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THE WARWICKSHIRE HOUNDS. 



The Pack. 

 1838-1860. 



Mr. Barnard's 

 use of other 

 kennels. 



1842. 



out of Pastime. Tarquin makes his disappearance 

 from the stud book after the list of ,1848, in which 

 he appears as sire to Brilliant out of Brazen, a bitch 

 entered in 1843 by Commodore out of Brazen ; and 

 to Termagant and Trimbush, out of Tragedy, another 

 bitch of 1844, by Mr. Villebois' Hannibal, out of Ter- 

 magant. Of this list of hounds claiming Tarquin as 

 sire, five gained places in the home stud book, Rustic 

 appearing in the list in 1847, Ransom in 1849, 

 Traveller in 1851, Termagant in 1852, and Priestess 

 in 1849 and 1S55. Salesman, who was entered in 

 the Vale of the White Horse Hounds in 1869, was 

 one of the many whose pedigree might be traced to 

 Tarquin. He was by the Heythrop Joker, out 

 of the Vale of White Horse Spinster, Joker, I believe, 

 came from Tarquin through Lord Fitzharding's 

 Rambler. Salesman was very like Tarquin. He had a 

 wiry growth, square head and plenty of jowl. Sales- 

 man had a peculiar habit of screaming, and when near 

 a fox his back would be up like a sweep's brush. 



For the short list of ten and a half couples which re- 

 present the entries for 1841, Mr. Drake's, the Brock- 

 lesby, and the Duke of Grafton's were the kennels 

 resorted to for foreign blood. The next list, however, 

 (1842) is a longer, and is fair evidence of the faith Mr. 

 Barnard had in going away from home for breeding pur- 

 poses. It consists of seventeen couples but only two 

 Warwickshire sires appear, and to these only two 

 couples are to be attributed. The two are Commodore 

 and Harper. Commodore was entered in 1837, being 

 by Cryer — Matchless, and Harper in 1835, being by 

 Hymen by Midnight. Commodore appears in the 

 list as sire to Clamorous out of Welcome, a bitch by 

 Lord Scarborough's Carver out of Whimsey and 

 entered in 1836 ; and to Comus and Crier out 

 of Rarity, a bitch by Mr. Osbaldeston's Racer out 

 of Midnight and entered the same year. Harper is 

 sire to Tuneful out of Testy, a bitch of the 1836 entries 



