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get together a pack of dog hounds again. None of the 

 bitches had been parted with, and Acrobat and Harlequin 

 were retained as stud-hounds, while Warwickshire sires, 

 full of Brocklesby and Belvoir blood, were most largely 

 used from other kennels. There is now a pack of hounds 

 at Brocklesby that will compare with any in the kingdom, 

 and which reflects the highest credit on his lordship's young 

 huntsman, Jim Smith ; and the stud-hounds are rapidly 

 becoming as popular with other packs as their ancestors 

 always have been in the past. 



The hospitality which l)egins at Brocklesby is continued 

 to the humblest household, and no one who has had a 

 hard day with Lord Yarborough's hounds need go hungry 

 or thirsty or without a mouthful of gruel and a handful 

 of hay for his wearied steed. 



