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each of them worthy of especial notice, the 

 latter particularly so, being the father of 

 seven couples of very superior hounds now in 

 these kennels. His sire is Ferdinand, his dam 

 Matchless; the father descended from Earl 

 Fitzwiiliam's Richmond, the mother from the 

 celebrated Oakley Factor. Hannibal, a black 

 and white hound, son of Lord H. Bentinck's 

 Contest, bred at the Berkeley kennels, from 

 Heroine, is a low hound with vast power, on 

 shorts legs of capital construction; he is 

 uncommonly industrious in his work. Nim- 

 rod, Nathan, Pagan, Plunder, and Posey 

 claim him as their progenitor, all of which, 

 but most so the three latter, bear a strong 

 family resemblance to their grandsire. The 

 name of Lofty indicates her being an offspring 

 of the celebrated descendant of the Wheatland 

 family, likewise distinguished by that cogno- 

 men. She has good legs and feet, and she 

 possesses the olfactory powers of her dam. 

 Guider, Governess, Gaudy, and Gaylass, the 

 produce of Manager and Guilty, do credit 

 to their parentage. Garland, bred at the 

 Berkeley kennels, is small but very neat and 

 good, much resembling her sire, Sir Richard 

 Sutton's Glider. Saucebox, one of the most 



