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to his coming here, and one couple and a 

 half of the lot purchased at the sale of the 

 North Warwickshire in May last, all the 

 other hounds were bred at these kennels. 

 The North Warwickshire consists of Marks- 

 man, Nimrod, and Dreadnought. Nimrod 

 secured for his respected master the Birming- 

 ham trophy of 1861. He has plenty of 

 power and size, and is a rare bred one, 

 by Hannibal, a hound entered by Mr. Baker, 

 son of Lord Henry Bentinck's Contest and 

 the Berkeley Heroine. Dashaway was inclu- 

 ded in this lot, but Mr. North drafted him 

 in favour of his brother-in-law, Lord Eglin- 

 ton, who is strong in the old black-and-tan 

 blood, which gained so much celebrity during 

 Mr. Baker's mastership of North War\vick- 

 sliire. 



A great treat, indeed, is a visit of inspec- 

 tion in the stables, which contain ten horses 

 ridden by Mr. North, an equal number by 

 the huntsman, and there are nine for the 

 use of the two wdiippers-in. Deerfoot, Cor- 

 poral, Ballinasloe, a remarkably nice bay 

 horse ; Christmas, a black horse ; Brown 

 Duchess and Harlequin are Mr. North's ; 

 Empress, Chief Justice, Kathleen, Khol 



