The foxhound of the twentieth century - the breeding and work of the kennels of England (1914) (14740174446)

Identifier: foxhoundoftwenti00brad (find matches)
Title: The foxhound of the twentieth century : the breeding and work of the kennels of England
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: Bradley, Cuthbert
Subjects: Foxhounds Fox hunting
Publisher: London : Routledge
Contributing Library: Webster Family Library of Veterinary Medicine
Digitizing Sponsor: Tufts University



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of the blood, however, exists in the kennel to-day ; for Mr Chaplin sold his pack to Lord Lonsdale,at that time master of the Woodland Pytchley,and it was dispersed later on. When Lord CharlesBentinck held the Blankney mastership between1905 and 1908, he endeavoured to pick up the oldBurton blood wherever he could find it, going toeleven different kennels for sires in the breeding ofone entry. During the mastership of Major Tempestwith Ben Capell huntsman, the Blankney werecompetitors on the flags at Peterborough in 1894, THE MID-EASTERN COUNTIES HUNTS 119 securing honours with Garnet, 1890, Striver, 1891,Foiler, 1891, and Skillington, 1893, three being byBel voir sires, the last by Brocklesby Smoker.During a brief mastership to the Blankney, LordLonsdale gave the kennel Villager, 1884, quite aLord Henry Bentinck sort, full of old Burton blood.His pedigree being as follows, by Wanderer, 1878—Violet, 1880. The sire of Wanderer was Woldsman,1874—Gratitude, 1878. Violet was by Grove
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fltwJ^tWLuM? Study for picture painted for Sir Robert Filiiier Blankney Democrat, 1912 Reginald, 1874—Virgin, 1876. The late FrankGillard used Lord Lonsdales Villager at Belvoir in1885, and to-day the blood comes through BelvoirVagabond, 1899, one of the best strains in thekennel for work and good looks. Successive mastersof the Blankney, Mr N. C. Cockburn, Mr EdgarLubbock, and Sir Robert Filmer bred to Belvoir,where it is possible to get all that you want. Coming to the present when Mr R. Clayton Swanundertook the mastership in 1912, with Ben Capellreturning to his old kennel as huntsman, another 120 THE FOXHOUND OF THE XXth CENTURY interesting period in the breeding of hounds maybe said to have commenced. Good material wasundoubtedly there, bred by George Shepherd, andyoung Tom Isaac, supplemented with valuablepurchases of matrons from the Berwickshire dispersalsale, descendants of the beautiful pack Mr CharlesMNeill bred in the North Cotswold kennel. Inaddition to these some Burt