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by Belvoir Falcon, possessing the blood of Quorn 

 Alfred ('72), a hound greatly bred from by Tom 

 Firr, and his stock were wonderfully good in many 

 kennels, able to race a fox as well as hunt one. 



One might imagine that Leicestershire, the first 

 hunting county in the world, portioned between 

 four or five different hunts, would have the hounds 

 to sweep the board of prizes. But, excepting Mr. 

 Fernie's, Leicestershire does not count on the flags. 

 As is well known, the Duke of Rutland's, the 

 acknowledged premier pack of the day, has never 

 shown away from Belvoir, though all the masters 

 and experts in breeding spend a day on the flags 

 of that kennel, " to tone up a foxhound eye and 

 foxhound memory," before visiting Peterborough. 

 Though Belvoir does not enter into competition, it 

 is their blood which wins the majority of prizes for 

 other kennels. The Quorn and the Cottesmore have 

 been seen out very seldom, and the same may be 

 said of Lord Harrington's hounds hunting a shoe of 

 Leicestershire country. 



The Quorn with Tom Firr, in the time of Captain 

 Warner's mastership, went to Peterborough, the 

 most successful year being 1890, when they won 

 the champion cup with Dreamer ('87), a lemon-and- 

 white-coloured hound, built on racing lines, showing 

 elegance of neck and shoulders. Tom Firr was one 

 who bred for pace as the first essential for the 

 Quorn pack, and Dreamer was by Rufford GalHard, 

 from Dorcas by Comos. Another hound from the 

 same kennel won this year in the novice class, 

 Sampson ('90), by Belvoir Gambler from Charmer, 

 a daughter of Rallywood, a massive young dog 

 with Belvoir colouring. The judges on this occa- 

 sion were Mr. P. A. W. Carnegy, Mr. Reginald 

 Chandos-Pole, and Mr. Thomas Parrington. At the 



