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year the celebrated Eingwood, whose portrait was painted 

 by Stubbs in 1792, was whelped. Ringwood was by 

 Neptune out of Vestal, Neptune being by Tartar (by 

 Luther out of Crafty) out of Sukey (by Hannibal out of 

 Tattler, Hannibal being a grandson of Mr. Meynell's 

 Grappler). Vestal was by Glider out of Coquette, Glider 

 being by Mr. Meynell's Glider out of Hasty, a daughter 

 of the much-used Bowman, and Coquette by Mr. Noel's 

 Collier, before mentioned, out of Sukey, the dam of 

 Neptune, thus showing in what repute the blood of 

 Mr. Meynell's Grappler and Glider was held by Tom 

 Smith. Redrose, the dam of Ranter (1790), was own 

 sister to Ringwood, and this family of Neptune and 

 Vestal were the ancestors of the choicest strains in the 

 Brocklesby kennels. 



Ringwood, 

 1788 



'Neptune 

 1785 



Vestal, 

 V 1785 



PEDIGREE OF RINGWOOD, 1788. 



fLuther, 1772 



[Crafty, 1771 



[Hannibal, 1779 



(Tattler, 1775 



j Mr. Meynell's Glider 



(Hasty, 1774 



/-Tartar, 

 1776 



Sukey, 

 , 1781 



/'Glider, 



1780 



/Jumper, 1767 

 \Bounty, 1769 

 (■Jumper, 1767 

 IBounty, 1769 

 /Tuner, 1776 

 \Gossip, 1772 

 /Lord Thanet's Trojan 

 \Miss (?) 



Coquette, l^^'^-N^^^'^C^^^^^ 

 . 1783 (Sukey, 1781 



/Mr. Barry's Richmond 

 \Truelove, 1772 



/Hannibal, 1779 

 ITattler, 1775 



Lord Monson's Dashwood and Dancer were the only 

 outside sires introduced in 1789, and Neptune, whose first 

 venture was the great Ringwood, Redrose, etc., litter, was 

 most extensively used for the next six years, his son, 

 Ringwood, who began in 1791, carrying on the strain till 

 1795, by which time Ranter was in full swing. Neptune 

 seems to have done in his day what Rallywood did for the 

 Brocklesby and Belvoir kennels years afterwards, and he 

 must certainly be looked upon as one of the most 

 important hounds bred at Brocklesby. Another famous 

 hound about this time was Dover, whose first litter out of 



