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Dogs and All about Them
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Robert Leighton
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The
greatest
otter
hunter
of
the
last
century
may
have
been
the
Hon.
Geoffrey
Hill,
a
younger
brother
of
the
late
Lord
Hill.
A
powerful
athlete
of
over
six
feet,
Major
Hill
was
an
ideal
sportsman
in
appearance,
and
he
was
noted
for
the
long
distances
he
would
travel
on
foot
with
his
hounds.
They
were
mostly
of
the
pure
rough
sort,
not
very
big;
the
dogs
he
reckoned
at
about
23-1/2
inches,
bitches
22:
beautiful
Bloodhound
type
of
heads,
coats
of
thick,
hard
hair,
big
in
ribs
and
bones,
and
good
legs
and
feet.
Major
Hill
seldom
exhibited
his
hounds.
They
were
seen
now
and
then
at
Birmingham;
but,
hunting
as
hard
as
they
did
through
Shropshire,
Staffordshire,
Cheshire,
and
into
Wales,
where
they
got
their
best
water,
there
was
not
much
time
for
showing.
Their
famous
Master
has
been
dead
now
many
years,
but
his
pack
is
still
going,
and
shows
great
sport
as
the
Hawkstone
under
the
Mastership
of
Mr.
H.
P.
Wardell,
the
kennels
being
at
Ludlow
race-course,
Bromfield.
The
leading
pack
in
the
Kingdom
for
the
last
sixty
years,
at
any
rate,
has
been
the
Carlisle
when
in
the
hands
of
Mr.
J.
C.
Carrick,
who
was
famous
both
for
the
sport
he
showed
and
for
his
breed
of
Otterhound,
so
well
represented
at
all
the
important
shows.
Such
hounds
as
Lottery
and
Lucifer
were
very
typical
specimens;
but
of
late
years
the
entries
of
Otterhounds
have
not
been
very
numerous
at
the
great
exhibitions,
and
this
can
well
be
explained
by
the
fact
that
they
are
wanted
in
greater
numbers
for
active
service,
there
being
many
more
packs
than
formerly--in
all,
twenty-one
for
the
United
Kingdom.
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