THE WARWICKSHIRE HOUNDS. 137 



CHAPTER XYIII. 



The Hon. Mr. North's entries— some Warwick- 

 shire SIRES— THE Saffron blood— a noteworthy 

 bitch — Peterborough prize-winners descended 

 FROM Careless— the pick of the pack— some 

 sport in the Alcester district— a Warwick- 

 shire DAY at LiGHTHORNE— removal OF THE HON. 



Mr. [North to the Bicester country. 



In my last chapter I touched in passing upon the 

 important work which was effected in the kennels dur- 

 ing Mr. North's presidency, and I propose to indicate 

 the principal features of the constitution of the pack 

 and the entries during that period. We remember that 

 in Lord Willoughby de Broke's earlier lists, other 

 kennels appeared in comparatively large numbers. In 

 the list for 1861, over which his lordship appears in i ggi 

 conjunction with Mr. North, the same characteristic is 

 observable. Of the fifteen and a half couples com- 

 posing it, seven and a half claim sires in the Belvoir 

 Kennel. A couple have sires in Sir W. W. Wynn's 

 pack, and the parentage of one hound is obtained in the 

 Duke of Beaufort's. The Warwickshire sires which 

 appear areGimcrack, Champion, Stormer, and Welling- 

 ton. Gimcrack was entered in 1854 and was by the 

 Belvoir Guider — Telltale ; Champion was entered in 

 1857 and was by Lord Fitzharding's Challenger — 

 Tidings ; Stormer was entered in 1858 and was by the 

 famous Saffron — Waspish ; while Wellington, also 

 entered in 1858, was by Watchman (Lord H. Bentinck's 



