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transmitting their own type and good quali- 

 ties to their progeny, unless they inherit the 

 excellencies required in them from ancestors 

 free from imperfections through several gene- 

 rations. It is sometimes rather difficult to 

 arrive at these facts, but the research is 

 worth any amount of reasonable trouble in 

 the increased value of a pack so constituted. 

 I will, however, bring to notice a very impor- 

 tant illustration in the case of the three 

 brothers bred by Lord Henry Bentinck, 

 Contest, Craftsman, and Comrade, whose full 

 pedigrees I had not previously been able to 

 trace. They were sons of Comus and Sanguine, 

 as described in my account of Lord Henry 

 Bentinck's pack. Comus was the issue of 

 Mr. Foljambe's Herald and Crazy. Herald 

 a son of Mr. Osbaldeston's Ranter and Harpy. 

 Ranter, son of Furrier. Sanguine, daughter 

 of Mr. Foljambe's Sparkler and his Skilful. 

 Sparkler, son of Mr. Osbaldeston's Ranter 

 and Mr. Foljambe's Starlight. In this instance 

 there is a very direct and near alliance, through 

 Ranter with Furrier, on both sides. 



Before proceeding further with the genea- 

 logy of the Brocklesby Hounds, I must " try 

 back" to a little history of the proceedings 



