of neck and 

 shoulders which distinguishes Warwickshire winners, 

 and Lord Willoughby de Broke pointed this out 

 as he painted Pedlar's portrait. Though, alas, a 

 confirmed invalid, wheeled in a bath-chair to the 

 kennels, the noble master talked away about hounds 

 and hunting, one of his trite sayings being, "A fox- 

 hound should be good-looking, well-made, and able 

 in the field as a matter of course." The judges in 



«^s 



Warwickshire Hermit ('89). 



