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THE WARWICKSHIRE HOUNDS. 



The Pack. 

 1838-1860. 



Mr. Barnard's 

 final lists. 



Mr. Lucy's 

 entries. 



was an immense powerful hound of a rich tan and 

 very good looking. He was also very good in his 

 work, and used most extensively for breeding pur- 

 poses. He was walked by Mr. Harry Over, of Pittern 

 Hill. He was the sire of many hounds in the Duke of 

 Beaufort's, Sir W. W. Wynn's, the Badaworth, the 

 Albrighton, Col. Clowe's, Mr. Garth's, and other 

 kennels. He makes his first appearance in the list 

 of home sires in the list of entries for 1855, Mr. 

 Barnard's last list, where we find him as sire to 

 one and a half couples. He does not appear in the 

 list for 1856. In 1857 he appears as sire to a couple. 

 In 1858 the good opinion in which he was held is mani- 

 fested by his being sire to six couples out of the 

 fifteen and a half couples composing the list. In 1859 

 he is given as sire to four couples out of the short list 

 a dozen couples. In 1860 he makes his last appear- 

 ance in the list appearing as sire to two and a half 

 couples. The other hounds mentioned as being of the 

 same parentage as Safifron were Splendour and 

 Sprightly. Splendour does not appear in any subse- 

 quent Warwickshire entries, but Sprightly appears 

 among the dams in the list of entries for 1852, 1854, 

 and 1857. 



For his list of 1852 Mr. Barnard used largely Lord 

 H. Bentinck's kennels, and in his subsequent lists this 

 kennel also appears as the one most largely used. Earl 

 Fitzharding's and Mr. Foljambe's were the others from 

 which he drew mostly during the last years of his 

 regime. In his last list (1855) Mr. Morrell's Aimwell 

 is a conspicuous sire. 



During the two years Mr. Spencer Lucy held the 

 reins of Government he seems to have followed upon Mr. 

 Barnard's lines as regards using outside blood. In the 

 list tor 1856 Mr- Morrell's Aimwell is again conspicuous, 

 and sires from Mr. R. Sutton's and the Duke of Beau- 

 fort's appear to have been largely used, while solitary 

 sires are found from Lord H. BeHtinck's, the Belvoir, 



