SIR EDWARD KENNEDY, 1868-1874 



of the period; I am sure it is unnecessary to seek for 

 a cause in any deterioration of the pack. Sir Ed- 

 ward himself was devoted to hounds, and was 

 fonder of seeing them hunt than of hard riding for 

 its own sake, and it is a matter of history that he 

 took all sorts of pains with the kennels. I find a 

 contemporary account of the pack which shews the 

 measures he took for its improvement. As I have 

 seen during the Baron de Robeck's Mastership, it 

 consisted chiefly of blood drawn from the Belvoir, 

 Mr Foljambe's and Lord Henry Bentinck's packs. 

 Later this was crossed with the Earl of Wemyss's. 

 Sir Edward added drafts from the Holdernesse 

 pack. A stallion hound, " Napier " by Belvoir 

 " Notary " out of " Cowslip" was one of these. 

 '' Plunder " by " Pilgrim " out of " Nightshade," 

 " Wanderer " by " Sampson," dam " Winifred," 

 were other sire hounds. Of the bitches, " Brides- 

 maid " by " Napier," " Royal," " Sprightly " and 

 " Nelly " were all fine hounds from the Holder- 

 nesse. In addition to these Sir Edward bought four 

 brace from the Quorn, which combined the blood 

 of the Grove " Duster," Mr Hall's " Tarquin," 

 Lord Yarborough's " Nathan " and " Marmion," 

 Lord Fitzhardinge's " Cromwell," and Mr Drake's 

 " Flourish " and " Hurricane." 



Whatever may have been the deficiencies in the 

 matter of kills, Sir Edward undoubtedly showed 



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