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sale, Mr Stanley was the largest purchaser, giving 

 230 guineas for the three bitches. Diligent (1908), 

 Blissful (1908), and Active (1908) ; the latter couple 

 being by Belvoir Chanter (1903), who was the son 

 of Vagabond (1899), from Cheerful (1897). At the 

 same sale, three other bitches, Woodbine (1908) by 

 Atherstone Conquest (1904), from Dingle (1908), and 

 Tariff (1909), also fell to Mr Stanley's bid of 220 

 guineas. At the sale of the South Shropshire, when 

 Mr J. C. Dun-Waters retired from the mastership, 

 the pack made an aggregate of 3250 guineas ; twenty- 

 five and a half couples being purchased by Mr J. S. 

 H. Fullerton for the York and Ainsty country at 

 2826 guineas. At this sale, Mr Stanley purchased 

 eight couples of unentered bitches, and the same 

 afternoon, when Mr Nells' hounds came under the 

 hammer, a further couple of bitches, Positive (1908) 

 and Honesty (1908), by Badminton Pembroke (1905) 

 and Fortescue (1906) , went to the Woodland Pytchley 

 kennel for 185 guineas. The third dispersal sale, 

 with its opportunity of acquiring some of the 

 choicest blood, was that of the North Shropshire 

 kennel, when Mr Frank Bibby retired from the 

 mastership. For four sisters, one season hunters, 

 Mr Stanley paid 440 guineas ; three brothers of the 

 same litter going to another kennel for 270 guineas ; 

 which about establishes a record as regards price 

 for one litter of hounds, namely 710 guineas. 



We started by asking for these four sisters, 

 Radiant, Remedy, Revel, and Rompish (1908), to 

 enjoy the sight of their beautiful proportions while 

 the eye was fresh to do so. They are by Milton 

 Donovan (1905), a Peterborough champion; from 

 Mr Frank Bibby's Rakish (1904), by North Shrop- 

 shire Chorister, from their Revel, by Atherstone 

 Trojan. In 1909 Rakish won as the best brood 



