52 THE BADMINTON HUNT. 



ants of spangle are Woldsman, Watchman, 

 Sentinel, Weathergage, Sexton, and Wild- 

 fire ; but to enumerate all their progeny 

 might be considered a tedious process. 



The Marquis of Worcester has adopted 

 a very ingenious and significant system of 

 nomenclature. It is the custom in most 

 kennels to name the produce according to 

 the initial letter of the sire or dam, but 

 that distinction is improved upon, not only 

 is the first letter adopted, but the second 

 is also introduced. Thus Sentinel assumes 

 the two letters of Sentiment, his dam, and in 

 like manner Foreman of his sire, Forester. 



*' Nimrod's " opinion, as previously 

 quoted, that the Badminton country would 

 not be sufficiently stocked with foxes to 

 afford sport to a pack of hounds continuously 

 throughout the season, is emphatically re- 

 futed by modern instances. From casual 

 memoranda, I find that in the season of 

 1852-53 they killed fifty-nine brace and a 



