Somerset, the beautiful Lady Mary Isabella, whose 

 portrait by Sir Joshua hangs on the walls at Bad- 

 minton, and from Badminton came two hounds. 

 Champion and Topper, to which many of the famous 

 hounds of Brocklesby and Belvoir can be traced 

 back, through Songstress. 



From 1791 the pack has been hunted by a succes- 

 sion of able huntsmen who remained long at their 

 posts, Newman, Shaw, Goosey, Goodall, Cooper, Gil- 

 lard and Capell having each hunted the pack in turn 

 from 1791 to the present day. 



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