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a hard runner and a good fox-liound. Handsome, Hecuba, 

 Heroine, and Helen, by Harbinger out of Flourish, and 

 so descended from Rufford Helpmate, were four excellent 

 hounds, and there was also a very good-looking and good- 

 working fox-hound by Pillager out of Woodbine, Proctor 

 by name. He had the best of legs and feet. Vigilant, 

 Vamper, and Venom were by that valuable sire Vaulter 

 out of Nelly (one of the Belvoir Lexicon - Nightshade 

 litter), and wonderfully good in their work. A^enom 

 picked up a thorn after a memorable day, and three of 

 her toes rotted off, but she was kept as a brood bitch, 

 and proved an excellent matron. 



The Belvoir Contest, Stormer, Senator, and Rubicon 

 had a lot to do with the 1869 entry ; Pillager, by Belvoir 

 Fairplay, Random, the pick of that fine Royalty - Charity 

 litter, and Villager, a son of Vaulter, being the other 

 chief sires. The Pillager - Nosegay litter, consisting of 

 Nailor, Nettle, Novice, and Necklace, were as good working 

 as good looking, and Wrangler, a son of Villager and 

 Welcome, had both bone and quality to recommend him, 

 as well as fine hunting qualities. Rampart, Rasper, and 

 Royal were by Random out of Fury by the Duke of 

 Beaufort's Finder, and were all good fox-hounds. Royal 

 was particularly smart, and his great bone and quality 

 enabled him to win at the Yorkshire Hound Show ; he 

 is one of the hounds shown in the Hunt picture. 



Ambrose and Aider, who eventually turned out such 

 great stallion hounds, were entered in 1870, being by 

 Belvoir Senator out of Adamant, who goes back through 

 Nathan, her sire, to Ranter of 1842 ; they were both 

 excellent workers, and so were Blazer, Brusher, and Brutus 

 — especially the last — the sons of Bachelor and Flourish, 

 the latter a valuable matron in the kennel. Here is 

 another instance of the excellence of Yaulter's stock. 

 The Holderness Farmer and Lincoln, the Duke of Grafton's 

 Danger and Senator, and the Cotswold Barrister, also sired 

 members of the entry. Random still continued to sire good 

 fox-hounds, and mated with such a bitch as Gaiety he was 



