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THE WARWICKSHIRE HOUNDS. 



CHAPTER XI. 



The foundation 



of the pack. 



1827. 



Sires from the 

 Duke of Beau- 

 fort's. 



The foundation op the pack by Mr. Newton 

 Fellowes— HIS subsequent entries— the pack 

 under Captain Russell and Mr. Thornhill. 



1 have now arrived at a point in my history when I 

 may say something about the hounds themselves. 

 Upon the resignation of Lord Middleton, the country 

 had to find a subscription and a pack. When Mr. 

 Newton Fellowes took possession of the office of master 

 in 1827 he got together a pack which was the 

 foundation of the Warwickshire pack as it has been 

 since that time. It consisted in all of 53 couples, 40^ 

 being old couples and 12J young ones. The principal 

 packs resorted to were the Duke of Beaufort's and 

 Mr. Osbaldeston's, and indeed the sires of half the 

 pack were from these two kennels. 



Let us look down the list of these hounds as 

 got together by him. The hounds to be attributed 

 to the Duke of Beaufort's were Duncan, a five- 

 year-old hound, by his Duncan — his Wary ; Falstaff 

 and Fallacy, a four-year-old couple, by his Waterloo, 

 out of Friendly ; Ornament, another four-year-old 

 hound, by his Nectar, out of Ominous ; Rocket, 

 Rivers, and Rosamond, all three being also four- 

 year-olds, by his Hermit out of Rumsey ; 

 Dorimont, Danger, Dairymaid, Diligent, Dalliance, 

 Damsel, all three-year-olds, by the Duke's Dorimont 

 out of Bridesmaid ; Denmark, Duster, Dealer, two- 

 year-olds, by the same hound out of Juliet ; Benedict, 



