THE BILLESDON HUNT. 19 



from Lord Fltzhardlnges Andover and 

 Barbara, daughter of the Pytchley Barrister, 

 and their Songstress. Andover was a son 

 of the late Earl Fitzhardinge's Abelard and 

 Airy, daughter of Mr Foljambes Albion, 

 Abelard, was a son of Hector, already men- 

 tioned as the sire of Holocaust. The good 

 qualities of the Berkeley blood are eminently 

 conspicuous. Among the lots purchased 

 from Mr Drake, and in his sixth season, was 

 Lucifer, a fine old hound, nearly black, with 

 a head shaded with a light tan, remarkable 

 for its smallness, and, if I may be allowed 

 to introduce such a term, delicacy of expres- 

 sion, portraying much amiability of temper, 

 distinctions which he conveyed to his pro- 

 geny most unmistakably. 



The annual entries have been sustained 

 through the services of well selected sires, 

 and thus the pack has been brought to an 

 undisputed high position. Lord Kestevens 

 Plunder appears very prominent, especially 



