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THE BROCKLESBY HOUNDS. 



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whose portrait, painted by Ferneley, hangs at Brocklesby, at 

 Belvoir, and at Cottesbrook Rectory, was by Basilisk out 

 of Rosebud, and his pedigree is here given. 



PEDIGREE OF RALLYWOOD, 1842. 



'Basilisk, 

 1838 



Rallywood, 

 1842 



Sir R. Sutton'sJ 



Ringwood Sir R. Sutton's 

 I Relish 



Mr. Osbaldeston's f Fun-ier 1820 

 Fencer { Vicious dam of 



Rosebud, 

 . 1838 



Brajila, 1832 



'Rector, 1831 



Frolic, 1834 



[Chacer, 1828 



(Blossom, 1827 

 Pilot, 1828 



Rarity, 1829 



[ Chorister 



iLord Lonsdale's 

 Charon 

 Wilful, 1826 

 /Bertram, 1823 

 IMindful, 1821 



I Mr. Osbaldeston's 

 Rambler 

 Careful, 1825 

 rSir R. Sutton's 

 Watchman, 1831 j Watchman 

 [Rosebud, 1829 



iTrimbush, 

 1812 

 Flourish, 

 1819 

 {Bertram, 

 1823 

 Whimsey, 

 1825 



There can be no finer picture of this fox-hound than 

 that painted by the " Druid " in '' Silk and Scarlet," for it 

 is that of Will Goodall, who coveted his prize so long before 

 he came possessed of it. This is what the " Druid " says 

 of probably the most famous fox-hound ever whelped : — 

 " Yarborough Rallywood, who has virtually made the Belvoir 

 kennel what it now is, never ran to head, but always got to 

 the end of great runs. He was very long and low, the exact 

 image of the Ringwood that Stubbs painted for Brocklesby, 

 and with somewhat round quarters, which made him rather 

 the harrier, and although good twenty-three, he was mean 

 to those who like a big hound. In fact, he was quite a 

 multum in 2'>ci^^-o, and Will thus summed up his merits 

 in the last sentence of the last letter he ever wrote us : 

 " He was the lowest dog I ever saw in my life, with the 

 largest fore-rib, combined with a beautiful neck and 



