so THE BADMINTON HUNT. 



he was capital in his work, and possessed 

 wonderful instinct in finding foxes. I fancy 

 he stood full twenty-four inches, which in 

 my humble opinion ought to be quite the 

 maximum height of a foxhound. His dam 

 was bred by Lord Lonsdale, and he inherited 

 the true type of the Cottesmore kennels. 



For very many years the instances were 

 but few of hounds bred at other establish- 

 ments being introduced at Badminton ; but 

 in 1858, when Mr Morrell's hounds were 

 sold, his Grace purchased two lots for the 

 goodly sum of two hundred guineas each ; 

 also Spangle for fifty guineas, and Skilful 

 for twenty-five, which have turned out very 

 good investments. Among those in work 

 was Fleecer, a hound of high preten- 

 sions, a son of Lord Fitzhardinge's Furrier, 

 several of whose ancestors were bred at 

 Badminton. Then there was Forester, 

 Fleecer's son, whose progeny are con- 

 spicuous. Through Fatima, his dam, bred 



