FOX-HUNTING RECOLLFXTIONS 29 



*' The dogs purchased at this sale made the 

 pack. 



'' Driver, Stranger, Streamer, were three 

 capital dogs, and all ran until seven and eight 

 years old. All three were remarkable for this — 

 that when beaten off from pace in their old age, 

 they would come up behind as quiet as mice, 

 set to work at once as busily as bees and help 

 the young ones out of their difficulties. 



'' Driver was noted for bringing the fox's 

 brush to his huntsman out of Harpswell gorse. 

 His son Desperate showed the same character- 

 istic. A fox having been left in a rabbit-hole in 

 Carlton sand hills, the hounds being called 

 away, Desperate gave the men the slip, went 

 back to the hole and scratched down to his 

 cub, bit off half his brush and brought it on to 

 old Dick at Scampton. 



'' Driver's daughter, little Dorcas, would never 

 allow any dog, however big, to take the head 

 from her — she invariably carried it home any 

 distance. 



'' Albion, sire of Tomboy, was not himself 

 more than a good, honest, quiet dog, not at all 

 brilliant. 



'' Royal, a big plain but brilliant dog for pace 

 at seven years old. 



'' Heedless, though dam of Dorcas, was quite 

 a third-rate animal herself. 



'' Careless, 1845, a most trimming animal for 

 nose and stoutness, turned rogue at four years 

 old. 



