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from his son Rallywood. Will Goodall described 

 the Brocklesby dog as a 23-inch hound, on short 

 legs, exceedingly light of bone, but with beautiful 

 legs and feet. In Rallywood's first season at Bel- 

 voir, fifty-three couple of his puppies were sent out 

 to walk, and the Druid relates that "when he died 

 in 1853, twelve years old, he was buried in the 

 centre of a flower-bed in Will Goodall' s garden, 

 and a red-currant tree now blooms over his remains." 

 A picture of Rallywood, painted by John Fernley, 

 hangs in Bel voir Castle, and he is one of the very 

 few purchased hounds that have found their way 

 into the kennel. 



Good hounds are to be found in plenty, but 

 great hounds appear on the scene about once in 

 ten years. The first we saw on the flags at Bel voir, 

 who has gone down to posterity as a great hound, 

 was old Weathergauge ('76) in his last season. We 

 can just remember his wise grey face, as Frank 

 Gillard put him forward, the veteran of the pack, 

 in his eleventh season. Weathergauge ('76) was by 

 Warrior ('70), who was the son of Wonder ('64), 

 the son of Chanticleer, the son of Chaser, the son 

 of Brocklesby Rallywood, brought to Belvoir in 1850. 

 Wonder gave the pack tongue, and his dam, Willing, 

 was a noted bitch by Rallywood, son of Brocklesby 

 Rallywood. Warrior's pedigree has two hits to Mr. 

 Drake's Duster, two to Rallywood, and two to 

 Senator. Senator ('62), the great hound of his day, 

 bred by James Cooper, was by Singer out of Desti- 

 tute. Singer was by Comus, out of Syren by Mr. 

 Drake's Duster ('44), out of Sprightly by Grove 

 Singer. Destitute was by Sir Richard Sutton's 

 Dryden, out of Tuneful by Trouncer, out of Skilful 

 by Grove Stormer. All the Senators could drive 

 and use their noses. 



