THE WARWICKSHIRE HOUNDS. 



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Mr, 



1867. 



Castor. 



Banker. 



Bunker, and Nimrod, and the Hon. W. North's Rally- 

 wood. Bluecap was entered in 1858 and was by 

 Admiral— Bracelet, and Banker was entered in 1860 

 and was by the Duke of Beaufort's Banker out of 

 Rapture. The list for 1867 is a longer one. We find 

 among the aires the Hon. W. North's Castor, three 

 from Mr. Drake's, and Saffron II., Nimrod, Sorcerer, 

 and Trimmer of the home kennels. Castor was bred 

 at Belvoir, and was by their Comus out of their Rosy. 

 He went to Stratton Audley in a young draft and was 

 entered at those kennels. He was a famous dog in 

 his work and was good looking. Trimmer also carried 

 Belvoir blood, as he was by their Trusty out of the War- 

 wickshire Gadfly. He was entered in 1861. Sorcerer 

 was entered a year later, being by the Cheshire Rock- 

 wood out of Sportly. 



The four couples of Mr. Drake's secured by the War- 

 wickshire Hunt at his sale were valuable acquisitions. 

 In addition to these was a stallion hound. Banker, 

 which Mr. Drake had given to his first whip, Robert 

 Worrall, who took him to Warwickshire when he went 

 to Mr. Lucy as huntsman. He was by Mr. Drake's 

 Hector out of his Bounty, and grandson of Lord 

 Scarborough's Hector. In the list for 1868, which 1868. 

 consists of seventeen couples, Banker is the sire of 

 three hounds out of Warwickshire dams. Other 

 foreign sires are Mr. North's Castor, the Quorn 

 Hector and Nelson, and the Duke of Grafton's Nimrod. 

 Foreign blood is also introduced among the dams in 

 Crimson, by Lord Henry Bentinck's Rebel — his Con- 

 cord, bought by Mr. Lucy as a four-year-old in 1866 ; 

 and Columbine, by the Brocklesby Vaulter — their 

 Columbine, bought by Mr. Lucy as a two-year-old in 

 1866. In the sires we get it also in Raglan, by the 

 Belvoir Rallywood — their Pastime, bought as a five- 

 year-old by Mr. Lucy in 1860 from Mr. Drake ; and 

 Regent, by Mr. Drake's Sparkler — his Rosy, bought as 

 a three-year-old by Mr. Lucy in 1866. In the list for 



H. Spencer 

 Lucy. 

 1866-1876. 



