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shoulders, and a pleasing intelligent countenance." Old 

 Will Smith wanted the Bel voir Grappler, and said, " I'll 

 give you anything in the kennel for him ; " and Will 

 selected Eallywood in spite of his broken thigh. This 

 exchange was never made, owing to Smith's untimely 

 death, and Grappler died at Belvoir ; but the negotiations 

 were renewed with young AVill Smith, and he sent Rally- 

 wood, by whom he had at one time about fourteen couples 

 of working hounds, and got Trouncer in exchange, and 

 then Raglan by Rustic, whom he liked no better. Will 

 was so fond of his prize, w^hen he at last got hold of it, 

 that fifty-three couples of his puppies, from ten couples of 

 "the very best stuff" in the kennel, was sent out in the 

 second season. He came to Belvoir in 1851, at nine years 

 old, and was worked a whole season, and when he died, in 

 1853, he was found a fitting necropolis in the centre of a 

 flower plot, in Will's garden, and a red-currant tree now 

 blooms over his remains. Clinker and Chaser were the 

 first of his get, and raced in their eighth season like grey- 

 hounds. Eallywood, Sailor, and Lucifer have been the 

 last great immediate descendants of him, and Comely and 

 Clara, by Lucifer from Cautious by Craftsman, were two 

 of John AValker's "dearies" ; but Comely lost her foot by 

 a stub, in cub-hunting, and it mortified and dropped oft', 

 and they only saved her to have one litter by Yarborough 

 Nettler. Lucifer was a tremendous runner all his time, 

 and especially remarkable as a puppy, and before he ever 

 came in from quarters he would regularly appear at the 

 meet, and run with the hounds. He was quartered at 

 Hose, and on one occasion he was going with his master 

 to Melton Market, when he espied the Duke's second 

 horseman, and on second thouo-hts went with him to 

 Piper Hole. They found at Clawson Thorns, and had an 

 excellent run with a kill, and Lucifer well up. Just as 

 they were going to draw again, he took right oft" with a 

 hare, and they lost him, till they had hunted their next 

 fox nearly up to Lord Harboro's park, when he was seen 

 racing to meet them, among hosts of hares. The pack 



