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Red Eagle is another whose stock we admired, 

 beautifully turned hunters with good bone measure- 

 ment, and the young Wales are distinguishable for 

 the strength of their jumping quarters. Many of 

 the brood mares can trace back in descent to the 

 old original Yorkshire pack-horses of the last 

 century, and the dash of pony blood in their veins 

 gives that extra stamina so valuable for the hunting 

 field. 



If time had allowed we should have liked the 

 opportunity to have seen Lord Middleton's stud 

 farm, where fourteen shire stallions are kept, and a 

 choice lot of brood mares, many of which are well- 

 known winners in the show ring. A short day only 

 gave the opportunity to see but a sample of the 

 triumphs of breeding to be found at Birdsall, but 

 it was long enough to appreciate a splendid hunting 

 establishment, and realise that Yorkshire is still one 

 of the foremost counties to which we may look for 

 our supply of horses. 



In the summer of 1902, at the invitation of the 

 late Mr. Arthur Wilson of Tranby Croft, for so 

 many years master of the Holderness Hunt, we 

 went to that kennel to paint the portraits of two 

 hounds which won honours at Peterborough Hound 

 Show. At that time Walter Metcalf was hunts- 

 man, the kennels being a short distance from 

 Beverley, whose fine Minster invites inspection. The 

 hounds we went to interview were Handel, a nice- 

 turned dog, rather back at the knees, by Belvoir 

 Handel ; he won in couples with Dasher in the un- 

 entered class at Peterborough 1902, and again as 

 the best young dog-hound in the show. Handel 

 was of great service to his kennel as a sire, his name 

 coming into pedigrees of many good hounds in the 

 north. The other hound that we painted was 



