NIMROD'S NORTHERN TOUR. 283 



Acres. Names. Sires. Dams. 



Years. 



One ..Chaunter..By Viceroy Out of Cheerful 



Lavish ....By Lord Lonsdale's Lashwood.Out of Valorous 



Levity .. . . Ditto Ditto 



Bonny BellBy Old Bustler Out of Mr. Foljambe's Favourite 



Agile .... By Alchemist Out of Gaiety 



Actress... Ditto Ditto 



Old Hounds 22i Couples . 



Age One ditto IG Ditto 



Total 38^ Couples. 



I must here observe that the above is beyond the average strength of 

 Lord Kintore's kennel, by reason of the last nine couples being hounds 

 of the year, and the draft had not been made when I left. I cannot, 

 however, suppress my belief, that the most fastidious judge would be 

 pleased — aye, delighted — with the appearance and performance of this 

 young lot. The puppies came in just as I left the country, and I 

 requested his lordship's permission to christen one of them Nimrod ; 

 and I was glad to hear he was doing well. 



In looking over this list, close observers of the pedigree of fox-hounds 

 will find much of our very best old blood — especially in Alchymist, 

 going back to Mr. Warde's Abbot, the sire of Abelard ; Lord Lonsdale's 

 Lash wood ; the Beaufort Nimrod; Lord Yarborough's Pontiff; the 

 Beaufort Diligent — running back to Mr. Heron's (the Cheshire) 

 old Nectar sort, the Grafton Governor, Lord Harewood's Guilder, cum 

 multis aliis, too numerous to mention. 



As a huntsman to fox-hounds I shall dismiss Lord Kintore in a few 



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