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and, like his sire, was a determined sort in chase, 

 besides being a good-looking one in kennel. 



The line of the famous Freshman ('95), who was 

 by Pytchley Freshman, was represented by Frais- 

 thorpe ('02), a beautiful dog, and Friday ('01), an 

 upstanding hound with a wonderful character, 

 though not overdone with bone. Freshman was 

 used with success by the Cottesmore, and a few 

 seasons ago a son of his, called Freeman, was pro- 

 nounced by Arthur Thatcher to be the best fox- 

 hound he ever saw in chase. Mr. Wharton, master 

 of the Cleveland, was another who dipped into the 

 Freshman blood, and it is helpful in any part of a 

 run. When Stalwart ('07) came in we liked him as 

 well as anything put forward on the flags ; he was 

 a son of Steadfast ('04), who was a son of Belvoir 

 Stormer ('99), and in the young hound there was the 

 elegance of neck and shoulders so distinguishing a 

 feature of Stormer, who brought in the blood of 

 Grove Harkaway, and introduced into the Belvoir 

 kennel the black ticking on the legs and chest. 

 Stalwart was great on the line of a fox, a lively hound 

 in chase, and all liberty on the flags ; he came 

 under the 23^-inch standard, just the type for the 

 wolds and hill country. The dam of Stalwart was 

 Frolic ('02), a daughter of Freshman, so that in his 

 veins coursed some of the choicest blood to be found 

 in the kennel. Another nice-turned dog by Belvoir 

 Stormer was Student ('05), whose son Stormer was 

 placed first in the 1908 entry, the second position 

 being occupied by Vagrant, son of Belvoir Vaga- 

 bond ('99), who was one of the most valuable sires 

 put forward by the ducal kennel during the past 

 fifteen years. From the foregoing remarks it will 

 be seen that Lord Middleton's is a kennel to go to 

 for blood and improvement, combining as it does • 



