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tion to Quorn when Mr. Richard Sutton sold off, and 

 got Lord Henry's permission to use one of his pur- 

 chases, Rambler. This was a great season, and 58 

 brace of foxes were killed, principally in the Garden 

 country, Styche, and Shavington Park. The foxes 

 never went so straight, and some of them ten to twelve 

 miles. In 1858, Actress and Amazon, by Belvoir 

 Singer (by Comus, the stoutest blood in the Duke's 

 kennel), from Wynnstay Abbess, were the pride of 

 the entry, and so high couraged, that Walker had to 

 take them out eight days in succession to get master 

 of them. 



Grappler, by Craftsman, from Gaiety, was another 

 pet, and we so well remember the greeting of him and 

 his guardian, in his puppy season, through the kennel 

 rails, " He's tasted three foxes, and likes them very 

 much." Ruler from Pamela was the first Royal puppy 

 in 1859, when Belvoir Guider and Yarborough Nettler 

 were dipped into pretty deeply. Rosy, by Belvoir 

 Clinker, was the crack bitch puppy of the year, and 

 Prattler, Prompter, and Proserpine, by the same dog, 

 from old lame Pyramid, were rattlers. There was 

 only one clever Warwickshire Saffron viz., Sylvia, in 

 1860 ; and in 1861 came Rustic, Rover, and Relish, 

 from Guilty, the first great lot of Royals. Six couple 

 of Beaufort Roderick's, all of them rare drawers, were 

 amongst the 1862 entry. His colour, red pye, was 

 against him ; but his stock were undeniable. Royal 

 got a first-class litter from Stately, two couple of 

 which were shown in a sweepstakes against six Royals 

 in Mr. Foljambe's kennel. Mr. Parry and Mr. Wil- 

 liamson were the judges, and declared for Mr. Fol- 

 jambe's. One of the two couple, Signal, fell off the 

 Nescliffe Rocks near Baschurch, and rolled seventy 

 feet with the fox ; and another, Stormer, was four 

 days up an earth. There was a splendid entry in 

 1863, and two stallions, Clinker and Chaser, came out 

 of the two couple of puppies by Grappler, from Cap- 



