NOTES FROM THE BELVOIR KENNEL 267 



Pennell Elmhirst said, " Head, neck, and shoulders 

 are material for a painter, while back and quarters 

 are built for work and stamina. In my humble 

 opinion, Weaver is one of the six model foxhounds 

 of i;iy experience." Measurements are very decep- 

 tive, and Weaver's exquisite quality was such that we 

 did not realise that he was the deepest-ribbed dog 

 ever seen on the flags at Belvoir, taping 34J inches, 

 measured by Mr. Cecil Legard. Gambler ('84) was 

 regarded as a model of make and shape, and his 

 heart measurement was 31 inches. Round the arm 

 we measured Weaver 8^ inches ; Gambler was 8 J. 

 Below the knee both Gambler and Weaver's measure- 

 ments were 5|- inches of solid bone. A longer hound 

 than Gambler, and shorter in his couplings than his 

 maternal grandsire Dexter, he possessed that beau- 

 tiful weighty appearance so characteristic of all the 

 Gambler sort. By no means short on the leg, in 

 spite of the deep ribs which at once caught the eye, 

 he was a beautifully balanced dog on the best of 

 hocks— a point Mr. Austin Mackenzie noted and 

 admired. His colour was glorious — the richest of 

 Belvoir tan, blue-black and dazzling white, and his 

 white collar marking exactly right to show the 

 line of the shoulder. Weaver had a beautifully in- 

 telligent head, with that wise, wistful expression so 

 characteristic of the Belvoir blood ; and Ben Capell 

 said of him, "He is the best workman and kindest 

 dog-hound ever hunted." In chase he was not 

 difficult to find, even in a pack where so strong a 

 family likeness prevails ; at the stud he was in great 

 demand, his young hounds at home being at the 

 top of their entry. 



Weaver's pedigree combines the blood of many 

 notable sorts, being by Warlaby ('04), who was the 

 top of his entry, a son of Wonder, who was by 



