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THE WARWICKSHIRE HOUNDS. 



Hon. W. H. J. 



North. 

 1802-1866. 



1865. 



who is sire to a couple and a half, and among the 

 dams in Songstress, entered in 1858, by SafiFron out of 

 Waspish ; Racket, entered in 1861, by Stormer out 

 Rakish, Stormer being entered in 1858, by Saffron 

 out of Waspish ; Lapwing, who, entered in 1862, also 

 gets the Saffron blood through Stormer, being by 

 that hound out of Lapwing ; and Lofty, entered in 

 1861, by the Belvoir Lexicon — Winifred, Winifred 

 being entered in 1857, and was by Saffron out of 

 Woodbine. To these four dams, six couples of the 

 list are attributed. There is only one other War- 

 wickshire sire in the list ; this is Rally wood, and as 

 he was by Stormer out of Rakish, the Saffron blood 

 finds another introduction here similar to that which 

 it does in the case of Racket. Only one hound, 

 however, is attributable to Rallywood. This ia 

 Harper, who is by Rallywood out of the Warwick- 

 shire Harriet. Other kennels appear to have been 

 used by Mr. North for his entries of 1864 to only a 

 minor degree, as the Brocklesby Blucher, with a 

 couple and a half, Lord Portsmouth's Lancaster, with 

 three couple, and the Holderness Napier, with one 

 hound out of the same hunt's Rosy, are the only 

 occurrences of names of other packs. The Holderness 

 bitch just mentioned is the only dam of that year 

 from other packs. The short list of nine and a half 

 couples, which comprise the entries for 1865, contains 

 a sire whose pedigree goes back to the hounds 

 taken by Lord Middleton when he gave up 

 the Warwickshire country. This is Orpheus, who was 

 entered by Lord Middleton in 1858, and was by Lord 

 Fitzwilliam's Ottoman out of Lord Middleton's 

 Tragedy. Two and a half couple are to be attributed 

 to him, Mr. Drake's Furrier, Mr. Meynell 

 Ingram's Trojan, and Mr. North's Magnet and Singer 

 are the representatives of other kennels, the solitary 

 Warwickshire sire in the list being Banker, who has 

 three acd a half couples attributed to him out of 



