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memory of all breeders of the present day. The Fitzwilliam 

 claim a line to Furrier, chiefly through Hardwick, a hound entered 

 in the Milton kennels in 1843, by Mr. Drake's Hector out of 

 Goldfinch, her dam Frenzy, by Fatal, son of Ferryman, son of 

 Furrier. Hardwick was the sire of Handmaid, the dam of Hard- 

 wick of 1851, and the latter sire in turn of Hercules and 

 Harbinger. There was another double Furrier cross in the 

 Fitzwilliams, as their Hero and Hotspur were by the second 

 Hardwick out of Ransom, by Mr. Foljambe's Roister. 



Another famous line from Furrier, and through the same 

 kennels as the above, is traced to the Burton Dorimont, a hound 

 spoken of in Lord Henry Bentinck's diary as a thoroughly good 

 foxhound. He was got by Roderick by Mr. Foljambe's Roister, 

 named above as out of a Herald bitch. There was a double cross of 

 this sort in Dorimont, as his dam Daffodil was out of Dairymaid 

 by Driver, son of Harbinger, brother to Herald, and a third cross 

 to Furrier might even be traced through the Belvoir Chaser, 

 There is Dorimont blood in the Fitzwilliam kennel, as Dagmar 

 and Daphne were by him; and their Selim of 1869 was out of 

 Dagmar, and Selim is the sire of Balmy, Bloomer, Remedy, and 

 others on the Milton benches, that have been bred from. Dori- 

 mont is largely represented also in the Oakley kennels, and, if I 

 am not much mistaken, Sailor, a sire of note at the present time, 

 from Lord Portsmouth's kennels, traces directly to him. At any 

 rate, I know there was a good deal of the blood in Mr. Lane- 

 Fox's kennel through a hound called -Damper ; and very few 

 kennels, I expect, are without the strain. Dorimont was a 

 branch from Furrier, but T should accept him as one of the 

 corner stones of the stud book amongst my twelve selections. 



The Drake Duster is another not to be forgotten by anyone who 

 has ever thought of breeding hounds. He was entered in 1844 

 by the late Mr. Drake, so long associated with the Bicester, and 

 he was got by Bachelor out of Destitute, the former running into 

 Mr. Warde's sort, and the latter to the Belvoir. The last named 

 famous kennel got many good returns of their own blood from 



