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Mr. Re\Tiold Ray's Roswell, a dog of Brough is still a keen spectator at the ring 



faultless qualit\% was of unrecorded pedi- side, and promises one day again to get 



gree ; but he became the progenitor of many together a kennel. The entries at shows 



champions who have continued the merit and field trials indicate that the breed is 



of his strain in a more marked degree than not making the progress that one could 



is the case with almost any other Blood- wish, and it is hoped that before long he 



may fulfil his promise. 



Mrs. G. A. Oliphant, of Shrewton, 

 Wilts, whose kennels include Ch. Chatley 



hound sire in the stud book. 



Four superlative Bloodhounds of the past 

 stand out in unmistakable eminence as 

 the founders of recog- 

 nised strains. The}' are 

 Mr. Jenning's d Druid, 

 Colonel Cowen's Druid, 

 Mr. Revnold Ray's Ros- 

 well, and Captain Clay- 

 ton's Luath XI. ; and the 

 owTier of a Bloodhound 

 which can be traced back 

 in direct line of descent 

 to any one of these four 

 patriarchs mav pride 

 himself upon possessing 

 a dog of unimpeachable 

 pedigree. 



Among breeders witliin 

 recent years Mr. Edwin 

 Brough, of Scarborough, 

 is to be regarded as the 

 most experienced and suc- 

 cessful. No record of the 

 breed would be complete 

 without some acknowledg- 

 ment of the great ser\-ices he has rendered to Blazer and Chatley Beaufort, has of late 

 it. Bloodhounds of the correct type would years been a keen supporter of the breed, 

 to-day have been very few and far between Mrs. Oliphant, who is the president of the 

 if it had not been for his enthusiasm and ladies' branch of the Kennel Club, is a 

 patient breeding. Reference has already great belie\-er in hounds being workers 

 been made to the kennel of Mr. Nichols, first and show hounds second, and her 

 and it was just as Mr. Nichols was giving large kennels have produced many hounds 

 up the breed that ]Mr. Brough came into it. of a robust type and of good size and 

 During several years Mr. Brough bred and 

 produced many hounds, which all bore 

 the stamp of his ideal, and there is no 

 doubt that for all-round quality his kennel 

 stands first in the history of the Blood- 

 hound. His most successful cross was, per- 

 haps, Beckford and Bianca, and one has 

 only to mention such hounds as Burgundy, 

 Babbo, Benedicta, and Bardolph to recall Wright, Mr. A. Croxton Smith, Dr. C. C. 

 the finest team of Bloodhounds that has Garfit, Dr. Semmence, and Mrs. C. Ashton 

 ever been benched. Fortunately, Mr. Cross, to mention only a few owners and 



MR, s. H. MANGINS CH. HORDLE HERCULES. 



BY MARCUS HORDLE DIANA 



quality. There is no doubt that as far 

 as hunting is concerned at the present 

 moment this kennel stands easily first. 

 But admirable Bloodhounds have also 

 given distinction to the kennels of ilr. 

 S. H. Mangin, Dr. Sidney Turner, ^Ir. 

 Mark Beaufoy, Mr. F. W. Cousens, Mr. 

 A. O. Mudie, Lord Decies, Mr. Hood 



