276 THE BROCKLESBY HOUNDS. [1862 



Frolic litter. Grecian was a very handsome fox-hound, 

 with a good neck and shoulders and perfect legs and feet ; 

 he came to an untimely end through getting hung up in 

 some iron fencing at Newsham, and was a great loss to 

 the kennel. Pillager, of the same year, was a good 

 line hunter on a cold scent, and other sires of the 1862 

 entry were Belvoir Fairplay, Pytchley Helicon, Grove 

 Nathan, and Lord Middleton's Warrener. The 1863 

 entry contained many good fox-hounds, the most notable 

 being Bachelor and Benedict, two sons of the Vaulter of 

 1860 and Barmaid ; Nestor, by Belvoir Lexicon out of 

 Nightshade, and a litter by Royalty out of Charity, of 

 which Random was the chief. Bachelor and Benedict 

 were real huntsman's friends, being particularly good on a 

 road, hard runners, and able to turn with their fox on the 

 coldest scenting day, while Nestor was but little superior 

 to his five brothers and sisters put forward at the same 

 time, all of which were wonderfully good workers. The 

 Royalty - Charity litter was a very good one indeed, as 

 they should be with such strains of blood in their veins. 

 Random was perhaps the pick of the bunch, had the best 

 of feet and legs, and was a winner at the Yorkshire Hound 

 Show. He was a hard runner, very fierce at a fox, and 

 he proved a fashionable and successful sire. 



The chief sires of the 1864 entry were the home-bred 

 Vaulter, and Norman, a great grandson of Ranter, Mr. 

 Garth's Chaser, and Lord Henry Bentinck's Dorimont. 

 The best hounds in the entry were Falstaif by Nathan, 

 another great grandson of Ranter ; Governor, General, and 

 Grafton, three grand working dogs by Vaulter out of 

 Governess ; and Villager, another son of Vaulter from 

 Nightshade. Vanguard, by Leveller, was also a capital 

 fox-hound, and a tiger at a fox — indeed, it was a difficulty 

 to take a fox from him when killed. 



Hazard, Hector, Harriet, and Harpy were the pick of 

 the 1865 entry. They were by Harbinger out of Nelly, 

 Harbinger being by the Rufi'ord Helpmate out of Skilful, 

 one of Lord Henry Bentinck's breeding. Nelly was one 



