A HUNT WITH THE EARL OF LONSDALE i6i 



South Cheshire Wedlock, and the beautiful Belvoir- 

 bred bitch Hecuba ('06), by Belvoir Helper from 

 South Cheshire Crafty, five hundred guineas being 

 the price of the couple. A season later his lord- 

 ship made further extensive purchases at the dis- 

 persal of Mr. W. M. Wroughton's Woodland 

 Pytchley pack, giving two hundred guineas for a 

 noted bitch, Warranty. Such a store of bitches 



A couple of the Earl of Lonsdale's. 



should maintain the high standard of the pack 

 for many a season to come, mated as they have 

 been with proven sires : future entries com- 

 bining the best blood of the day will be 

 of interest to hound breeders. Lord Lonsdale 

 appointed young Sam Gillson huntsman, a son 

 of old George Gillson, who hunted the Cottesmore 

 for eighteen seasons under Mr. Baird, and Sam 

 gained some experience whipping-in to the Belvoir, 

 afterwards going to carry the horn for the West 



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