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brought to the hammer, the total amount realised being 

 1400 gs., 130 gs. being given for two and a half couples 

 of entered hounds. 



In the May of 1887 the Blankney, Cranbourne, and 

 Chiddingfold tried their luck at Rugby, but high prices 

 were not in the ascendant, though the first-named pack 

 fetched 1014 gs. for twenty-five couples, an average of 

 a little over 40 gs. a couple, 125 gs. being paid by Mr. 

 Austin Mackenzie for one and a half couples. In July, 

 1889, on the retirement of Mr. Harding Cox, the Old 

 Berkeley were put up for sale, the pack having been got 

 together at great trouble and expense almost entirely 

 from the Blankney and Curraghmore. They conse- 

 quently inherited the Old Burton blood, secured when 

 Mr. Chaplin became possessed of Lord Henry Bentinck's 

 famous pack. At the sale thirty-six couples were sold, 

 the lots averaging one and a half couples each, and the 

 total sum realised was 1003 gs. Mr. Chandos Pole gave 

 100 gs. for two couples, and Mr. Selby took two couples 

 more at the same price. 



In the April of 1890 it was said that Lord Portsmouth 

 had sold his hounds privately through the medium of 

 Messrs. Tattersall to the then Marquis of Worcester 

 and Sir Watkin Wynn, the big pack going to Badmin- 

 ton and the small one to Wynnstay in equal portions, 

 for the sum, it was said, of 3000 gs. 



By this time the Rugby Hound Sales had become 

 firmly established, and in May, 1893, Mr. Lort Phillips 

 sold his entire dog pack there, and other hounds as 

 well, in consequence of the Pembrokeshire country 

 being divided. The total amount realised was 316 gs. 

 for twenty-three and a half couples of working hounds, 

 or an average of about 13 gs. per couple, the top price 

 being 38 gs. for one couple. At the same time Lord 



