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a large extent at Belvoir, Badminton, Mr. Garth's, the Bramham 

 Moor, and numerous other kennels; whilst the Burton Regulus, 

 besides adding much to the continuance of the high prestige 

 belonging to Lord Henry Bentinck's pack, now mostly identified 

 as the Blankney, is credited with a vast amount of merit con- 

 tributed to the Badminton, the Berkeley Castle, the Fitzwilliam, 

 the Quorn, and the present Burton pack. It now becomes 

 a little difficult to name two more, and I think the honour might 

 fall on the Badminton Flyer of 1839, as he gave the Fitzwilliam 

 Feudal to the hound world ; and the latter was the sire of 

 Foreman, sire of Forester, sire of Furrier; and so we can finish 

 up as we started with a Furrier, in the hound of that name, held 

 in so much esteem by the late Hon George Fitzwilliam and 

 George Carter, and the ancestor now of a very big tribe. 



Stonehenge's points and description of the fox- 

 hound are as follows : 



Value. 



Head 15 



Neck 5 



Shoulders 10 



Chest and back ribs ... 10 



Back and loin 10 



Hindquarters 10 



60 



Value. 



Elbows 5 



Legs and feet 20 



Colour and coat 5 



Stern 5 



Symmetry 5 



40 



Grand Total 100. 



i. The head (value 15) should be of full size, but 

 by no means heavy. Brow pronounced, but not 

 high or sharp. There must be good length and 

 breadth, sufficient to give in the dog hound a girth 

 in front of the ears of fully i6in. The nose should 



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