THE HISTORY OF THE BEL VOIR HUNT 



working lines of fox-hound blood, the Bel voir, Badminton, 

 Brocklesby, Monson, Osbaldeston, and the Grove being all 

 united in him, and he illustrates in a remarkable way the 

 transmission of mental as well as physical qualities. 



In 1863 there were fourteen and a half couples of his de- 

 scendants in the kennel. He transmitted his power and his 

 substance as well to his daughters as to his sons, and two of 

 the former are noted by a contemporary judge for their sub- 

 stance as well as their quality. There were also Render and 

 Roman (1859), the sons of Rallywood ; Destitute, the dam, 

 being by Sir R. Sutton's Dryden, which brought, says Will 

 Goodall, his rare intelligence into the kennel. We have all 

 read in hunting history how Mr. Corbet, having taken a fancy 

 to one line, spoilt his pack by adhering to it too closely, but 

 Goodall, while the lines of Duster (Drake's) and Furrier were 

 always the roots on which he grafted, was careful not to fall 

 into this error, for Singer (1855) for example, another rich tan 

 hound, did much service, and on his mother's side he went 

 back to the same family as Rallywood. 



Then, again, I have already spoken of Lord Yarborough's 

 Rallywood's sons, Chaser and Clinker, and traced back their 

 descent on the maternal side through Caroline to the earliest 

 days of the kennel. 



Chaser, in his turn, had a son Chanticleer (1857) by a bitch 

 called Needless (1854), which goes back to a hound of the 

 Duke of Grafton, and thence on the maternal side right back 

 to a hound called Amadis (1792). Chanticleer's son Wonder 

 (1864) was destined in after years to be chosen to restore to 

 the pack the tongue, of which they were growing short, and 

 we see how this could be done without departing so far from 

 the Belvoir blood as to lose the characteristic type and family 

 likeness of the breed. And though I anticipate somewhat, I 

 may point out that this line is a marvellous result of judicious 

 and thoughtful care in breeding. The line runs thus : Yar- 

 borough Rallywood, Chaser, Chanticleer, Wonder, Warrior 

 (1870), and then the great Weathergage (1876), a name the 

 praise of which is in every kennel in the land for the invalu- 

 able stoutness and working power of his descendants. 



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