162 FIELD AND FERN. 



Contest light tan, which mixes with her Albert and 

 Trueman blood, and is still the top of the ^63 entry; 

 and she and her sister Dainty led alternately in the 

 two runs, on one of the last days they were out on 

 the Lammermoors. Heroine, the old black and white, 

 was grouped for us with her fine Fencer litter, of 

 which Heedless, Hebe, and Harmony were the fore- 

 most; and there was old Costly, a grand-daughter 

 of Drake's Chaplet, one of the EarFs especials in her 

 xime. 



The 24J-inch Galiiard, ^'^ one of the finest big dogs 

 I ever saw,^' according to Lord Henry Bentinck, 

 came out first of the dcg hounds, and his sire, the old 

 smutty-faced Frederick, '^^who brings the fine skins,'^ 

 stood beside him with his sister Gaudy ; but Gold- 

 finch was not there. Frederick came from Sir Wat- 

 kin's, and has not quite the style of his stock ; but, 

 asChanning says, '^'he never did anj^thing wrong to my 

 knowledge.'^ Against Galiiard he has only to urge 

 that his fine deep kennel note never rises beyond a 

 falsetto squeak in cover. H azard was a glorious dog, 

 and those who savr him on the flags for the Cleve- 

 land Cup could never forget him more. There, too, 

 were Ringwood, ^' Drake's Duster about the quar- 

 ters;'' Khoderick, '^'' one of the best sires we have ;^^ 

 Banker and Rubicon, part of the Cup three couple, 

 but the former minus an eye since that pleasant 

 Guisboro' day. There, too, were grouped Hotspur, 

 a grandson of the Belvoir Bally wood ; Hector, who 

 is quite " the Furrier of the kennel ;" Trimbush, 



