1839] THE HOUNDS. 267 



being l)y old Furrier ; and Virgin, wlio was hj Lord 

 Lonsdale's Jester, out of Lord Fitzwilliam's Virgin, Jester, 

 who was bred by Lord Yarborough, being by Fairplay out 

 of Jezebel, and Virgin Ijy Sir Richard Sutton's Vagrant 

 out of Sprightly.* 



Lord Fitzwilliam's Fairplay, above mentioned, and 

 Shiner, Lord Lonsdale's Lasher and Saracen, the Vine 

 Falstaif, who was at Sir Tatton Sykes's kennels, the Cheshire 

 Benedict, and Sir Richard's Furrier, were the sires from 

 other packs used that year. Furrier was a gift to Lord 

 Yarborough, and was l^y Mr. Osbaldeston's Flagrant out of 

 Sir Tatton Sykes's Blossom, Flagrant being by Furrier out 

 of Rosy, and so own brother to Foiler, and Blossom by 

 Barrister out of Darling, going back to Lord Monson's 

 Rally. 



Gladsome, a fine powerful bitch, was obtained from 

 Mr. Hodgson in exchange for Chorister and Dainty. 

 Gladsome was bred by Mr. Foljambe, being by Lord Yar- 

 borough's Ganymede out of Mr. Foljambe's Starlight, who 

 goes back through Belvoir Clasper (brother to Clinker) 

 and Craftsman to Saladin, which Shaw and Goosey con- 

 sidered their best strain. 



Another gift was Bonny Lass, from Bamford, Lord 

 Harewood's huntsman. She was a good-looking bitch, 

 with no end of Ijone, and very strongly put together, and 

 being by Primer out of Bonny Lass, had the l)lood of Sir 

 Tatton Sykes's Proctor and Sir Bellingham Graham's 

 Charon in her veins. 



Mr. Foljambe's Prompter, who sired litters in 1840, 

 was by Mr. Hodson's Valiant (bred by Sir Tatton Sykes) 

 out of Proserpine, and in the following year the Cheshire 

 Benedict, who had been used in 1839, had two litters to 

 his credit. This hound was bred in 1833 and was l)y 

 Galliard out of Bounty, with strains of Lord Fitzwilliam's, 

 Mr. Meynell's, and Shropshire blood in his veins. 



Another good hound who was the sire of puppies in 



• Fearnaught, Hotspur, and Lexicon were sent out to Captain D. Pelham at 

 Gibraltar. 



