26 THE BELVOIR HUNT. 



thighs, rather under than over twenty- 

 three inches in height, he was, in my 

 estimation, as near as possible the per- 

 fection of a foxhound. Lord Yarboroueh's 

 Rally wood was his sire, and Sprightly 

 his dam. Poor Will Goodall's memo- 

 randum is graphically descriptive of Lord 

 Yarborough's Rallywood : — " This is a 

 most beautiful little short-legged dog, ex- 

 ceedingly light of bone, but with beautiful 

 legs and feet. I got him in exchange for 

 Ragland in 1850. This dog was con- 

 sidered by the late William Smith to be 

 one of the best bred hounds in the Brock- 

 lesby kennels. Rosebud, his dam, worked 

 up until she was ten years old ; she was 

 never known to do anything wrong ; they 

 are perfection In their work, and ever- 

 lasting." 



Without imposing on my indulgent 

 readers what to some may be accepted 

 as a tedious process — that of tracing the 



