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kennels on the 13th of December 1855, 

 when seventy couples produced 1821 

 guineas. It was a pack of very high pre- 

 tensions, emanating originally from those 

 the baronet bought from Mr Assheton 

 Smith, when he succeeded that gentle- 

 man in the Burton country some thirty 

 years previously. Very judicious drafting, 

 and the Introduction of his friend Mr 

 Osbaldeston's best sorts when they were in 

 their zenith, with assistance from the Dukes 

 of Rutland and Beaufort, Lords Yarbor- 

 ough and Bentinck, also Mr Drake's and 

 Mr Foljambe's kennels, carried them to the 

 highest pinnacle of fame. Bajazet, a son of 

 Mr Foljambe's Roister ; Rambler and his 

 sire Trueman, the two brothers Dexter and 

 Dryden, together with Glider and very 

 many more, have been extensively patron- 

 ised by the best judges. 



Mr Richard Sutton's hounds, thirty-nine 

 and a half couples, were sold In April 1856 

 by Messrs Tattersall, at the Quorn kennels, 

 when they produced 1490 guineas; the pur- 

 chasers were the Duke of Cleveland, Lord 



