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point, bone. Much, therefore, as we were taken with 

 them as being exactly the right size and sort for 

 our taste, we reluctantly rejected them from our list 

 of probable winners, 'Bonny Lass' is perhaps an 

 exception to our remarks, ' Tempest ' and ' Tragedy ' 

 being not quite so much so, but ' Charmer ' and 

 ' Dairymaid ' are cut up in the flank like a grey- 

 hound, and if looks are any test, would find one 

 severe day per fortnight quite enough. To our 

 surprise, however, after the Yarborough, Cheshire 

 and Wemyss lot had been out in the order named 

 for final adjudication, the Fife were on the flags 

 again. At length the fiat was pronounced — Fife, 

 first ; Lord Wemyss, second." 



As to the assertion that the hounds were light 

 of bone, I insert the measurements : — 



Girth. Height. Arm. Under Knee. 

 Tragedy . 



Dairymaid 



Symmetry 



Charmer . 



Bonny Lass 



Tempest 



As to the alleged deficiency of back ribs, the 

 critic little knew the trouble we had taken that 

 they should not run into the opposite extreme ! 

 Another reporter, alluding to the Cheshire hounds, 

 said " Peter Collison had succeeded in getting more 

 flesh on to his hounds than on to himself," and that 

 they were much too high in condition. 



The Druids account is worth quoting : " Turpin. 

 who had been making himself generally useful as 

 first whip, brought out the Fife bitches. They came 



