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of the young hounds himself. Mr. Osbaldeston 

 went to the kennels for the purpose of taking 

 his purchases away, when Jervis, the feeder, 

 who was an excellent judge, pointed out 

 Furrier, saying, " he was the best bred 

 hound in the kennel, and descended from 

 Mr. Meynell's Stormer, but I don't think 

 his Grace will keep him." "Why not?" 

 inquired the Squire ; " he is the finest look- 

 ing hound of the lot." " Yes," replied the 

 feeder, "but his legs are not quite straight, 

 and the Duke won't like him." The presenti- 

 ment proved true, and Furrier was consigned 

 to the Quorn kennels. Mr. Osbaldeston's 

 version of a frequent cause of crooked legs 

 is quite correct. They are sometimes tied 

 up at quarters, when, struggling to get loose, 

 the evil is produced. Keeping them in con- 

 finement will have a similar effect. 



Furrier ended his days at Brocklesby, and 

 Rocket, having been ridden over by a man, 

 at a fence, became so alarmed when he 

 approached to one, that he would look back, 

 and if he saw a rider coming, would run oif 

 home ; so in his older days he was not taken 

 out. 



