34 HUNTING TOURS. 



Baker received the prize at the Biumingham 

 Dog Show, in 1861, does not retain her good 

 1 ooks ; she has fallen away over her loins, 

 where she formerly was so good ; she has 

 lost much muscular development, and her 

 general appearance indicated her having been 

 amiss. As a pack, looking them over in the 

 paddock, Lord Curzon's are particularly 

 symmetrical. It is seldom that so many 

 really good-shouldered hounds are seen to- 

 gether. They cannot fail for pace when 

 scent permits them to exert their powers, 

 and much praise is due to Dickens for the 

 evenness of their condition. 



The stables contain twenty-two hunters, 

 seven of which are ridden by Lord Curzon, a 

 similar number is appropriated to the use of 

 the huntsman, and there are four for each of 

 the whippers-in. They are all of a very useful 

 stamp, and, like the hounds, the model of good 

 shoulders has been most especially regarded. 

 There is a magnificent old brown horse in his 

 lordship's stud called Gopsal, a son of Drayton, 

 who, as a sire of good hunters, has worthily 

 distinguished himself; they are not, however, 

 in general, remarkable for beauty; Gopsal is 

 an exception. He was bred by Lord Howe, 



