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good at finding a fox, and very stout, inheriting all the 

 best qualities of Brocklesby Random, his great-grand- 

 father, of whom Nimrod Lons; thought so much. 



The Holderness Sambo sired a number of the 1884 and 

 1885 entries; on his dam's side he was descended from 

 Burton Sorcerer, a hound much used at Brocklesby. 



Kosabel and Eosebud were two good bitches by Belvoir 

 Founder out of Eosamond ; and Shiner, by Milton Solomon 

 out of Fervent, was, to quote Will Dale, " a veritable 

 wonder in work, a true huntsman's friend." He was a 

 good-looking hound, but somewhat light of bone. 



The 1885 entry was George Ash's last, and the most 

 successful sire was Holderness Sambo, who sired eight and 

 a half couples, and all good hounds. Alpine's litter by him 

 included Audible, whose peculiar note, inherited from her 

 dam, has been referred to already, and she was a most 

 excellent bitch, good in the field, and the mother of 

 famous fox-hounds. Another good bitch by Sambo was 

 Lawless out of Levity ; and Syphax and Samson were 

 two good dogs from Streamlet, by the same sire. Lord 

 Middleton's Boaster and Eesolute, a daughter of the 

 Milton Eeveller, were the parents of Baffler, a good little 

 dog with a cheery tongue ; Dashwood was a hard runner 

 by Lord Lonsdale's Dreadnaught out of Eantipole ; and 

 Fairmaid, Fanciful, and Flourish were three excellent 

 bitches by Belvoir Fencer out of Eestless. A good dog 

 all round was Newsman, and a successful sire, and his 

 sister Nicety was just as good a bitch ; they were by 

 Milton Nigel out of Lufra, who goes back to Eanter 

 through her sire Alfred. Newsman was a long, low hound 

 of rich Belvoir tan, full of quality, with lots of bone and 

 very evenly made. His sire, Milton Nigel, was by Nettler, 

 a son of Carlow and Island Nettler, who in turn was by 

 Brocklesby Norman. 



The chief sires of the first entry of Dale's own breeding 

 were Lord Portsmouth's Fireking (who was by Villager, a 

 son of the great Blankney Vanquisher) and Sailor, the Bel- 

 voir Glancer, Lord Fitzwilliam's Saladin, and the home-bred 



