AND STIULINGSHIRE HUNT 



in 1908. The Puckeridge bitches, like the Duke's, 

 showed great quality, and, coming as they did from 

 a plough country, were all line-hunters — Spotless 

 and Winifred (1904) and Dauntless and Gaudy 

 (1907) being the best. But while fresh blood was 

 got partly by purchasing drafts, and partly through 

 using the sires of other kennels — such as the Hur- 

 worth Tuscan (1901), the Grove Furrier (1905), the 

 North Staffordshire Sailor (1905), the Atherstone 

 Spencer (1904) and their Deacon (1906) — the best 

 working lines then in the kennel were continued. 

 Thus, Bangle (1903) became the dam of Comedy 

 and Congress (1907); Blissful (1905), of Famous, 

 Farmer, Frantic and Furrier (1908) — an excep- 

 tionally good litter by the Grove Furrier ; Balmy 

 (1905), of Denmark (1909); and Bluebell (1905), 

 of Barrister (1909); while Delegate (1901) was 

 the sire of Gameboy, E-ansack and Banter (1907) ; 

 and Hostile (1902) — used only on account of his 

 work— got Rompish (1907), Hemlock (1908) and 

 Harkaway, Harlequin and Heedless (1909) — all 

 of whom, Hemlock in particular, have done him 

 credit. 



The last hound list issued, that for 1909, contains 

 the names of thirty -nine and a half couples, of 

 which twenty-three and a half were bred at Golf- 

 hall. If the pedigrees of these twenty-three and 

 a half couples are examined, it will be found that 

 three and a half can be traced through Fallacy and 

 Forcible (1888) — two of the daughters of Fancy 

 and Atherstone Trusty, previously mentioned — to 



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