84 THE MEYNELL HOUNDS. [1882 



" Plantagenet " then goes on to talk about the 

 hounds, saying, " No hound in past years did more good 

 to the kennel than the Duke of Beaufort's Foreman, who 

 got Facer, Flasher, Freeman, Fairy, and Fancy from Red 

 Rose, daughter of Mr. Lumley's Render and Amulet, 

 who was of Brocklesby Pirate blood through the famous 

 Stormer. The Badminton badger-pye tells of this descent 

 to this day, and none are better. The oldest hound in 

 the present pack is Stella, who came with Leedham from 

 Hoar Cross to Sudbury, and is the only one left of that 

 generation. Now, in her ninth season, she works hard 

 still, and does honour to the blood of Brocklesby Flasher, 

 which she inherits through Ferdinand, Fairmaid, and her 

 sire Miracle, The veteran among stud hounds is Charon 

 by Draco out of Constance ; Draco by Fairplay, son of 

 Alfred, who was by Alaric, the best of that Falstaft' and 

 Agnes litter entered in 1852. . . . 



" Charon is a hound of rare stamp, and his constitution 

 is proclaimed by the way in which he shows work still. 

 The six-year-old Conqueror, by Milton Sonnet out of 

 Caroline, is a lengthy hound of more style than Charon, 

 but not quite so powerful all over, perhaps. Guardian, by 

 Guider out of Notable, is another of the old blood, with 

 rare legs and feet, compact, and showing much quality. 

 Marmaduke, of the same age, has great depth of ribs, 

 though a little flat on the side, and a beautiful forehand. 

 He can hunt a fox anywhere, and is great on a road, where 

 the shrill notes of him and his sire, the celebrated Baronet, 

 would often be heard alternately when all other tongues 

 were silent. He is from Matchless, daughter of the Alfred 

 already named, and thus distantly related to Charon. 

 Baronet, who was so much used elsewhere, was by Bachelor, 

 and Bachelor was by Druid, son of the Belvoir Druid. 

 Watchman, by Melton Ransack, is a nice little dog of Fitz- 

 william character all over. Benjamin, by Belvoir Whynot 

 (five years old), is a trifle throaty, but does not lack quality 

 for all his power and substance. Congress, by Contest out 

 of Mischief ; Granby, by Belvoir Gallant, a hound with rare 



