282 THE BROCKLESBY HOUNDS. [1883 



but he carried very little flesh. He was very stout, and 

 showed to advantao^e with an afternoon fox, 



Blankney Tapster was by Belvoir Why-not, who was 

 Ijy Senator. Tapster had the best of feet and legs, and a 

 good neck and shoulders ; he stood twenty-four inches, 

 and was used as a sire with great success. Alpine, an 

 excellent l)itch by Alfred out of Bonny Lass, was entered 

 the same year. She had a peculiar note, and one morning 

 in cub-hunting, after her death, the same note was heard 

 in covert, and it was found that she had bequeathed it to 

 her daughter Audible. 



Another good Ijitch of the same year as Alpine was 

 Discord, by Milton Kingwood out of Dainty ; she was a 

 very hard drawing bitch and very good at finding a fox. 

 Milton Reveller and Koyal, by Rubicon, sons of Belvoir 

 Rubicon, also had representatives in the entry. 



Labourer, a very plain dog, but brilliant in chase, 

 entered in 1883, was by Mr. Fenwick's Dreadnaught out 

 of Lively. 



The entry for 1884 was full of plums. Belvoir Weather- 

 gage was responsible for Denmark, a son of Destitute, the 

 dam of Weatherwise, Warbler, and Wildfire, entered in 

 1882; and a good hound Denmark proved, with a won- 

 derful tongue. He went to the Bads worth in 1887. 

 Friendly, by Furrier out of Silvern, was a nice bitch, 

 and bred some excellent hounds ; and Gaoler, Goosecap, 

 and Golden, by Mr. Chaplin's Grasper out of Lively, were 

 quite a good lot. Gaoler working in perfect style, and never 

 making a mistake. The same may be said of Lutist, a son 

 of Roman and Liberty, who. Dale says, " never did wrong." 

 Rubicon, Rajah, Racket, and Redpole were by Lord Mid- 

 dleton's Raglan out of Restless, and capital fox-hounds. 

 Rubicon was a good honest sort of hound, patient and 

 persevering, and he got some excellent stock ; and Rajah, 

 likewise a hard worker, eventually went to the Duhallow 

 and did a lot of good. Rubicon was beautifully balanced 

 on the best of limbs, and was a sharp, intelligent hound, 

 standing twenty-three and a half inches. He was very 



