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the best kennels had resorted for sires. The greatest prices 

 that have ivp to the present time been realized, for hounds by 

 public auction, occurred at the sale of Lord Poltimore's dog- 

 hounds in the spring of 1870. They were purchased originally 

 from Lord Portsmouth, who formed his pack from the Yale of 

 "White Horse, the Craven, and the Vine, all which packs he 

 purchased : — 



