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pack was dispersed, young Vulcan was bought by 

 the Marquis of Waterford for 200 guineas, and went 

 to Ireland, where he will be invaluable as a sire. 

 It is worthy of note that six of the winning hounds, 

 in this and the Cottesmore entry, were by Tarquin 

 {1906) ; whom Lord Lonsdale purchased from Mr 

 W. M. Wroughton, being by his Gaylad (1901) from 

 his Tantrum (1902) ; and he was afterwards pre- 

 sented to the Cottesmore pack. The only home 

 Cottesmore-sire represented in the 1910 entry of 

 either pack was Hermit (1906), a tan and white 

 hound, with deep ribs and fair bone ; a son of Belvoir 

 Helper (1903) and Pastime (1901). He had not 

 been used before Lord Lonsdale's mastership, but 

 proved successful as a stud-hound, sireing Song- 

 stress, top of the 1910 Cottesmore entry. Her 

 sister Safety, also in the entry, we had the pleasure 

 to walk for the hunt. A dictum with Lord Lonsdale 

 all through life has been, " that hounds cannot be 

 too good." Splendidly he maintained this in the 

 Cottesmore country — in which he was himself bred 

 and born — for a more sorty pack of hounds never 

 occupied the benches of a kennel. 



