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pack for the day was thirteen and a half couple of 

 bitches, a determined-looking lot, full of muscle 

 after a hard season's work. With a few minutes to 

 spare, Mr. Grossman pointed out some of the leading 

 lady hounds, Sunlight ('04), a five-season hunter, 

 being a very nice stamp of medium-sized hound, by 

 Belvoir Dexter ('95) from Sunbeam ('99). Showing 

 the Belvoir tan colouring with a distinguishing 

 white collar, later on in the day we saw her put 

 them all right at a critical moment when they had 

 flashed over the line. Vanity ('06) was another 

 nice bitch by Belvoir Valesman ('02) from Dusty 

 ('02), with good neck and shoulders. During the 

 season she raced out from the pack, and killed her 

 fox single-handed. Gambridgeshire foxes take some 

 catching, the coverts being large, with a good deal 

 of rough going between, and even on a good scent- 

 ing day they can lead hounds for forty minutes. 

 Diligent ('08), by Dashwood ('04) from Brazen ('04), 

 was a very nice turned bitch, as good-looking 

 as anything in the kennel, black-and-white pied, 

 with a tan head. Damsel ('08), by FitzwilUam 

 Donovan ('05) from Blithesome ('02), had a very 

 sporting appearance, just the type for a brood bitch, 

 and another of this entry was Dutiful ('08), by Oakley 

 Broker ('04) from Promise ('04), not a taking-look- 

 ing bitch when seen on the flags, but in the field a 

 nailer in her work, running at the head of the pack. 

 Mr. Grossman carried the horn in the absence of 

 his huntsman, and for that reason we congratulated 

 ourselves on having chosen this particular occasion 

 to see the Gambridgeshire in the field, for the 

 master when living in the Meynell country, where 

 he learnt his hunting, was one of the best of a hard- 

 riding field. The two horses to carry Mr. Grossman 

 were brown bays, short-tailed blood hunters with 



