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very useful, the former possessing- great bone 

 and size, sufficient to enlist ber services in 

 the large pack. Bluecap and Brilliant, five 

 season hunters, have good looks to recom- 

 mend them, and Daphne is particularly clever. 

 The same year's entry includes two couples 

 by Saffron, of which Songstress and Singwell 

 demand a high commendation, and on True- 

 love a man must be fastidious if he cannot 

 settle his affections. Blucher, a fine slashino- 

 hound, and his two sisters. Barmaid and 

 Bluebell, again represent the Saffron family. 

 Blightsome, a daughter of Bellman and Trin- 

 ket, has wonderful power for her sex. There 

 is another couple and a half of the Saffrons 

 in this, the fourth season's, entry. Banker, 

 Bouncer, and Bondsman are introductions of 

 blood from the Badminton kennels, throusfh 

 the Duke of Beaufort's Banker. Hasty, 

 Harriet, and Heedless are three remarkably 

 clever descendants of Lord Fitzwilliam's 

 Hotspur and the Warwickshire Hopeful ; 

 Lapwing found favour with the judges at 

 the late Birmingham exhibition ; she has 

 plenty of bone, is a good dark black and 

 white, with a little tan, and is a daughter 

 of Sir Richard Sutton's Trojan and Lavender, 



