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by Oakley Driver by Burton Dorimout. Mr. 

 Wright tried to preserve the skeleton of " Old 

 Driver," as a specimen of a perfectly-shaped 

 hound, but the old bones were too brittle, so 

 he gave the remains of Milton Spanker, en- 

 tered in 1874, the place of honour, and this 

 hound's skeleton still ornaments the saddle 

 room. 



The Belvoir kennels have also been largely 

 patronised. 



This judicious introduction of fresh blood 

 and the careful attention to performance of 

 hounds in the field, has made its mark on the 

 pack. Lady Craven writes : "I am sure all 

 who are interested in the dear Old Berkshire 

 pack must feel a deep debt of gratitude to the 

 present Master for its most efficient condition. 

 I am quite sure that the hounds have never 

 been better." 



Mr. Robert Arkwright gave Mr. Wright a 

 beautiful unentered dog, " Trimmer," who was 

 afterwards killed on the line. Trimmer was 

 black and white, a colour Mr. Arkwright was 

 then trying to get rid of ; no better hound could 

 be entered to fox. Black and white was at that 

 time very prevalent in the Oakley kennels, 

 which orave the hounds the nickname of 

 " Oakley Magpies." This Trimmer was by 

 Oakley Trimmer 'jj, who had a sister Triumph, 



