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bound to beget good stock if there is anything in here- 

 dity. In the 1871 entry there were no fewer than nine 

 couples of his puppies, but those from Gaiety were the 

 best. They were all bitches, Gipsy, Gaudy, Garland, 

 Gertrude, and Glory — very hard runners, very stout, and 

 very fierce with a fox. Yet his three and a half couples 

 from Venom, a daughter of Vaulter, ran them close, and 

 there have never been a better-looking, better-working 

 litter than Raglan, Rutland, Royster, Ranger, Rocket, 

 Ringlet, and Racket. Wamba, by Random out of Whimsey, 

 by Belvoir Wrangler, was another good hound entered in 

 1871. He was a good worker, and afterwards went to 

 the Marquis of Waterford s kennels, where he was largely 

 used, and proved a good stallion hound. The Belvoir 

 Fairplay, Ruler, and Senator were also used this year. 



Random sired some more good working puppies of 

 Vanquish's in 1872, and Cottesmore Seaman, a son of 

 Grove Furrier, had some puppies from Sempstress put 

 forward the same year. Ambrose began his career as a 

 stallion hound the same year. His first litter from Harpy 

 were a very smart lot. Ardent, Actress, Artful, and Alice 

 by name, and they had both great power and quality. 

 His brother Aider sired a good litter of Gaiety's, three 

 and a half being put forward, all of which were hard 

 runners and very stout, though Glider was the best look- 

 ing, with perfect feet and legs. Actor, by Brutus out of 

 Affable, entered the same year, proved a good fox-hound 

 and a good sire of fox-hounds. On his sire's side he goes 

 back to the Vaulter of 1860, and inherited much of that 

 hound's character. Flamer, by Nailor out of Fatima, was 

 also a determined, hard-working fox-hound. Alfred, 

 Active, and Agnes were three good hounds, by Ambrose 

 out of Garland, entered in 1874, and Lord Middleton's 

 Songster, a son of Belvoir Senator, and Belvoir Rally wood, 

 Warrior, and Woodman also sired good hounds, of which 

 Woodman, by the last named out of Mr. Fitz William's 

 Onyx, was the best. In the following year a splendid 

 litter of Gaiety's by Ambrose were put forward, Aimwell, 



