THE CHACE. 
sportsman, it is certain they always afforded a high 
treat, as the power and fine symmetry of the fox-hound 
were apparent at first sight ; and almost every kennel in 
the south of England, and several in the north, are now 
proud to acknowledge their obligations to the blood of 
John Warde the Father of the Field. 
Sir Richard Puleston is celebrated as a judicious 
breeder of hounds, and his blood has likewise been 
highly valued in several of our best kennels, amongst 
which is the Duke of Cleveland's, to whom Sir Richard 
sold a very large draft some years since, and also that of 
the Fife. The late Mr. Corbet, a very considerable 
breeder of hounds, always bowed to his superior judg- 
ment in this department of the science. The most 
celebrated breeders, however, of this day, are the Dukes 
of Rutland and Beaufort, and Mr. Ralph Lambton ; 
and Mr. Osbaldeston's blood, although himself no longer 
the owner of hounds, is de facto in the highest repute 
in the hunting world. A few years back, he had nearly 
forty couples of hounds at work at one time, by one 
sire his Furrier. 
one another's hands. As many a flower blows unseen, so had these 
hounds many a fine day's sport that was hardly ever heard of. With no 
one out but ' Old Beau,' with his low-crowned hat, black top-boots, one 
steel spur ; his groom, Luke, in his twilled fustian frock, on the second 
horse ; and a few old potterers like myself, I have seen many a run, the 
recollection of which warms the expiring embers of my old age. Tom 
had a fine voice, which he, however, never used unnecessarily ; and he 
scarcely ever blew his horn, except to get them out of a cover when the 
fox. was away. As long as fox-hunting is followed by Englishmen, so 
long will the name of Old Tom Rose be cherished with the fondest 
recollections." 
