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forty-five minutes, notwithstanding the vast wood- 

 land of Cotleigh came in the hne of chase. 



In the second season, the gaps in the ranks were 

 made good by a draft from Mr. Froude Bellew. Even 

 then the master was very httle stronger in hounds, 

 being able to put forward only one home-bred couple 

 out of nine couple put out to walk, several of the 

 litters being very late ones. This year the pack 

 numbered in all twenty-two couple. 



Among the hounds that came from Sir John Duntze 

 was a remarkably good bitch, then at the completion 

 of her fifth season, called Sally, bred by Lord 

 Coventry, being by his Singer out of his Dowager. 

 With her came two of her puppies, Susan and 

 Sorceress, first-season bitches, by the Haldon Sports- 

 man. All three were so much alike in appearance that 

 it was difficult to tell one from the others, and the 

 puppies turned out as good and as lasting as the 

 mother. Sorceress was particularly good in her work 

 and I can remember her carrying the line down a dry 

 flinty Haldon road when no other hound could own 

 it. She lasted into her eighth season and was the 

 only hound of that age in the list for 1889. Her 

 sister, Susan, distinguished herself by having a litter 

 of seventeen by the Warwickshire Archibald, eight 

 of which came into the ring at puppy- judging time. 

 This was in the mastership of Lord Haldon in 1884, 

 Susan being in whelp when he took over the pack. 

 One of these eight, Armorer, took first prize for dogs, 

 and two others, Archeress and Ardent, first and 

 second for bitches, the second prize for dogs going to 

 Solomon, a son of Sorceress and Rutland, the latter a 

 Haldon dog from the Warwickshire. 



Of Susan's eight puppies, five, namely, Archibald, 

 Archeress, Armorer, Ardent and Artemis, were put 



