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" I hope my feeble efforts to express to you my admiration for this grand 

 pack of fox-hounds may be of some service. 



" Yours truly, 



"J. L. CoorER." 



The veteran huntsman of the Bramham Moor, Mr. Tom 

 Smith, writes that in his opinion the Brocklesby blood 

 was always most valuable for stoutness and good noses. 

 The Bramham Moor, he says, " trace back to a lot of 

 Brocklesby sires, and I have always found them particularly 

 stout and fond of hunting a fox. There is no doubt the 

 Brocklesby hounds are as stout and hard runners, with as 

 good noses, as ever, as they are full of the best blood in 

 England," 



Mr. Frank Bartlett, Lord Fitzwilliam's huntsman, 

 remarks in his letter to me that he has always considered 

 the Brocklesby hounds a good, hard-driving pack. While 

 remarking that Lord Fitzwilliam had a preference for 

 Milton blood, he adds that a capital litter by Brocklesby 

 Streamer was put forward in 1896, which did a lot of 

 good in the Wentworth hounds. One dog in particular — 

 Monarch — he speaks most highly of; he was used very 

 freely by Mr. Bartlett and in other kennels with most 

 satisfactory results. 



Mr. J. S. H. FuUerton, the Master of the Badsworth, 

 says that the old Brocklesby blood was invaluable, and 

 that the several drafts he has had have been excellent in 

 their work, with fine constitutions ; and Lord Galway's 

 huntsman, Mr. S. Morgan, observes that half of their 

 pack goes back to Brocklesby Hymen, who was got in 

 exchange from Brocklesby by his father in 1868. The 

 Harkaway blood, which is so valued, and of which there is 

 a lot in the Belvoir kennels, comes of this Hymen strain, 

 through Hermit and Harbinger, who was the sire of Hark- 

 away, all of which were noted for their nose and courage. 

 Harkaway was the sire of Brocklesby Harlequin, a won- 

 derful hound in the field and a great sire ; unfortunately 

 he was not a very sure getter. 



Mr. T. Wilson, the Master of the Burton, writes me 



