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Naming of Hounds. 



whole ; particularly as it is the cusitom to name all the 

 whelps of a litter with the same initial letter as the sire 

 or the dam. However, one exception at least exists to 

 thus naming young hounds when put out to walks : — 

 At Sandiway Head Inn, (kept by J. Whittle) near Dela- 

 mere Forest, a whelp is kept for Sir Harry Mainwaring, 

 which must uniformly receive the name of Bluecap. 

 The house, as I have already noticed, is known by the 

 name of Sandiway Head Inn ; it is also further distin- 

 guished by the sign of the celebrated hound, Bluecap, 

 whose performance at Newmarket has been stated in the 

 earlier part of this volume, and whose memory is par- 

 ticularly cherished here, from the circumstance of his 

 having formed one of the Cheshire pack, then under the 

 direction of Mr. Barry. In consequence of this parti- 

 ality on the part of honest James Whittle, the hound 

 kept by him has of course to undergo a second baptism 

 on being taken into the kennel. 



A list of names for hoimds seems at first view a waste 

 of time ; yet to render the work as complete as possible, 

 it seems necessary. 



NAMES OF HOUNDS. 



