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sitting in the " other court " were Mr. Hodg-son,* the 

 '' Tommy Hodgson " of the Holderness, but who tried 

 his hand for a season or two in Leicestershire ; Mr. Lee 

 Steere, from the Horsham ; Mr. WilHamson, of the Dur- 

 ham ', and Mr. Mark Milbank, of the Bedale. There 

 were premiums for puppies, for three season hunters, and 

 for single stallion hounds • while the kennels represented 

 included the Cleveland, the Durham County, the Sinning- 

 ton, Lord Middleton's, the Hon. G. W. Fitzwilliam's, 

 and Mr. Hill's. The Cleveland show of foxhounds was not 

 a great one, but there were some very good hounds 

 amongst them, and one or two especially handsome. We 

 thought we never saw a nicer draft than Lord Middleton's 

 as they left the horse ring on the second day, and if they 

 run pretty well up to this stamp they must be a line 

 kennel of hounds to look over. The dog and bitch pup- 

 pies showed immense power and substance, standing on a 

 short leg, and very handsomely marked. The dog hound 

 Harper, substituted for Royster, is by Hardwicke, who 

 won the prize at Redcar. The bitch, again, in the older 

 class was super-excellent, but her companion in the couples 

 has not equal power, or Morgan might have stood even 

 higher than he did here. The judges were, indeed, much 

 inclined to think that hounds would show better in the 

 absence of any proviso for one of each sex being entered 

 together. Amongst the stalHons Lord Middleton was 

 also in favour, but more with the public generally than 

 the judges, who gave it against him. But his Lordship's 

 was a wonderfully showy hound, as handsome as a pic- 

 ture, and until you went into it closely, altogether a finer 

 dog than the Durham Splendour, with which Harrison 



* Mr. Hodgsoa died siuce this was -writteii. 



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