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right about him, just the sort one would imagine 

 to run hard, as he did in his ninth year. He was 

 by Lord Fitzhardinge's Collier, a descendant of Crom- 

 well. When I was at the Berkeley kennels some years 

 ago light colours still predominated, as they did in the 

 time of Harry Ayris, when the Earl was not particular 

 as to looks or colour, coarseness or straightness, so 

 long as the nose was right and the work good, and 

 they were not shy of tongue. The best-looking hound 

 in the world, if he had not these qualifications, was 

 put away at once. " Lord Fitzhardinge's hounds kill 

 more foxes and work harder than any pack in the 

 kingdom," said an authority of that day. 



In the neighbouring kennel at Badminton a large 

 number of badger and yellow-pied hounds have always 

 been observable, due largely to the blood of the 

 celebrated Beaufort Justice (1813), a yellow-pied hound 

 by the New Forest Justice. In Ferneley's picture, 

 " The Meet at Grove in 1828," there is not a single 

 dark-coloured hound. Mr. G. Saville Foljambe, prob- 

 ably the best hound breeder of them all, was the 

 Master, and Lord Galway and Lord Henry Bentinck 

 are prominent in the picture, looking approvingly at 

 the pack that afterwards was to fetch 3,500 guineas 

 at the hammer. 



I think absolutely the best foxhound I ever saw 

 at work was a black and white spotted hound, with 

 no tan about him at all. I first saw him on the 

 flags as a puppy, and heard the great sportsman who 

 bred him say, " I suppose I ought to draft him on 

 account of his beastly pointer colour — but, look at 

 his shapes ! " Warrior was not drafted, I am glad to 



