1841] THE HOUNDS. 269 



" In the Earl of Yarbovougli's countiy, which is far too extensive for one 

 jiack of hounds to liunt regularly and impartially, the foxes are so numerous 

 tiiat the whippers-in and earth-stoppers were at one time frequently employed 

 during the frost and snow in digging and destroying them in places which are 

 ill-calculated for sport." 



Besides the Cheshire Benedict, other sires used in 

 1841 were the Duke of Eutland's Barrister, Lord Segrave's 

 Desperate, and Lord Fitzwilliam's Match 'em. 



Will Smith's favourite, Kanter, the very last hound 

 he cheered, and the last hound he thought of, was bred 

 this year. He was by Prodigal out of Rosebud. 



In spite of the last dying injunction of the old 

 huntsman, Ranter was hardly used at all. Bellman, 

 Minister, and Monarch were entered in 1847, and Noble 

 in 1851, and that is the sum-total of his progeny, and he 

 died in a strange kennel. Bellman was used in 1852 and 

 1853, and Noble in 1853, and for many years after, 

 begetting a grand race of fox-hounds, the most famous 

 being the family of Grove Harkaways, who are descended 

 from Hymen, a young dog hound who went to Grove in 

 exchange for a young bitch. Hymen was by Nelson, 

 entered in 1861, who was by Nettler, entered in 1854, 

 who was a son of the Noble of 1851. To the Grove 

 Harkaways we owe the Harlequin of 1890, a rare worker, 

 a perfect tiger at a fox, and a sire of good fox-hounds. 

 Unfortunately he could not get puppies with any certainty, 

 or there would be more of his strain in the kennel to-day. 

 A favourite hound in the Badminton kennels to-day is 

 Nelson, a direct descendant of old Ranter, the value of 

 whose blood Will Smith foresaw and impressed upon his 

 son. Why he was not more used it is difficult to under- 

 stand, for he was a splendid worker and a good-looking 

 fox-hound. Ranter was used with great success in Lord 

 Fitzhardinge's kennels. 



Lord Lonsdale's Limner and Senator sired puppies in 

 the 1843 entry, as did Mr. Foljambe's Harbinger and Sir 

 Richard Sutton's Damper; but the 1843 entry will be 

 celebrated for the fact that it contained the famous Rally- 

 wood, '* the hound that made the Belvoir." Rally wood, 



