104 HUNTING TOURS. 



bred at the late Earl Fitzwilliam's kennels, 

 the remaining portion of the entry were bred 

 at Sir Maurice Berkeley's. Commencing with 

 the entry are two couples — Wisdom, Wamba, 

 Wishwell, and Winsome — descended from Sir 

 Maurice Berkeley's Cromwell and Mr. Far- 

 quharson's Welcome, by his Regent and his 

 Winsome, a very fine bitch, with much ele- 

 gance, and one of Mr. Colmore's fortunate 

 purchases. This is a most promising litter, 

 resembling their sire most unmistakably both 

 in colour — a light grey pie — and symmetry. 

 Cromwell, it must be remembered, is a son 

 of Lord Henry Bentinck's Contest, who with 

 his brothers, Comrade and Craftsman, have 

 so very frequently come under my observa- 

 tion as sires. The next litter on the list, 

 consisting of two and a half couples, are the 

 progeny of Albion and Rhoda, a daughter of 

 Earl Fitzwilliam's Hero. The most perfect 

 in symmetry of these is Albert ; but the 

 best character in work is awarded to Abe- 

 lard, though I thought him rather a short 

 hound, and perhaps a trifle thick in his 

 shoulders. Roderick, a badger pied hound, 

 and Rapid, his sister, both very useful, are 

 the issue of Adjutant, formerly in Lord 



