244 HISTORY OF THE YORK AND AINSTY HUNT. 



Sufficient has been said to show the lines on which the 

 present York and Ainsty pack have been bred, and it now 

 remains to trace their history in the Yorkshire show yards. 



At the Cleveland show at Yarm in 1861 Orvis showed 

 Lapidist by Bramham Moor Layman^Telltale, and Gaiety 

 by Remus — Graceful, for the best couple of unentered 

 hounds, but they were unplaced to Lord Middleton's Singer 

 and Bauble and the Bramham Moor Charon and Cronv. 

 Five years went by before the York and Ainsty again put 

 in an appearance in the show yard, and this time they met 

 with better fortune. The venue was York, where the hound 

 show of 1866 was held in connection with the Yorkshire 

 Agricultural Society's Show. They showed largely, having 

 Racer, Champion, Regent and Albion, in the class for the 

 best two couples of entered hounds ; Duster in the class for 

 unentered dog-hounds. Dahlia in the class for unentered 

 bitches, and Racer in the class for stallion-hounds. Dahlia 

 took second prize to Lord Yarborough's Ranger. She was 

 by Lord Poltimore's Archer — Dauntless by Ranger. 



In the following year at Thirsk, Careful, Comely, Lovely 

 and Dahlia were shown in the class for entered bitch-hounds ; 

 and in a very strong class which was much admired, they 

 failed to get a place. Better luck attended the York and 

 Ainsty in the class for unentered dog-hounds ; for Rallywood 

 by Racer — Lovely, by Lord Portsmouth's Lincoln, was a 

 good second to Sir John Trollope's Seaman by Grove 

 Furrier — Stately, by Belvoir Stormer. The sire and dam 

 of Rallywood were shown, one in the stallion class and the 

 other in the class for brood-bitches, but neither of them got 

 mentioned ; and the unentered bitch-hound, Famous, by 

 Albion, also failed to get into the prize-list. 



At Wetherby, in 1868, Sir Charles Slingsby was a 

 successful exhibitor, winning in the class for unentered dog- 

 hounds with Nestor by Lord Yarborough's Nelson — Comedy, 



