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when in Lord Gifford's possession. Nonsuch, 

 in her seventh season, is one — a rare sort, as 

 her name implies; she is a daughter of his 

 lordship's especial favourite, Neighbour, a 

 truly splendid hound ; in style and character 

 much resembling Lord H. Bentinck's Contest, 

 but with more tan about him, and he had a 

 remarkably fine coat, in which his progeny 

 generally resemble him. This hound's blood 

 ought not to be lost sight of; he was a son of 

 the Berkeley Wamba and Novelty ; Wamba 

 was descended from Hotspur and Waspish ; 

 Novelty by Lord Fitzwilliam's Mentor. There 

 are two couples more of his progeny in these 

 kennels — Novelty, a five season hunter ; also 

 Norman, Nimrod, and Nancy, in their second 

 season. Norman is rather a light coloured 

 hound, but with a great powerful frame, a 

 good head, well set on, and has capital 

 shoulders; Nimrod, too, is a fine slashing 

 hound ; Nancy is a particularly fine, lengthy, 

 and powerful bitch, unmistakably resembling 

 her sire. Crinoline, one of this year's entry, 

 by Sir Maurice Berkeley's Cromwell and 

 Nonsuch, is remarkably good-looking, but 

 being too small, is to be drafted ; Lucy, the 

 same age as Nonsuch, bred in Mr. Wheble's 



