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THE WARWICKSHIRE HOUNDS. 



Mr. H. Spencer 



Lucy. 



1866-1876. 



1869. 



1870. 



Clasher. 



A private pack. 



1871. 



1869 we find one hound by Mr. Drake's Banker out of 

 the Warwickshire Tragedy. Mr. Drake's Guardian is 

 a conspicuous sire in this list. We find two couples by 

 him out of dams of his kennel. The same blood is 

 also found in two couples and a half by Hector — 

 Sanguine, Hector being of the 1867 entry by Mr. 

 Drake's Hector — his Crimson. Sanguine was entered 

 in 1862 and was by the Cheshire Rockwood by the 

 Warwickshire Sportly. 



In the list for 1870 we find one important entry, 

 that of Clasher, who with Coaxer and Charity appears 

 as being by Nestor — Careless. He was a good looking 

 dog with a great deal of bone, and was very good in his 

 work. He was a remarkably good drawer and almost 

 always found the fox first. It is most interesting to 

 note that he went back to the celebrated old Saffron. 

 This was through Nestor who was by Nimrod — 

 Racket, Racket being by Stormer— Rakish, Stormer 

 being by Saffron — Waspish. The blood of Mr. Drake's 

 is again conspicuous. We find one hound by his 

 Guardian out of Spangle, and two couple by him out of 

 Torment. Spangle was by Mr. Drake's Rascal — his 

 Spangle and was bought by Mr. Lucy as a two year old in 

 1866. There are two couples by Nestor out of Midnight, 

 who was by Mr. Drake's Furrier — his Matron and was 

 bought by Mr. Lucy as a three-year-old in 1866. The 

 Duke of Grafton's Senator appears as sire to one 

 hound out of Mr. Drake's Sybil, who was by Mr. 

 Drake's Freeman— his Skilful and was bought by Mr. 

 Lucy as a three-year-old in 1866. Other blood is found 

 among the dams, besides in Spangle, Midnight and 

 Sybil already mentioned, in Nancy by^the Belvoir 

 Nimrod— Sir W. W. Wynn's Stately, and bought by 

 the Hon. Mr. North as a two-year old in 1865. 



In 1871 Mr. Lucy formed a private pack which he 

 sold to the Warwickshire Hunt when he gave up the 

 country in 1876. In the list of entries for 1871 we find 

 aeven couples from Lord Middleton's kennels, one couple 



