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Whimsey. Prudence was bred by the late Lord 

 Lonsdale, by his Lictor out of Pamela. Whimsey by 

 the Duke of Rutland's Wildman out of the Badminton 

 Charmer; the latter by Sir Thomas Mostyn's Edward 

 out of Whimsey (entered in 1816), by Mr. T. A. Smith's 

 Collier, out of the Badminton Gladsome, by their 

 Roister out of Graceful. Potentate is a black and white 

 tanned hound, with great power ; and I think I can 

 discern a similarity in him to the late Lord Lonsdale's 

 hounds, to which he is related, although his blood is 

 principally of the Badminton sort. He was remarkably 

 good in drawing for his fox, was generally the first to 

 find him, and particularly excellent at picking out a 

 cold scent. Rufus and Remus are likewise two remark- 

 ably fine specimens of the fox-hound ; they were entered 

 in 1849, and in their early days evinced so much 

 superiority that in the entry for 1851 two couple and a 

 half, the progeny of Rufus, were entered; and his 

 excellence having reached the ears of Sir Richard Sutton, 

 he procured his services as a stud-hound in 1853. Rufus 

 and Remus were by Lord Fitzwilliam's Hermit out of 

 the Duke of Beaufort's Rarity. Hermit was by Mr. 

 Drake's Hector. Hector by Lord Southampton's 

 Hazard. Hazard by the Duke of Beaufort's Harbinger. 

 Further on the dam's side I cannot ascertain, as Earl 

 Fitzwilliam does not publish lists of his hounds, after 

 the custom of most other fashionable kennels. Rarity 

 I remember seeing some years since, when I was particu- 

 larly impressed with her appearance ; she was a dark 

 pied bitch, and her sons somewhat resemble her in 

 colour. Her sire was Rutland, her dam Wary\ Rutland 

 by Mr. Wyndham's Cardinal out of Rally ; Rally by 

 Wanderer out of Raffle ; and then goes through a line 

 of the Badminton blood to the late Lord Lonsdale's 

 and the late Sir Thomas Mostyn's, which is forty years 

 ago. Rufus and Remus bid fair to rival Potentate, or 

 any other predecessor, in perpetuating a valuable 

 succession in these and other kennels. They show great 

 power and symmetry, without a particle of coarseness, 

 and are excellent in chase. 



