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Feudal and Hero, the Cheshire Vagrant and Mr. Fol- 

 jambe's Koyster bringing in blood from other kennels. 

 Bellman and Noble, another son of Ranter, were well 

 represented in the 1854 entry, and other sires used were 

 Sir T. Sykes's Carver, the Cheshire Plunder, and Lord 

 Henry Bentinck's Comrade. Will Smith's favourite 

 hounds about 1855 were Abelard, Fairplay, Bangor, Noble, 

 Sportsman, Eockwood, and Pleader. 



Lord Fitzwilliam's Feudal was the sire of a grand 

 litter of four couples entered in 1855, Noble had a couple 

 of puppies to perpetuate the famous Ranter blood, and the 

 Cheshire Vagrant and the Duke of Beaufort's Rufus were 

 also represented. Rufus was descended from Brocklesby 

 Ganymede, the sire of Fitzwilliam Goldfinch, and he was 

 a great favourite with Will Goodall at Belvoir. The Bad- 

 mintons kennels had some of their Flyer blood in the entry 

 of the following year, Feudal was again to the front, 

 Rallywood's son Rockwood sent two and a half couples, 

 Lord Southampton's Aimwell had three representatives, 

 and Mr. Assheton Smith's Bobadil had a puppy put for- 

 ward from his Levity. Basilisk and Bondsman (bred in 

 1856), by Bangor out of Amazon, were two good work- 

 ing hounds when Nimrod Long went to Brocklesby in 

 1864, and Governess, by Belvoir Guider out of Rosamond, 

 was also a hard runner, while Nailor was both a hard 

 runner and very stout. Lord Scarborough's Finder, the 

 Belvoir Guider, Lord Fitzwilliam's Harbinoer and Hard- 

 wick, and Lord Henry Bentinck's Crier, had puppies in 

 the same entry. There were also four good hounds by 

 Pleader out of Violet, Vigilant, Victim, Volatile, and 

 Vestris, exceptionally good in their work. Sir R. Sutton's 

 Potentate and the Belvoir Wildair also sired hounds in 

 the 1857 entry. Ranter's blood was represented through 

 Noble in the entry of the following year, and Lord Henry 

 Bentinck's Charon and Lord Scarborough's Cruiser and 

 Racer also had puppies put forward. There was a good 

 two and a half couple entered by the RufFord Helpmate out 

 of Skilful in 1859, Helpmate being a good line hunter and 



