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standing on capital feet and legs. He had but one 

 fault, and that was he never hked to leave off hunt- 

 ing, on more than one occasion giving consider- 

 able trouble to the hunt staff to stop him at the 

 end of the day from hunting a fox in the dark on 

 his own responsibility. When the order was given 

 for home, Pirate was at once coupled to another 

 hound, much to his indignation. His two sons, 

 Prodigal and Painter (1890), did much good to the 

 kennel. Shiner by Lord Portsmouth's Sailor out 

 of Gamestress was used with great success by the 

 Cottesmore, also Sapphire by Stainless out of 

 Gertrude, and Dominic by Dashwood, son of 

 Founder, by FaUible out of Ruin. 



In the breeding of the entry this season, Gillard 

 kept very close to the two hounds he considers the 

 best he ever saw on the line of a fox, namely, 

 Weathergage and Fallible ; and it was through the 

 grandsire of the former — Wonder, sire of Warrior — 

 that he got more tongue into the pack, with this 

 advantage to other kennels, that all the descendants 

 of Weathergage are good workers, and say plenty 

 about it, no matter how hard they are running. 

 In an entry of seventeen couple, a beautiful litter 

 was that by Shamrock (1887) out of Constant, by 

 Weathergage, her dam Countess by Fallible, they 

 were Columbine and four dogs. Cruiser, Counsellor, 

 Cardinal, and Chancellor, all of whom grew into 

 stud hounds of note. The brothers were beauti- 

 ful in colour, dark Belvoir tans, much reminding 

 us of Stainless. The two brothers, Pompey and 

 Pilot by Pirate (1885) out of Sunshine, were 



