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of the hounds during the minority of the present 

 master, Mr G. C. W. Fitzwilliam. That he brought 

 them to such a pitch, so that they were invincible 

 on the flags at Peterborough, redounds greatly to 

 his memory for lasting fame. 



Carter loved to tell of a hound called Bacchus, 

 who was the most sagacious animal he ever saw, 

 and unsurpassed in the field. Two of Lord Lons- 

 dale's best hounds, viz.. Chaser and Chanticleer, 

 were by this sire. Amongst the crack kennels of 

 England, few, if any, could be found that were not 

 in the habit of recruiting from the famous blood at 

 Milton, and the names of Bacchus, Boaster, Major, 

 Manager, and Remus are well known to students 

 of pedigrees. 



The late Mr G. S. Lowe, when writing after a visit 

 to the kennel about igo8, said, in an article to The 

 Field, " The immense success of Royal — the hound 

 which may almost be called the cornerstone of the 

 late Sir Watkin Wynn's pack — can be traced to 

 Milton, as he was by their Singer out of Brocklesby 

 Rarity. Then the Tynesdale, the Oakley, and the 

 Atherstone owe them much, and Frank Gillard 

 used to say that he never hit on a better line in his 

 life than when he took Prophetess, a Rallywood 

 bitch, to Furrier, a son of Forester, and so got 

 Fallible. At a later date Mr C. B. E. Wright, in his 

 five years' management of the pack, did a lot of 

 good, as he did not find all he quite liked, so brought 

 in some blood that had gone to other good kennels 

 from Milton, getting back his own. He had Ardent 

 from the Tynedale, and a young draft from the 

 Grafton in which were Fortescue, Dorset, and 

 Analyst. The sire of the Tynedale Ardent was a 

 Grafton hound called Artist ; and I quite bear in 

 mind Frank Beer expatiating on the Fitzwilliam 



