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Eussia. Rockwood is again tlie claief sire in 1765, and 

 Blossom had a litter of puppies by the then nine-years- 

 old Twinkler. 



Merryman and Jerker were the chief sires for the next 

 two years, and then in 1768 comes the first mention of 

 Mr. Meynell's blood, his Ruler being the sire of three 

 litters of puppies, as was also Lord Granby's Fairplay. 

 A hound called Marquis has also several litters to his 

 credit, but I cannot find his name in the hound-lists, and 

 probably the name of a hound had been changed. Trickster 

 and ]\Ir. IMundy's Driver sired the greatest number of the 

 1769 entry, and the former, together with Tickler, seemed 

 to have been most used in 1770. Wonder, by Trickster 

 out of Tattler, the hound painted by Stubbs in the picture 

 of the two Tom Smiths in 1776, was whelped this year. 



Mr. Smith's Royal sired three litters in 1771, Belvoir 

 Dabster two, and Belvoir Trimmer one ; while Jumper 

 was the home-bred hound most used. Mr. Mundy's 

 Regent and Rifler, and Belvoir Bowler, were used in 

 1772, wdien nineteen litters of puppies were bred, mostly 

 by home-bred sires ; and Buster, a son of Mr. IMundy's 

 Driver and Connylass, sired most in the 1773 entry. 



There were twenty litters in 1774, three being by 

 Lord Thanet's Grappler and Trojan, one by Mr. Barry's * 

 Richmond, and others by the home-bred Driver, Luther, 

 and Bustler, while the 1775 entry were by Lord Thanet's 

 Trojan, Grappler, and Framp, and by Bluecap, Luther, 

 and others from the home benches. 



During the next few years breeding was more exten- 

 sively carried on than before, and for five successive years 

 there were over twenty litters each year, the chief sires 

 being Mr. Meynell's Mounter, Glider, and Grappler ; Lord 

 Fitzwilliam's Boxer and Ranger ; Mr. Mundy's Stormer : 

 Lord Thanet's Finder and Fairplay ; Lord Granby's 

 Monarch, Matchem, and Buster ; Lord Gainsborough's 

 Matchem ; Mr. Noel's Bloomer ; Mr. Meynell's Ganymede ; 

 Mr. Cope's Flasher, and the home-bred Bowman, Luther, 



* Mr. J. Smith Barry, tlie Master of the S. Cheshire from 1763 to 1784. 



