1860] POETEAIT AT WEOXTON ABBEY. 281 



(1803), by Forester — Tempest ; Banker (1800), by the 

 Duke of Beaufort's Banker — Eapture ; Orator (1803), by 

 Lord Fitzharding's Ottoman — Eakish ; Gamester (1801), 

 by the Belvoir Gamester — Bonny Lass ; Eallywood (1801), 

 by Stormer — Eakish; Nelson (1803), by Sir W. Wynn's 

 Nelson — Careless ; Brusher (1802), by Saifron 11. — 

 Brilliant ; Magnet (1802), by Wellington— -Mindful ; Ajax 

 (1802), by the Duke of Beaufort's Foiler — Artful ; 

 Eenniant (18()1), by Sir W. Wynn's Eoyal^ — Comfort ; and 

 Harriet, Heedless, and Hasty (1800), by Lord Fitz- 

 harding's Hotspur-^Hopeful. The following were prize 

 winners at Birmingham : Talisman, LaA'ender, Lapwing, 

 Termagant, Saffron II., Lightning, Bedford, Ferryman, 

 Banker, and Orator. 



An admirable oil painting was executed in 1804, 

 showing the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. North, and the hounds and 

 hunting staff, in front of Wroxton Abbey, on the steps of 

 \\'hich appear the late Baroness North and the Eight Hon. 

 Colonel J. S. North. The picture has found a place on 

 the walls of the Abbey, whose noble proprietor, still a 

 regular attendant at the meets of the pack, and one of their 

 most ardent followers, can, on the canvas of the picture, be 

 brought face to face again with the "Warwickshire beauties," 

 who not only sustained, but added to the reputation of the 

 pack at tho time he rode as master. The Hon. Mr. North 

 is seen mounted on Queen Mab, and the Hon. Mrs. North, 

 scarcely less ardently attached to the pack than her husband, 

 is depicted as riding St. George, Matthews is on Peter 

 Gray, and F. Smith and W. Hemming, the whips, on 

 White Leg and Chief Justice. The hounds, which occupy 

 conspicuous places in the painting, are Termagant, Saffron 

 II., Eemnant, Ajax, Gamester, Magnet, Lavender, Light- 

 ning, Brusher, Bedford, Orator, Nelson, Promise, Eallywood, 

 and Singer. Gamester was good in dry weather, and was 

 a wonderful leader over dry fallows. Eall^^vood was good 

 at finding. In writing of the Saffron of 1859, we have 

 called him Saffron II. He does not appear as such in the 

 stud book, and it was therefore necessary so to distinguish 



