The Foxhound, 95 



degree, through holding to the Burton Dorlmont 

 line, the Drake Duster, the Wynnstay Royal, the 

 Grove Furrier, or the Berkeley Castle Cromwell. 



'' To come to the notable twelve that have been, 

 and may still be, esteemed as ' landmarks ' of hound 

 breeding, I should, of course, name the Osbaldeston 

 Furrier, a Belvoir-bred hound, as he came in a draft 

 from the ducal kennels, and was by their Saladin 

 out of their Fallacy, and thence going back to 

 Mr. Meynell's hounds of 1790. It has been stated 

 that Furrier was not so much a perfect working 

 hound as a hard runner, as he was inclined to be 

 jealous and impatient on a cold scent ; but he was 

 the leading hound in every fast thing, and he never 

 did wrong when holding that important post of 

 honour. He was the sire of Ranter, and to that 

 hound Mr. Foljambe was principally indebted for 

 the Furrier blood, as his Herald and Harbinger, 

 entered in 1835, were by Ranter. Herald was the 

 sire of Wildair, sire of Wild Boy, sire of Modish, the 

 dam of The Grove Guider. Harbinger and Herald 

 appear several times in Barrister's pedigree, as, for 

 instance, he was by Rambler, son of Roister, son of 

 Captive, a daughter of Herald's ; and the dam of 

 Rambler again was Dorothy, her dam Dowager, by 

 Songster, a son of Sybil by the Osbaldeston Ranter. 

 The sire of Roister again was Render, son of Riot, 



