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exchange for Ragland in 1850. This dog 

 was considered by the late William Smith to 

 be one of the best bred hounds in the 

 Brocklesby kennels. Rosebud, his dam, 

 worked up until she was ten years old ; she 

 was never known to do anything wrong; they 

 are perfection in their work, and everlasting." 

 The produce of Rallywood I will proceed 

 with in due order after having introduced 

 the paternal representatives of the Belvoir 

 kennels. Singer, in his eighth season, a son of 

 Comus and Syren, is a rich black, white, and 

 tan, of true proportions, with great thighs 

 and bone, and has rather a numerous family. 

 His sire, Comus, is a son of Champion and 

 Barmaid, and Syren is a daughter of Mr. 

 Drake's Duster and Sprightly; thus in the 

 maternal line he goes back to the same 

 family as Rallywood. Challenger, in his 

 seventh season, is by Chaser (a son of Lord 

 Yarborough's Rallywood and Caroline) and 

 Destiny (daughter of Mr. Drake's Duster). 

 He is quite a foxhound, with great power, but 

 his colour (a lightish hare pie) is not quite in 

 conformity with the beautiful black and tan 

 which prevails in these kennels. Nimrod is 

 one of the Belvoir colour, descended from 



