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favourite stucl hound of Mr. Wharton's. He is 

 a nice size, with great depth and power, and a 

 good worker. He has been much used in the 

 Blackmore Vale Kennel, and Mr. Merthyr 

 Guest's best puppies are sired by him. 



Any notice of the Cleveland Hunt would be 

 incomplete without some mention was made of 

 Bob Brunton and Joe Bennett, names that were 

 inseparable in Cleveland a few years ago. 

 Bob Brunton was, and is one of the keenest of 

 sportsmen, and in his hey-day was a remarkably 

 hard man, always well mounted and generally 

 in front. He is a native of Uj)leatham, but 

 settled in Marton when quite young. His natural 

 taste for hunting was fostered and encouraged by 

 his neighbours, Messrs. Bichard Garbutt, Watson 

 Dixon, and Thomas Parrington, and the pony, 

 and a rare pony it was too, was soon superseded 

 by a hunter of greater pretensions. He is a fine 

 judge of a horse, and generally had something 

 rather out of the common, which he used to send 

 to the front on every available occasion. 



One of the best animals he ever owned was 

 Lady Bennett, a handsome bay mare by St. 

 Bennett, dam by Lord Collingwood. She was 

 rather a handful when Mr. Brunton got her from 

 Mr. William Vaughan, but with plenty of Avork 

 her manners improved, and she soon made herself 

 a great reputation in tlio hunting field. She was 

 also very successful both in the show ring and as 



