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who descended on her sire's side from Lord Henry Bentinck's 

 Champion, and on her dam's side from the Bramham Moor 

 Ringwood. A rare Htter must this have been, for not only 

 do we find the winning dog in it, but it also contained the 

 first and second prize takers in the bitch class, the handsome 

 Nosegay and Novelty being placed at the head of a good 

 class. Nosegay was a light lemon and white, and her sister 

 a deep lemon in colour, so that colour was scarcely so much 

 thought of then as now. Nestor was much admired in the 

 kennel by one of the judges who happened to visit it, and 

 he was consequently sent instead of his brother Nimrod, 

 whose name appears in the catalogue. They were very well 

 bred ones, but Nestor is described as being a plain hound, 

 and he does not seem to have been used, though his brother 

 Nimrod was the sire of a litter. 



The show of 1869 was held at Beverley, and again did 

 the York and Ainsty meet with a good measure of success. 

 They were to the fore in the class for the best two couples 

 of entered bitches with Nosegay, Novelty, their litter-sister 

 Niobe, and Timely by Bramham Moor Rocket — Tuneful ; 

 the Brocklesby on this occasion occupying second place. 

 Rallywood by Racer (1863) — Lovely ('1863), Nimrod^ Nestor, 

 and Vauker by Lord Yarborough's Vaulter — Lovely, were 

 shown in the class for the best couple of entered dog-hounds, 

 but they failed to get a place. They had better luck in the 

 class for stallion-hounds, in which the veteran Racer, a six- 

 season hunter by Racer (1855), a son of the Bramham Moor 

 Ringwood^Dowager by Bramham Moor Rasselas, was the 

 winner. Ringwood was by Lord Yarborough's Ruler, and 

 Rasselas was by the Belvoir Rifier, so that Racer was a well- 

 bred hound, and as well as being a prize taker he was a 

 successful sire. 



Sir G. O. Wombwell sent two couples of good-looking 

 dog-hounds to the Yorkshire at Wakefield in 1S70, in 

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