278 .THE WARWICKSHIEE HUNT. [1S6G 



Harlequiu. The Saffron blood again appears among the 

 dams in Songstress and Singwell, entered in 1858, hj 

 him— Waspish ; Winifred, entered in 1857, by him — 

 Woodbine; and SjDinster, entered in 1855, by him — 

 Sanguine. In the list of entries of 1862, headed by the 

 name of Mr. IS^orth only, the Warwickshii-e sires are 

 Champion, Wellington, and Stormer, the Saffron of 1859 

 by old Saffron — Enthwell ; and Forester, also of 1859, by 

 Denmark- — Fearless. Other kennels represented in the list 

 of sires are Lord Southampton's, the Duke of Beaufort's, 

 and " the Cheshire." Four sires appear from Lord South- 

 ampton's, viz., Comus, Dorimont, Sportsman, and Seaman. 

 Three of them inherited the Belvoir blood, as Comus was 

 by the Belvoir Comus — Lord Southampton's Careful ; 

 Dorimont was by the Belvoir Charm — Lord Southampton's 

 Destiny ; and Seaman by the Belvoir Guider — Lord South- 

 ampton's Stately. Lord SouthanijDton's Sportsman was by 

 his Sultan — his Sophie. The Duke of Beaufort's sires 

 were Foiler, entered in 1858, by his Falstaff — his Tell- 

 tale ; Contest, entered in 1857, by Lord H. Bentinck's 

 Contest — the Duke's Mischief ; and Archer, entered in 

 1858, by his Abercorn — his Pensive. Three couples of 

 hounds are attributable to Lord Southampton's, two couples 

 to the Duke's, and two couples to " the Cheshire," who 

 are only rejDresented by one hound, Eockwood, by the 

 Brocklesby Eockwood — the Cheshire Costly. The dams 

 are all of the home kennel. Amongst them, Spoi-tly, 

 •entered in 1859, was by Saffron out of Euthful. 



The only fresh stud sire in the list of 1863 is Bouncer, 

 who was entered in 1860, and was by the Duke of 

 Beaufort's Banker — Eapture. The sires from other kennels 

 are Lord Henry Bentinck's Stormer, Mr. J. Baker's Chief- 

 tain, Sir W. Wynn's Nelson, the Duke of Beaufort's 

 Harlequin, Lord Portsmouth's Lancaster, and Lord Fitz- 

 harding's Ottoman. Mr. J. Baker's Dewdrop and Sir W. 

 Wynn's Mistletoe are the only dams from other kennels. 



The list of 1864 comprises Wellington and Lexicon, 

 both of them Warwickshire sii-es, and their entries con- 



