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men chosen during the past hundred and twenty 

 years, dating from the time of Thomas Goosey, 

 Will Goodall, James Cooper, and Frank Gillard, 

 who all served long tenures of office, maintained the 

 same traditions in the kennel, and, building on the 

 foundation laid by predecessors, were able to leave 

 the hounds better than they found them. No 

 wonder that the eyes of the whole hunting world 

 were centred on Belvoir, when Lord John Manners, 

 seventh Duke of Rutland, decided to relinquish the 

 mastership, retaining possession 

 of the hounds and kennels, which 

 he magnanimously lent to the 

 country and his successor. An 

 embarrasdes richesses of substantial 

 offers to hunt the country were, 

 of course, forthcoming, and the 

 Duke finally invited Sir Gilbert 

 Greenall to accept the master- 

 ship, the son of an old Parlia- 

 mentary colleague, owning a large 

 property in Cheshire. The sub- 

 sequent events during the past thirteen seasons 

 have proved the wisdom and soundness of the 

 Duke's choice, for even in a time when all hounds 

 have improved very rapidly and are considered to 

 have made more progress than any other animal, 

 the Belvoir are still standing quite alone in appear- 

 ance, and doing every kennel good that goes to 

 them. 



A hound that did an immense amount of good, 

 establishing the type of the Belvoir, was Brocklesby 

 Rallywood, bought in 1850 by Will Goodall from the 

 Earl of Yarborough's kennel. His blood to-day is 

 diffused through every fashionable kennel in England, 

 the Belvoir inheriting many sterhng good qualities 



Lord John Manners, 

 7th Duke of Rut- 

 land. 



