276 THE MEYNELL HOUNDS. [1868 



pies in their fourth season. They have great power, with rare loins and thighs, 

 and are daughters of Merriman and Hyacinth, whose immediate predecessors 

 were bred at their kennels ; Monarch, Matron, and Music are of the same litter. 



Ringlet is a daughter of Lord Henry Bentinck's Regulus and Harmony, and 

 she exemplifies so many excellent qualities that she must not be passed over. 

 Regulus was always an especial favourite in my estimation, and I give him the 

 preference over his brothers, Rector and Regent. He was a descendant of Con- 

 test, and, going back to Mr. Foljambe's kennels, perpetuates two strains from 

 Mr. Osbaldeston's Fun-iei'. 



A year younger is Arrogant, the issue of Comus and Artful, whose sire, 

 Argus, was bred at Belvoir, from Trusty and Nightshade, consequently brother 

 to the Duke of Rutland's Alfred and Agent. Comus, son of Hercules, goes back 

 to Lord Yarborough's Flasher. Columbine, black, white, and tan, daughter of 

 Conqueror and Garland, is of great size. The sire's antecedents were a happy 

 combination of the Bramham Moor and Belvoir kennels. Conqueror is also 

 represented by Countess and Cowslip, both black, white, and tan, with all the 

 indications of resolution. Hasty, their dam, was a daughter of Reginald and 

 Heedless. Nimble, sister to Nathan, bears a strong resemblance to her brother, 

 and possesses the inestimable quality of taking up the fleeting scents, invariably 

 preventing difficulties on roads. Pamela, a rich black, white, and tan, with fine 

 proportions and great elegance, is a daughter of the Duke of Beaufort's Guards- 

 man and Prudence. In racing parlance, she will be heard of as a matron on 

 future occasions. Guardsman, a hound of great power, but not without some 

 coarseness, is son of the Duke of Rutland's Guider and Harriet, in whom again 

 we find a descendant of Sir Richard Sutton's Trueman, and, in the maternal line, 

 the same ancestors as the Badminton Rufus and Remus, of imperishable fame. 

 Prudence, being a daughter of Trojan and Pamela, perpetuates the race of Alfred 

 and Lord Yarborough's Flasher ; and another strain from the same kennel, com- 

 bined with Sir Richard Sutton's Red Rose, a comely daughter of Rockwood and 

 Amethyst, has all the appearance of a hard worker, quick in all her actions ; 

 Amethyst was sister to Agent. 



In their second season. Abbess, Adelme, full of bone, and Agnes, come in for 

 a great amount of admiration ; unexceptionable in symmetry, good workers, and 

 of hardy constitutions. They are representatives of Rockwood and Amulet, 

 sister to Artful, who, from the same partner, Rockwood, produced Ardent, a very 

 comely young lad}'^, with length of frame. Fallacy, sister to Finder, must not be 

 passed by without distinctive compliments ; neither must Primrose, daughter of 

 Merrimac and Purity, or Rival, sister of later birth to Redrose. Symmetry, well 

 deserving her name, is a daughter of Mr. Foljambe's Roderick and Syren. 1 

 now come, I think, to the choicest inmate of the kennels — Trinket, the produce 

 of Merrimac and Tuneful, granddaughter of the Duke of Rutland's Prompter, full 

 of the best blood in the Belvoir and Brocklesby kennels. 



This season's entry, although not numerically extensive, is full of character. 

 Albert and Archer are sprung from Agent and Beatrice ; they are of the right 

 size, with the character of hard runners. Fatima, daughter of the Duke of 

 Rutland's Falstaft' and Winsome, has great substance about her thighs, is good 

 over the loins, on short proportionate legs. Winsome was daughter of Lord 

 Henry Bentinck's Wanderer, a descendant of Contest's. Mira, of rich black, 

 white, and tan, on short legs, is the daughter of Albion, and a former Mira, sister 

 to Merrimac. Needwood, Needful, and Norah are from Nimrod and Gladsome. 

 Needful will no doubt be promoted to the honours of maternity. Ranter, Rustic, 

 Rachael, and Ransom are descended from Royal and Lively. The two latter 



