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been adapted by the Cottesmore and Hertfordshire 

 hunts, the covered-in passage with top hghts being 

 a most convenient accessory in which to show the 

 hounds in bad weather. As it happened while we 

 were seeing the hounds, a ratthng thunderstorm 

 broke over the kennels, driving us out of the 

 day yards to shelter, the artillery of hail on the 

 glass roof being very disconcerting for hounds. 



Lord Middleton's Kennels. 



Tom Bishopp, who came to Lord Middleton as hunts- 

 man from the Quorn in 1908, is no stranger to 

 Yorkshire, starting life as a whipper-in to his present 

 kennel, passing on to the Bramham Moor. 



Taking the hounds in order of seniority the 

 veterans came first for inspection, the Belvoir type 

 and colouring at once catching the eye, for the blood 

 of that kennel mingled with Brocklesby is respon- 

 sible for the foundation of much present-day suc- 

 cess generally. When Tom Bishopp put forward 

 Dexter ('02), it was plain to see that he regarded 



