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not quite made up his mind as to what 

 horse he should put his famous brood mare 

 to, the Dam of Walton, Ditto, Pam, &c. 

 but after pausing a short time, he ex- 

 claimed, " it's of no consequence, Sir! 

 whatever horse I put her to she is sure to 

 breed " a winner." Thus some bitches 

 will always breed good Hunters ; a favour- 

 ite bitch of that description, " Demirep/' 

 belonging to Lord Althorp, I believe, 

 never bred a bad Hound ; it made no dif- 

 ference whether she was put to Mr. Smith's 

 " Saladin," the Beaufort " Justice," Sir 

 Thomas Mostyn's " Lictor," or any other 

 favourite Stallion, the produce was inva- 

 riably good ; but the cross with the Duke 

 of Beaufort's " Justice " / preferred : and 

 in my opinion a bitch by " Justice," out of 

 " Demirep," put to Mr. Musters's " Col- 

 " lier," would have produced as good 

 Hounds as are to be found at this time, 

 in any kennel. A bitch I had many years 



