THE BADMINTON HUNT. 5 1 



by the late Mr Drake, he was descended 

 from the Duke of Rutland's Falstaff, en- 

 tered in 1 84 1. Harlequin, son of Hercules 

 and Spangle, has also done good service. 

 But the great prize was Spangle herself, 

 a beautiful black, white, and tan, whose only 

 fault appeared to be a trifle of incorrectness 

 about her shoulders, yet, as I never saw her 

 till after she had bred puppies, I may be 

 mistaken. On her arrival at Badminton, 

 she became the mother of Woldsman, 

 Watchman, Woodbine, Waspish, Warlock, 

 and Wedlock ; the following year of Saun- 

 terer, Sunderland, Surety, Sylvia, and 

 Sentiment, on both occasions Wonder 

 being her partner, who was descended 

 from Justice and Mr Heron's Nectar. 

 Then came Fortitude and Furbelow, the 

 last of her produce, their sire being Finder, 

 in whom, as in Wonder, are lines to the 

 same great celebrities of olden times. 

 Among the sires I recognise as descend- 



