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upstanding hound on the best of feet and legs, with 

 neck, shoulders, and back to please the most critical 

 eye, he looks built on the hues of a grass-country 

 hunter. Standing all 24 inches, his measurement 

 round the heart is 32J inches, exceeding that of 

 Gambler ('84), who was 31 inches. With typical 

 Belvoir colouring and possessing great length from 

 hip to hock, he looks the sort to race up to a fox, and 

 has the character for being a very determined hound 

 in chase. Ragman is much sought after as a sire, 

 his 370ung stock at Quorn, Cottesmore, and in his 

 own kennel possessing great muscular development 

 and bone, besides the best of hunting qualities. 

 Mr. R. C. Cooper, who walked Ragman, also his 

 sire Royal, and afterwards a son Rioter, relates 

 how all three possessed the same hereditary habit 

 of lifting the latch of the kitchen-door. Afterwards 

 when he walked the puppy of another family and 

 showed him the latch-door, he had no idea of using 

 it. We also have experiences of a Ragman puppy 

 named Grammar ('09), walked for the Belvoir ; he 

 had a marvellous knack of ingratiating himself with 

 everybody, was a good forager, a great admirer of 

 the fishmonger, a capital companion to take out 

 hedgerow shooting, spent much of his time sleeping 

 on the sofa at the public-house, and was beloved by 

 all the small village school-children. 



A yellow-tan dog was placed second named 

 Rufus, by Ranter ('03), by Vagabond ('99), his dam 

 being Winsome. A low-set muscular hound, in style 

 and outline he much reminded us of Gambler ('84), 

 and was walked by Mr. J. Lewis, of the Angel 

 Hotel, Grantham. The third dog of the entry, 

 Weaver, came in for general admiration, and he was 

 along, low hound, just the outline we look to find in 

 a weight-carrying hunter of quality. Of him Captain 



