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Singwell. Banker was entered in 1860 and was by the 

 Duke of Beaufort's Banker — Rapture. In Singwell we 

 find the Saffron blood, as we do also among the dams in 

 Lapwing as already explained, and in Bonnybell, who 

 was entered in 1862 by Lord Southampton's Dorimont 

 out of Bluebell. Bluebell was entered in 1859 and was 

 by Bashful out of Saffron. 



There can be scarcely any better testimony of the 

 excellence of the blood which had been introduced 

 into the pack than that which is given by the par- 

 ticulars I am about to record. In 1864 Mr. North 

 bought a bitch from Mr. Hall, of the Holderness, 

 called Rapid, by the Holderness Napier out of their 

 Rosy. Napier was by the Belvoir Notary out of 

 the Holderness Cowslip, and Rosy was by Lord Henry 

 Bentinck's Roderick out of the Holderness Careless. 

 In 1867 Mr. Lucy put forward a bitch called Careless 

 by Mr. North's Castor (which he had bought from the 

 Belvoir as a stud hound by the Belvoir Comus out 

 of their Rosy) out of Rapid. This bitch was the 

 dam of Clasher, by Nestor, by Nimrod, a hound 

 bought by Lord Willoughby de Broke and the 

 Hon. Mr. North in 1862 at Mr. Baker's sale of ''the 

 North Warwickshire," but not of his black and 

 tan blood. From this bitch Careless are descended no 

 less than fourteen prize-winners at Peterborough. They 

 are as follows :— 1888, Safety (1884) by the Bramham 

 Smoker— Rival*; 1887-9, Coxcomb (1885) by Furley 

 —Choral*; 1889, Stentor (1885) by the Bramham 

 Sailor— Frailty*; 1887, Pedlar and Petulant (1886), 

 by Proctor*— Abbess, and Playful (1886) by Proctor* 

 out of Ada; 1887, Trueman and Trusty (1887) by the 

 Brocklesby Tapster — Roundelay* ; 1889, Huntress 

 (1888) by Harper— Frailty* ; 1889-90, Student (1888) 

 by Stentor*— Flora ; 1889, Harpy (1889) by Harper- 

 Rosary* ; 1889-90, Hermit and 1890 Heiress (both 

 1889) by Harper— Ruthless * ; and 1889 Sympathy 



Hon. W. H. J. 



North. 

 3862-1866. 



Careless. 



Peterborough 

 prize-winners 

 descended 

 from Careless. 



