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stitute half of the complete list. Lexicon was entered in 

 1S61, and was by the Belvoir Lexicon out of the Warwick- 

 shire Winifred. Saffron II. is sire to a couple and a half, 

 and among the dams, Songstress, entered in 1858, is by 

 Saffron out of AYaspish ; Lapwing, entered in 1862, gets 

 the Saffron blood, being by Stormer out of Lapwing ; and 

 Lofty, entered in 1S61, by the Belvoir Lexicon — Winifred, 

 being entered in 1857, and was by Saffron out of Wood- 

 bine. Six couples of the list are out of these four dams. 

 The only remaining War\\iekshire sire in the list is Rally- 

 wood, by Stormer out of Rakish, and here the Saffron 

 blood again comes out, as it does in the case of Racket. 

 Harper is by Eallywood out of Mie Warwickshire Harriet. 

 The only other kennels used by Mr. North for this list are 

 the Brocklesby, from whence came Blucher with a couple 

 and a half. Lord Portsmouth's Lancaster wdth three couples, 

 and the Holderness Napier with one hound out of their 

 Rosy. The list of nine and a half couples, which comprise 

 the entries for 1805, contains a sire' whose pedigree goes 

 back to the hounds taken by Lord Middletoii when he 

 gave up the AYarwickshire country. This is Oi'pheus, 

 entered by Lord Middleton in 1858, and was by Lord 

 Fitzwilliam's Ottoman out of Lord Middleton's Tragedy. 

 He is sire to two and a half couples. Other kennels are 

 represented by Mr. Drake's Furrier, Mr. Meynell Ingram's 

 Trojan, and Mr. North's Magnet and Singer, the only 

 Warwickshire sire on the list being Banker, who has three 

 couples and a half attributed to him out of Singer. Banker 

 was entered in 1860, and was by the Duke of Beaufort s 

 Banker — Rapture. In Singwell we find the Saffron blood, 

 as also in Lapwing and Bonnybell, who was entered in 

 1862, by Lord Southumpton's Dorimont out of Bluebell, 

 who was entered in 185!), and was by Bashful out of 

 Saffron. The best possible testimony of the excellence of 

 the blood which had been introduced into the pack is given 

 by the following particulars : In 1864 Mr. North bought a 

 bitch called Rapid from j\Ir. Hall, of the Holderness, by 

 their Napier out of their Rosy. Napier was by the. Belvori* 



