1 8 THE BILLESDON HUNT. 



of them running through a long line, bred 

 at the Berkeley kennels, by the late Earl 

 Fitzhardinpfe. Druid was a dark black 

 and white hound, with little tan, of great 

 bone, proclaiming a hardy constitution, and 

 he possessed the Inestimable qualification 

 of nose. Smuggler, Sultan, Sailor, and 

 Sportsman, of the same year, were entitled 

 to claim especial notice ; they were the 

 produce of the Oakley Sultan and Sylvia. 

 First In the list of hounds that had been 

 entered the season before, and demanding 

 particular respect, were Andover, Abelard, 

 Arrogant, Amazon, Artful, and Actress. 

 It Is not often that so many as three couples 

 of hounds, all of one litter, are kept In 

 work to their fourth season ; and this Is a 

 fact quite sufficient to proclaim their good- 

 ness, and the soundness of their constitu- 

 tions. Actress and Artful have already 

 been introduced as the mothers of two 

 capital litters. These hounds were bred 



