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" Cecil " continues : " Being well off for walks, they are 

 enabled to send out annually about fifty couples of 

 puppies, affording an average entry of some twelve 

 couples, which fills up the ranks without having recourse 

 to other kennels ; and, having a good choice of sires, they 

 are not accustomed to roam about for fresh blood. It is a 

 very great object to breed from hounds whose good pro- 

 pensities are known, and, more than that, the prevailing 

 properties of antecedents, when more success must follow 

 than by selecting superlatively from symmetry without 

 any further guide to the inherent perfections of nose, 

 tongue, and constitution. To repudiate such vices as 

 skirting and babbling is a matter equally important. 

 The Bel voir kennels have supplied much valuable fresh 

 blood through their Regent, Druid, Agent, Trusty, Gam- 

 bler, and Grappler ; the Badminton through Foreman ; 

 the Brocklesby through Vaulter ; Lord Henry Bentinck's 

 through Warrior and Challenger ; Sir "Watkin Williams 

 Wynn's through Royal and Admiral. The Honourable 

 George Fitzwilliam's Bluecap and Mr. Lumley's Render 

 have also been patronized. Alfred, a very clever hound, 

 son of Alaric and Gadfly, is sire of the huntsman's choice 

 in this year's entry, Fairplay to wit, whose mother. Fancy, 

 is a daughter of the Duke of Beaufort's Foreman ; Fencer 

 is also of the same litter. Reginald, by Lord Scarborough's 

 Reginald and Roguish, is the sire of several superior 

 entries. Roguish is the issue of the Quorn Fugleman and 

 Rosebud. Alaric is by Falstaff — Agnes " (the famous 

 Agnes) "representing the Belvoir kennels through their 

 Flasher. Grappler is sire of Pilgrim, a useful hound of this 

 year's entry, and here again they have the Belvoir blood. 

 Hercules boasts of a numerous family among the working- 

 hounds, which adds vastly to his renown ; he was a son of 

 Adjutant and Hyacinth, whose ancestors are of Hoar Cross 

 blood. Red Rose, a daughter of Mr. Lumley's Render 

 and Amulet, has produced more than an average number 

 of worthies. The first season of her becoming a matron, 

 three couples of her puppies were entered, and the 



