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blood is exemplified in its utmost perfection, 

 and the description already given of Rally- 

 wood has only to be repeated ; Render's 

 shoulders are quite a study. Destitute, the 

 dam of these hounds, was entered in 1854, 

 and is still able to do her part in accounting 

 for her fox, a rare proof of constitution ; her 

 dam, Tuneful, was a daughter of Trouncer 

 and Skilful, by Mr. Foljambe's Stormer and 

 Fortune ; Stormer by his Rattler and Spinster, 

 a daughter of the Brocklesby Chaser and 

 Scandal. With so much fresh blood, the 

 characteristics are still preserved to an emi- 

 nent degree. Rasselas and Raglan are two 

 clever sons of Rallywood, the latter remark- 

 ably elegant ; Nightshade, their mother, has 

 been already introduced as the dam of Alfred ; 

 a characteristic description of them would 

 be only a repetition of what has already been 

 given of their sires' perfections. In their third 

 season are Nathan and Nelson, both hounds 

 of great style and symmetry, sons of Fairplay 

 and Nosegay ; the latter has possibly the best 

 shoulders, but both of them are, in every 

 respect, very perfect in symmetry. With 

 Wrangler I close the list of stallion hounds ; 

 he is a son of Lifter and Wisdom, and is de- 



