220 WITH HOUND AND TERRIER. 



Waverley (1858), one of the drafts that came to 

 Mr Digby, and proved a success both m his own 

 work and in the descendants he left to carry on 

 his line, was noted for his fine voice, which gift 

 he transmitted. He was by Lord Portsmouth's 

 Wonder ex Mr Assheton Smith's Favourite. His 

 son Solomon (1863) was a successful sire, and in 

 his grandson Waverley (1869) Sir Richard Glyn 

 had a dog that showed all the excellence of the 

 first of the name. 



Rambler (1865), another hound of the Belvoir 

 Guider family, his dam Matchless (1860) having 

 been bred by Mr Digby, was a favourite of Press's. 

 Rambler was a remarkably low-scenting hound, and 

 would, Press said, pick out a line when no other 

 hound in the pack could acknowledge it. 



There is a curious story of Senator, a hound lent 

 by Mr Garth to the Blackmore Vale kennels in 

 Sir Richard Glyn's time, and whose descendants 

 can be traced through the later history of the 

 pack. Senator was a tan-marked hound, and so 

 good-looking that one day when there was to be 

 a lawn meet at Leweston, Press could not resist 

 taking him out. The hound, not knowing either 

 the country or the hunt servants, was lost in the 

 course of the day's proceedings, and great was the 

 tribulation when his absence was discovered. No 

 tidings could be heard of him, and days passed 

 into weeks without the mystery of his disappear- 

 ance being cleared up. I was hunting with Mr 

 Garth at the time, and I remember his riding up 



