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the occasion as Traveller did. For minutes he stood 

 as a statue graven in stone, with never a movement 

 in his taut-drawn muscles. The best sire of our 

 generation was magnificently upheld in the noble 

 dignity and serene contempt he displayed for the 

 other ' dogs ' who brushed his flanks and with 

 inquisitive nose examined this mould of fashion and 

 glass of form." 



The two judges being unable to divide their 

 opinion between Traveller and the Atherstone Con- 

 quest, Mr. John Watson, master of the Meath, was 

 called in as referee, and after bestowing critical 

 glances on the couple, he slapped Traveller with his 

 catalogue and said, " I go for this dog! " — confirm- 

 ing his opinion of 1904 when, with Mr. W. M. Dunn, 

 he awarded this Warwickshire dog the champion- 

 ship. Alas, this was the last time the late Mr. 

 John Watson was seen at Peterborough, where he 

 was known so well judging horses and hounds; 

 he was one of the house-party entertained by Mr. 

 and Mrs. George Fitzwilliam for the Milton puppy 

 show, which takes place the day before the hound 

 show. 



The Pytchley, the admitted best four-day-a-week 

 country in England, has done well at Peterborough 

 in the past, winning the champion honours in 1893 

 for dog-hounds with Forager ('93) by Rockwood, in 

 the mastership of Lord Spencer, with Will Goodall, 

 huntsman, the judges being Sir W. M. Curtis, Mr. 

 T. H. Ashton, and the Rev. Cecil Legard. Coming 

 to a later date, in the mastership of Mr. W. M. 

 Wroughton, a successful student of hound breeding, 

 with John Isaac as huntsman, the Pytchley were 

 keen competitors, winning the champion prize in 

 1899 with Marquis ('99), unrounded, and a long- 

 coupled tan dog, by Belvoir Dexter from Mayoress, 



