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at Peterborough for the Southdown hunt. Very 

 level in appearance, the four sisters looked like a 

 team, up to the Peterborough standard of excel- 

 lence, possessing wonderful bone, great ribs, and deep 

 chests. Built near the ground, their beautiful 

 quality gave them the symmetry of 23 inch hounds, 

 though they stood 24 inches. The colour of lemon-tan 

 and white is typically Milton, and the close rounding 

 of the ears gave the character of dog-hound heads. 



Mr E. A. \'. Stanley hunting hounds. 



The bitch with the truest lines was, perhaps. Radiant 

 — they are difficult to divide — but she evidently 

 captivated Mr Heywood Hardy's artistic eye, for 

 he placed her right in the foreground of his grand 

 picture of the North Shropshire pack, which was 

 presented to Mr F. Bibby. Revel had, perhaps, a 

 trifle the most bone and substance ; Remedy, a 

 charming bitch, had a grand fox-catching type of 

 head ; Rompish, the smallest and lightest coloured 

 of the four, was a wonderful hound in the field—" a 

 real tryer." Revel, Remedy, and Rompish, to- 



