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Woldsman - Fervent. Her ]itter by Belvoir Weathergage was the making of ray 

 pack, nearly every hound of which goes back to her. It has been a famous 

 strain for working quahties. In more recent years Factor got me some famous 

 good hounds, and I look forward to Wrangler in the present pack perpetuating 

 his masterful power of drive and tongue ; he is the quickest to get up to the 

 lead, if by any chance having a bad start, that I ever saw, and throws his 

 tongue to some purpose when he gets there. Just been out for first morning ; 

 four and a half hours' good work, and got hold of him. 



" Yours very truly, 



"E. P. Eawnsley." 



The opinion of the Rev. Cecil Legard on fox-hound 

 subjects is always worth listening to. In one of his 

 chatty letters to the writer he says that Brocklesby may 

 claim credit in the Warwickshire kennel, as Hasty * 

 (1877) was the dam of Lord Willoughhy de Broke's 

 Archibald, the father of his pack. Lord Willoughby de 

 Broke has bred (by his excellent judgment) a magnificent 

 pack of hounds ; as has also Sir Herbert Langham here 

 (the Pytchley), the latter (Sir Herbert) having made his 

 pack from Lord Henry Bentinck's (which were originally 

 full of Brocklesby blood) when Lord Lonsdale brought 

 them into this country. 



In another letter Mr. Legard says — 



" It may interest you that old Captain Skipworth told me he had often Iieard 

 Sir Richard Sutton (when hunting the Burton country) say that ' he always went 

 to his friend Lord Yarborough /or nose.^ And I remember poor Lord Waterford 

 telling me, that of the various unentered hounds that he was getting from 

 England each year (when he was hunting his own Curraghmore country) he 

 always found those from Brocklesby were most free from vice, and ' required no 

 breaking from riot.' My own experience of them was, that they were absolutely 

 untiring^ 



Mr. Legard mentioned what Brocklesby had done for 

 the Warwickshire. This is what the present Master of the 

 fine pack which his father, Lord Willoughby de Broke, 

 took such pains and such pleasure in getting together and 

 hunting, says of the blood — 



" Kineton, Warwickshire, 



"October 19th, 190L 

 " Dear Mr. Collins, 



" Please forgive my delay in fulfilling my promise to write, which 1 

 trust has caused you no inconvenience. 



* Hasty is mentioned in the Hon. R. G. Verney's letter. 



