290 THE BROCKLESBY HOUNDS. [1897 



The eiglit couples of dog liounds entered in 1897 

 were lent to Mr. E. P. Rawnsley, the Master of the South 

 Wold, and Mr. C. B. E. Wright, the acting Master of the 

 Fitzwilliam, Flinger, the winner, by Sparkler out of 

 Frolic, going to Mr. Eawnsley, and Dragon, by Spartan 

 out of Dulcet, the next best, to Mr. Wright. Spanker, by 

 Harper out of Stately, proved a splendid hound when he 

 returned with the rest to Brocklesby the following year, 

 and Lord Yarborough once more set to work to build up 

 a, dog pack. Stoutness, by Blankney Striver out of 

 Sempstress, was the winning bitch in 1897, but she was 

 not nearly such a good huntress as her sister Sensible. 

 Darling, by Spartan out of Dulcet, and sister to Dragon, 

 was second, and her sister Dewdrop was another good 

 bitch. Fairy was the fastest hound in the pack, and after 

 she was steadied from hares, became a capital hound. 

 Heroine, a plain little bitch, was more than useful, and 

 Susan and Sanguine, sisters to Stoutness, have done good 

 work. The 1897 entry was the last of Dale's breeding. 



Jim Smith's first entry was put forward in 1898, 

 Acrobat being well to the front as a sire of the best ; he 

 sired the winning dog hound Ambrose, and the winning 

 bitch Whimsey. Herald and Relish were the parents of 

 Random and Beveller, two capital fox-hounds ; the former 

 has already proved a success as a sire, but his career has 

 come to an abrupt ending, his back having been injured 

 by a thruster from Grimsby. The Warwickshire Sailor - 

 Stylish litter are all good honest fox-hounds. 



The Warwickshire was in the main responsible for the 

 1899 entry, Tancred, Nailer, Tuscan, Fireman, Sailor, and 

 Tarquin all siring hounds in the entry. Harlequin was 

 the only home-bred sire to be represented, and there were 

 also hounds put forward by Holderness Blazer, Belvoir 

 Harlequin, and Belvoir Vanquisher. Tarquin, by Warwick- 

 shire Talisman out of Rosy, was the winning dog hound 

 at t he Puppy Show, and he should make a good sire,* 



* Both he and his brother Tuscan have proved to be capital workers in the 

 field. 



