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position of huntsman to the ducal pack, after 

 carrying the horn for twenty-six seasons, he left 

 a superb kennel full of hounds. Some packs in 

 England may show six stallion hounds worthy of 

 the title, but Belvoir puts forward twenty or more, 

 the wherewithal to strengthen a pack, to maintain 

 its bone, to improve the type of its brood bitches. 

 The Belvoir is one family bred out into branches 

 that are by no means remote from the parent tree, 

 and when Gillard left the kennel the three great 

 clans were the Gambler's, Pirate's, and Shamrock's. 

 Am.ongst the stallion hounds was Watchman C92), 

 the son of Nominal ('88), the son of Gambler ('84), 

 beautifully bred, combining the blood of Weather- 

 gauge and Milton Solomon. All the Gambler sort are 

 rather a long hound, low, and level, with immense 

 muscular development and bone, brainy heads, and 

 throw strong family likeness into their " get." Apart 

 from the well-known colouring of recognised '' Belvoir 

 tan," the richest blue-black and purest white, these 

 hounds show remarkable substance, power, and 

 weight in proportion to height, and their ribs have 

 a tendency to be deep rather than round. 



Frank Gillard's last entry at Belvoir contained 

 the peerless Dexter ('95), who, under the mastership 

 of Sir Gilbert Greenall with Ben Capell huntsman, 

 became the most fashionable sire of the last quarter 

 of a century. All the critics pronounced him the 

 handsomest hound ever seen on the flags, and in 

 his work he was a good, honest foxhound. Dexter's 

 pedigree is a triumph of breeding, combining all the 

 best-working strains in the kennel, nicking on both 

 sides to Weathergauge descended from Brocklesby 

 Rallywood. As a beautiful type of the modern 

 thoroughbred foxhound. Dexter captivated the eye at 

 once, showing the characteristics of gay colouring, 



