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Grafton Woodman. The dam of Warlaby was 

 Violet, by Vagabond from Heartless, a Dexter bitch. 

 Then Garnish, the dam of Weaver, was by Dexter 

 from Gambol, so he was a triumph of breeding as well 

 as a model of make and shape, and was walked by 

 Mr. Furmidge, of Harby. Another valuable sire in 

 this entry was Warlock, considered to be the best 

 representative son of Stormer ('99), but a bigger 

 hound than his sire, possessing his exquisite neck, 

 shoulders, and feet, which were a pattern to go by. 



Whitaker, in demand as a stud hound, was litter 

 brother to Weaver, and a rich-coloured hound, 

 with good rib measurement ; the full entry of 

 1906 supplying seven couple of stallion hounds, 

 which included Hampton, by Dexter, and Valorous, 

 by Vagabond. 



Owing to the last and serious illness of the 

 late Duke of Rutland, the toast list and speeches 

 were cut down on this occasion at the luncheon 

 to the narrowest possible limits, but Sir Gilbert 

 Greenall said, '' He believed the judges, and all 

 who had visited the kennels during the summer, 

 agreed this was the finest entry they had ever seen 

 put on at any place in England — never mind Bel- 

 voir ! " When responding for the toast of the 

 judges, Mr. Cecil Legard said, " Speaking for him- 

 self, he could say that a finer and nobler lot of young 

 hounds he had never seen together, in an experience 

 of nearly forty years. It was a matter of great 

 regret that the venerable Duke was unable to be 

 present, for it would have been a source of great 

 satisfaction to him to see the Belvoir maintaining 

 its own magnificent size, quality, and power, points 

 looked to by all masters of hounds in England for 

 keeping up the excellence and size of their own 

 kennels. His late old friend Lord Willoughby de 

 Broke liked a middle-sized hound ; but he was 



