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won a prize at the Peterborough show that summer, 

 with one exception, was by a Belvoir dog." The 

 Rev. Cecil Legard endorsed this statement by add- 

 ing that " the success of the Belvoir sires showed 

 the absolute importance of maintaining the highest 

 state of excellence. The judges had a difficult task 

 placing the entry, but when opinion is divided it is 

 the best compliment paid to the merits of a pack." 

 The cup this year, won by Hemlock, went to a 

 very staunch fox-hunter, Mr. James Hoyes, of Hanby, 

 who had walked a puppy for the Duke of Rutland 

 more than twenty-five years, quite content if his 

 protege was considered good enough to gain an 

 entry. The handsome silver cup which Sir Gilbert 

 Greenall presented to him was prized above rubies, 

 but, as he quaintly expressed himself, *' It was no 

 end of a nuisance, for he had to carry it up to 

 bed every night." He did not intend any one 

 should have the chance to lift that cup ! 



The entry of 1900 gave us the first great hound 

 of Sir Gilbert Greenall's breeding, for Dasher, the 

 son of Dexter, was pronounced at once to be even 

 above Belvoir level. An impressively beautiful dog, 

 he looked the model of form and pattern of strength, 

 with the most striking carriage, so much so that 

 many who saw him placed Dasher first as their ideal 

 foxhound for strength and symmetry. The two 

 judges were the Rev. Cecil Legard and the late 

 Tom Firr, and when the entry was paraded on the 

 flags the first thing they did was to turn Dasher 

 out of the ring and judge the rest of them. For 

 the moment this came as a shock to every one 

 present who had picked the winner, and Capell kept 

 up the deception by looking as much as to say, 

 *' There, you thought you knew all about it ! " Of 

 course, the young dog won by a distance, much to 



