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by Belvoir Stormer, from Dahlia by Cotswold Dash- 

 wood, and his win was a notable one for a two-day- 

 a-week pack of thirty-two couples. The judges were 

 Sir Wilham Curtis and Mr. J. S. H. FuUerton. 



Earl Fitzwilliam in his presidential speech at the 

 luncheon, July 7, 1909, reminded the large assembly 

 that it was the jubilee of the Foxhound Society, 

 which owed its origin in 1859 to Mr. Thomas Par- 

 rington, at one time master of the Sinnington 

 hounds when a trencher-fed pack. At the first 

 show, which was held at Redcar, 

 Mr. Parrington presented a silver 

 cup, which was won by Milton 

 Hardwick and Friendly, shown by 

 old Tom Seabright, who journeyed 

 all the way from Peterborough. To 

 celebrate the jubilee of the show, 

 Mr. Parrington again offered a 

 silver cup for the best couple, 

 dog and bitch. It was a singular 

 coincidence, commented on by the 

 president, that again the Milton or Fitzwilham 

 kennel were successful, winning with Saladin and 

 Saucebox, shown by Will Barnard, who whipped-in 

 to the famous George Carter, who in his day was 

 whipper-in to Tom Seabright. 



A wealth of tradition and sentiment is therefore 

 attached to the annals of hound showing, the old- 

 established family packs, the pioneers of fox-hunting, 

 holding their own to-day with the newer rivals 

 which have sprung into existence. Unfortunately, 

 the veteran Mr. Thomas Parrington was unable to 

 be present to award his own cup, which would un- 

 doubtedly have been made the occasion for a great 

 ovation at the luncheon, led by the huntsmen in 

 scarlet sitting at the central table. 



Good to follow. 



