CAPT. Johnstone's hounds and country. 231 



Fairmaid, by the Cheshire Fallible out of 

 Lapwing, is a wide strong hound with plenty of 

 dash about her and good legs and feet ; and 

 Dauntless, by Belvoir Denmark out of Gladsome, 

 a beautifully marked and elegant bitch, is full of 

 the Belvoir quality. She went to the Rufford 

 Galliard this year. Rachel and Rally are two 

 good-looking and active daughters of that famous 

 hound, Oakley Rhymer, and have had good litters 

 this year (1888), They, like Dauntless, are only 

 two-season hunters, and it says much for their 

 excellent character that they have been so soon 

 put to the stud. 



After Ave had spent some time on the flags 

 Pedley took the whole pack out on the green 

 behind the kennel. The first thing that strikes 

 a visitor when he sees them together is that they 

 all have great bone, good legs and feet, and 

 capital shoulders. Indeed the latter are indis- 

 pensible in so hilly and rough a country as that 

 which Captain Johnstone hunts. The hounds, 

 too, are very level, and when it is taken into 

 consideration that only a small number of puppies 

 are bred, they are exceptionally so. This shows 

 very clearly how much pains is taken in breeding 

 them, for it is obvious that it is much easier to 

 draft a pack level than to breed it level. 



Two or three bitches especially took our fancy 

 as they gambolled on the green. Of these we 

 may mention Merrylass, sister to Majesty, a 



