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by Lord Hastings' Bloomer — his Charmer, and half-a- Mr. H. Spencer 

 couple by Lord Kesteven's Shiner — Lord Hastings' 1866^-^876. 



Handsome. Hector and Nestor again appear among 



the home sires. The list for 1872 is a short one. i872. 

 Foreign blood is drawn from Mr. Drake's, Lord Ports, 

 mouth's, "The Cotswold," and "The Vale of the 

 White Horse. " The Warwickshire Hector and Raglan 

 are the principal sires. 



In the list for 1873 Lord Middleton's, '•' The Bel voir," 1873. 

 and Lord Hastings' are the kennels from which foreign 

 blood was drawn, and we also find one hound by the 

 Ledbury Cloudy, who was by the Worcestershire 

 Cruiser — the Ledbury Charity, and was bought by Mr. 

 Lucy as a four-year-old in 1871. Wilriboy, Nestor, 

 and Mercury are the home sires used. In the list for 

 ^874 Clasher appears among the sires, having Cheerful 1874. 

 nd Columbine, two good-looking bitches out of 

 Precept. Among the sires, too, we find Lord Hastings' 

 Sportsman, who had also appeared in the previous year's 

 list, and was bought by Mr. Lucy as a four-year- 

 old in 1871, being by Lord Hastings' Sailor — his 

 Bridesmaid. Among the bitches we find the Ledbury 

 Volatile, by the Brocklesbury Hannibal — the Ledbury 

 Vocal, bought by Mr. Lucy as a two-year-old in 1871. 



In Mr. Lucy's last list (1875), Clasher is again con- i875. 

 spicuous, and we again find Lord Hastings' Sports- 

 man. " The Vale of the White Horse " and Sir 

 W, W. Wynn's are the other kennels used. We 

 also find foreign blood among the bitches in Lord 

 Potimore's Sanguine, by his Stripling —his Needful, 

 bought by Mr. Lucy as a five-year-old in 1872 ; and 

 Lusty, by the Grove Looby — Lord Hastings' Lofty, 

 bought by Mr. Lucy as a four-year-old in 1871. The 

 Ledbury Cloudy, too, reappears. 



Mr. Lucy was a good master, one excellent point a good master, 

 about him being that he always took the part 

 of his huntsman against the field in any difl3culty. 

 At Mr. Drake's sale he bought Long-eared, afterwards 



