Some Noted Foxhounds 



must have owned thousands of hounds in his day 

 too. A hound will always follow the man who 

 shows him sport even before his kennel hunts- 

 man. '^ Devonian" Mr. Harris of Hayne con- 

 sidered Furrier a "jealous beggar." Anyhow, the 

 name of Furrier is still with us and his blood 

 in many a foxhound kennel of to-day. Intelligent 

 reader, please note the scope of this work only 

 allows my treating of "some noted foxhounds," 

 not "all noted foxhounds." 



I now pass on to Lord Henry Bentinck's Con- 

 test, a direct descendant of Furrier. Contest was 

 lent to the then Duke of Beaufort and Lord Fitz- 

 hardinge. Contest was by Comus, son of Mr. Fol- 

 jambe's Herald, son of Osbaldeston's Ranter, son 

 of Furrier. Sir R. Sutton's Dryden was also by 

 Contest, and his best hound. The baronet's master- 

 ship of the Quorn was from 1847- 1856. Lord 

 Fitzhardinge's Cromwell by Contest was a regular 

 hound celebrity in Gloucestershire. Their hunts- 

 men never tired of talking of these "star" hounds 

 till their dying days. I cite the cases of John 

 Warde, W. Smith of the Brocklesby, and Charles 

 Payne, whose favourite Pytchley hound was Pilgrim. 



Has not this intense love of much-prized hounds 

 made fox-hunting what it is ? The excuse is to 

 breed from great merits in the field exclusive of 

 good looks. However, such authorities as the late 

 Mr. G. S. Foljambe, Lord Portsmouth, and the 



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