Excerpt from The Foxhound of the Twentieth Century: The Breeding and Work of the Kennels of England Foxhound breeding to-day rests on the source of purity of blood derived from four great kennels, which have always been the cherished possession of the same families, bred for generations on the same lines, and never dispersed. Little wonder is it that such fountain-heads are regarded by fox hound breeders as a National institution, and a deep debt of gratitude is due to the Dukes of Rut land at Belvoir, the Dukes of Beaufort at Bad minton, the Earl of Yarborough at Brocklesby, and the Earl Fitzwilliams. Noted packs of hounds have been built up from these sources, to come and go, as owners changed and dispersal sales took place, but the history of fox-hunting is inseparably linked with the history of the great county families of England, who were the pioneers of the Chase. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.