THE WARWICKSHIRE HOUNDS. 85 



viz., Challenge by his Rattler, — his Captious ; Governor The Pack. 

 by his General — his Rain ; General by his General — " 



his Syren ; and Solomon by his Justice — his Sylia. 

 From Sir H. Goodrickes Manager — his Rarity appears 

 one hound. Midnight. The Warwickshire sires in the 

 list are Benedict, Bachelor, Pilot, Blucher and Ranter. 



Mr. Russell only hunted three days a week, and so Mr. Thorhhill'a 

 he reduced the number of hounds. Mr. Thornhill, Entries. 

 however, restored them on his accession to the master- 

 ship in 1833. His entry for that year consisted of 

 seventeen and a half couple. Among the sires are 

 hounds from Mr. Muster's, the Belvoir, Mr. Osbal- 

 deston's, and Lord Tavistock's. Myrmidon, by Lord 

 Tavistock's Marmion out of his Hopeful, and bought 

 as a five-year-old by Mr. Russell in 1831, appears as 

 sire to three-and-a-half couple. Only three War- 

 wickshire stud hounds appear among the sires, viz., 

 Benedict, entered in 1826 ; Bobadil, entered also in 

 1826 ; and Champion, entered in 1829. In the list for 

 1834 the Belvoir is also strongly represented, six couples 

 out of seventeen couples being attributable to sires of 

 those kennels. Mr. Drake's and the Duke of Beaufort's 

 are the only other kennels which appear in the list, the 

 Warwickshire sires being Benedict, Nimrod (entered 

 in 1827), Bluecap (entered in 1831), and Myrmidon. 

 The list for 1835 contains thirteen and a half couples. 

 The Belvoir are againlrepresented among the sires, this 

 time by Lucifer, who appears as sire to two couples 

 out of Doia, a bitch by Mr. Horlock's Dragon — 

 his Dowager, and bought as a two-year-old 

 by Mr. Thornhill in 1833 ; and by Rummager, who is 

 sire to a couple and a half out of the Warwickshire 

 Whimsey, a bitch entered in 1831. The blood of Mr. 

 Horlock's also finds an introduction in Famous, a 

 bitch by his Farmer — his Banquet, who was bought as 

 a five-year-old by Mr. Thornhill in 1834, and who ap- 

 pears as the dam of Famous by the Warwickshire 

 Woodman. Other kennels are represented in the sires 



