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than any other in the kennel ; he enjoys the 

 patronymic of his sire, and inherits his great 

 bone from his maternal grandfather, Lord 

 Fitzhardinge's Farmer. Promise, a badger- 

 pied bitch, boasts of high lineage, being a 

 daughter of the Duke of Beaufort's Pilgrim 

 and Pamela. Pilgrim was a grandson of the 

 much-renowed Badminton Potentate. Stra- 

 tagem is a remarkably good-looking hound, and 

 his good conduct has gained for him so much 

 favour, that he is destined to perpetuate his 

 race ; it may, therefore, be admissible to 

 search somewhat extensively into his family 

 and their characters. He is a son of Lord 

 Leconfield's Archer and Symphony, a daughter 

 of Lord Fitzhardinge's Spaniard and Wanton. 

 Spaniard, by Lord Henry Bentinck's Stranger 

 and the Berkeley Margaret. Wanton was by 

 Wisdom out of Novelty, by Lord Fitzwilliam's 

 Mentor. JS^ovelty was the dam of Nathan, 

 who found his way from the Berkeley to the 

 Heythrop kennels, where he was entered, and 

 gained so much favour with Jem Hills as to 

 induce him to breed extensively from the good 

 old hound. Neighbour, his brother, was en- 

 tered by Lord Gifford, who highly appreciated 

 him, and there are descendants of his doing 



