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first Lord Yarborough will ever be deserving of 

 the warmest gratitude from all true sportsmen, 

 lighting up as they did what might justly be 

 termed the dawn of science in the chase." Else- 

 where he remarks, " The original stock, from which 

 the most fashionable sorts are descended, are from 

 the pack of the Earl of Yarborough — the family of 

 Pelham having possessed hounds of the same breed 

 for nearly two centuries." Mr. George E. Collins, 

 who published a most interesting book, " The 

 Brocklesby Hound Lists, 1746-1903," goes on to say in 

 an article in the Victoria County History of England : 

 " All the best strains in the Brocklesby pack go back 

 to Ranter and Rallywood, and some of the best 

 blood in the Duke of Rutland's, the Duke of Beau- 

 fort's, Lord Fitzhardinge's and Lord Galway's packs 

 may also be traced back to these two hounds. 

 Raltywood was perhaps the most famous hound 

 ever bred. His dam, Rosebud, was worked till she 

 was ten years old, and never did wrong in her life. 

 ' The Druid ' said that Rallywood virtually made 

 the fame of the Belvoir. He went there when nine 

 years old, and fifty-three couples of his puppies were 

 sent out to walk in the second season. The Rev, 

 Cecil Legard classed Brocklesby Ambrose — a son 

 of Belvoir Senator ('61) — with Belvoir Gambler and 

 Dexter, as the three best sires in his experience." 



Mr. George Collins goes on further to say : "The 

 very best of sport marked Dale's career — 1884-96 — 

 at Brocklesby ; frequent successes were gained at 

 Peterborough, while there was the greatest demand 

 for Brocklesby blood from all over the kingdom. 

 Dale was a splendid horseman ; he carried the 

 Brocklesby horn twelve seasons, hunting 1282 days 

 and killing 135 1 foxes — a wonderful record when the 

 high quality of the sport is taken into consideration.'^ 



