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two couples and a half, of which twelve and 

 a half couples were of that year's entry. In 

 conformity with an excellent and a very pre- 

 vailing custom, Mr. Duffield gave two prizes 

 annually to the farmers or persons who walk 

 the most promising young hounds, and that 

 season the first was awarded to Mr. Wood- 

 bridge, of Abingdon, for rearing Challenger, 

 and the second to Mr. Luker, of Farringdon, 

 for walking Jasper. Challenger is a great 

 fine black and white hound, with much power, 

 but somewhat heavy in his shoulders, and 

 without quite corresponding muscular deve- 

 lopment in his thighs. He is descended from 

 an excellent family — Sir Maurice Berkeley's 

 Chieftain and the South Berks Rapid. Jasper 

 is a black and white hound, not quite so 

 powerful as his companion, nevertheless of 

 o;ood size — a son of Lord Yarborouo-h's 

 Orator and the South Berks Jewess. Rum- 

 mager, a black and white hound, nicely 

 marked with tan, is quite equal to the pre- 

 ceding ; he has considerable power, with much 

 elegance and activity, a son of Lord Yar- 

 borough's Ottoman, his dam Resolute. Ter- 

 magant, a light grey-pied bitch by the same 

 sire, her dam Telltale, attracted my attention 



