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kennel. They were fair average hounds them- 

 selves, but neither in nose nor pace could they 

 compete with the stuff they came amongst — 

 save Lenity, a capital hound. 



'' Rambler proved very good, but we had 

 eight or nine dogs at the time far more brilliant 

 than him in their work. 



'' Playful, Trinket, Ringworm, and Castor, 

 1856, were four extraordinary animals. 



*' Traveller, 1858. Until four years old a 

 very hard runner; almost too quiet with his 

 tongue, and considered a rival to Tomboy and 

 Corsair for nose and sagacity in working roads 

 and dry ditches. 



'' Fed by Harry Sebright on meal and cold 

 water, and raked and galloped about. He turned 

 noisy and was drafted. 



'' Castor, Challenger, and Titian, 1856. Our 

 three severest losses. 



'' Solomon and Solon, 1856. Two admirable 

 dogs until four years, when both have been seen 

 on three occasions to give in, nearly at the same 

 moment. Both were very delicate hounds, and 

 were probably never brought out by Harry 

 Sebright fit to run. 



'' Wanderer, 1857, was thought shy of his 

 tongue — a very light one and bad to hear.'' 



It was in the Burton country I made my first 

 attempt at hunting hounds. Late in the after- 

 noon, when all had gone home except three or 

 four, we had a very sharp scurry for ten or fifteen 



