302 THE BROCKLESBY HOUNDS. 



that lie *' always admired the big dog hounds of the old 

 pack. It was a treat to see them flying their fences ; 

 they were very good at that." " The present dog pack," 

 says Mr. Wilson, " I also admire, and think them very 

 creditable for the short time they have been in existence. 

 They are, according to present ideas, a more workmanlike 

 size ; but I must confess I liked the old ones best, they 

 did go in such dog-hound style. Good feet have always, 

 in my idea, been the best point in the pack ; also sound 

 constitution and good tongue ; anyhow, those are the 

 qualities I have found in the blood I got to start with, 

 through a bitch I bought from Mr. Harding Cox, called 

 Gadfly. She was by Brocklesby Leveller (1879), and 

 ran well in her eighth season, and her stock are hard and 

 of a good tan colour. I have a lot of them, and I don't 

 remember any of them putting a toe down ; and they 

 seldom bother with a hare after they have killed a fox, 

 though some of them have done well at hares at walk. 

 Bonny Lass, by Brocklesby Albert (1884), I bought at the 

 same time ; she was just as good, and the same except in 

 colour. She was nearly black, and the third generation 

 are also black. I could not part with the sort, so have 

 always used a black dog, so as not to be tempted to mix 

 the blood. Lord Yarborough has given me a few pups at 

 difl'erent times, and they have nearly always turned out 

 well." 



Mr. George AVhitemore, huntsm^an to the Atherstone, 

 says that the Brocklesby hounds all look like catching 

 foxes. They are full of quality, of a nice size, and have 

 no lumber about them. He says he liked Eandom, Tus- 

 can, Valiant, Yalesman, Wrangler, and Danger best. 



The testimony of Mr. E. P. Rawnsley, the popular 

 Master of the South Wold, is as follows : — 



" Girsby Manor, Lincoln, August 26th, 1901. 

 "Dear Collins, 



" As nearly the whole of the South Wold pack is descended from 

 Brocklesby hounds, and all the best I have bred have been full of the blood, I 

 can naturally speak in the highest terms of their nose, tongue, and stoutness. In 

 1884 Lord Yarborough gave me a bitch called Freedom (1881), by Blankney 



