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his work. Marplot, his half-brother, is a very 

 neat hound, of medium stature. Anodyne, 

 from the Heythrop, a light hare- pied bitch, 

 is pretty, but scarcely possesses sufficient 

 indications of size and power, and the same 

 observation applies to Mermaid, from the 

 same kennel. Gamester, a six-season hunter 

 from the Belvoir kennels, has gained so 

 much favour in his work as to induce 

 Mr. Baker to promote him as a future sire. 

 Heedless, a badger-pied bitch from the Hey- 

 throp, possesses the wiry, active character 

 which distinguishes that blood. Neighbour, 

 from the Berkeley kennels, a five season 

 hound, is a son of Lord Henry Bentinck's 

 well-known Comrade and Nimble, and though 

 perhaps a trifle heavy in his shoulders, can 

 run at the head, and is a very efficient hound. 

 I now come to one of the old Wheatland sort 

 on both sides — Dauntless, daughter of Dash- 

 away and old Lofty, who, I believe, never 

 bred an unworthy offspring ; she is black and 

 tan, with remarkably good legs and feet, 

 always in front, let the pace be what it may, 

 and when the pack is in difficulties she can 

 guide them with unerring certainty. Hotspur 

 and Manager, from the Heythrop kennels, are 



