296 THE BROCKLESBY HOUNDS. 



Probably the most important event in the history of 

 the Bel voir, as far as the introduction of outside blood is 

 concerned, and certainly the great hit in Goodall's career, 

 was the acquisition of Kallywood. Rallywood was 

 descended from the before-mentioned Furrier, and Will 

 Smith had fourteen couples of working hounds by him 

 when he sent him to Bel voir. What he has done for 

 the fox-hounds is writ large not only in the annals of 

 Brocklesby and Belvoir, but in those of nearly every 

 kennel of note in the kingdom ; for there are few first- 

 rate packs that cannot boast descendants of this famous 

 hound. If a stranger to any pack happens to note a 

 hard-working hound of a rich black and tan and white 

 colour, throwing a melodious tongue the day through, and 

 trotting home at night with his stern up, it may be safe 

 to hazard the guess that he has in his veins some of the 

 bluest of fox-hound blood; in fact, that he can boast of 

 the great Kallywood as an ancestor. His son, the Belvoir 

 Eallywood (1853), was the apple of Will Goodall's eye. 

 In the " History of the Belvoir," by Mr. T. F. Dale, he is 

 thus described — 



" No hound could beat him for pace in a morning scurry when the best of 

 Melton were racing behind the pack, no hound could hunt more stoutly for an 

 afternoon fox. His pluck and his constitution were wonderful. He was twenty- 

 three inches in height and his colour was a rich black, tan, and white. His head 

 was a marvel of intelligence and character. His neck was clean, and well set on 

 good shoulders. Not even Lord Forester could find that he was not straight, 

 and his back and loins were magnificent in their grace and strength. His thighs 

 looked like galloping, and he stood on perfect feet. He combined in himself all 

 the best working lines of fox-hound blood, the Belvoir, Badminton, Brocklesby, 

 Monson, Osbaldeston and the Grove." 



Rallywood begot two other famous sons at Belvoir in 

 1851, namely Clinker and Chaser, and the great Belvoir 

 AVeathergage goes back through Warrior, Wonder, and 

 Chanticleer to the latter of these two. 



Jem Cooper, who was Goodall's successor, and carried 

 the Belvoir horn for eighteen years, was also a great 

 admirer of the Brocklesby, where he had whipped-in for 

 three seasons. Lord Yarborough lent Nathan to Cooper in 



