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and Dauntless ; Destiny, a daughter of Wen- 

 lock and Dahlia; Lexicon, Latimer, Layman, 

 Lady, Lively, and Lottery, descended from 

 Manager and old Lofty ; and Wilful, daughter 

 of Wenlock and Lufra. They have all good 

 straight legs and feet. Destiny is a particu- 

 larly clever creature, and Lexicon claims 

 especial notice. Although Mr. Baker is 

 enabled to breed a considerable number every 

 year, the farmers in Warwickshire being so 

 well disposed, and on his property in Wales 

 he sends out many more, yet he annually 

 makes additions of unentered drafts from 

 some of the most celebrated kennels. 



Greatly to the regret of his brother sports- 

 men, Mr Baker was unfortunately confined to 

 the house with an alarming attack of bron- 

 chitis from the 16th of November to the 1st 

 February, 1861. His hounds, therefore, were 

 deprived of his valuable assistance during a 

 great portion of the most important part of the 

 season ; but the field management was kindly 

 undertaken by Mr. Oswald Milne, whose popu- 

 larity, perfect knowledge of hunting and of 

 hunting etiquette, rendered him most unexcep- 

 tionably qualified for the occasion. Mr. Baker 

 has now been a master of hounds upwards of 



