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family was that of Donovan's, from Royalty a 

 daughter of Glancer, viz. Rebel, Regent, and 

 Rueful, and by those whose judgment is never 

 much at fault Rebel was considered one of the 

 truest -shaped dogs ever seen. Two very strik- 

 ing young dogs, almost unbroken in colouring, 

 were the couple by Shamrock from Diligent by 

 Grafton Dancer, by name Donegal and Deemster, 

 another couple by the same sire from Rampish by 

 Gameboy were Rusticus and Ransack. Those by 

 Wonder were Welbeck and Wrestler. Of the 

 ladies perhaps the best was Novehst by Nominal ; 

 she stood magnificently, and had a strong sym- 

 metrical frame. Druid was represented by Dulcimer 

 and Density, Wonder had a daughter Decimal, 

 Gambler a couple of daughters Gravity and 

 Gossamer. 



The hunt was immortalised by a large picture 

 of a meet at Rauceby Hall, painted by ]\Ir. W. 

 Theobald Maud, the distinguished war correspondent 

 and artist to the Chmpkic. Lincolnshire bred and 

 born, he was one of the keenest bitten for sport, 

 thrusting along after hounds, taking falls with the 

 greatest equanimity. 



On a morning in October, wlien a rich pea-soup 

 fog enshrouded London, nothing worse than a 

 white mist hung about the Harby Hills waiting for 

 the sun to melt it away. Hounds, after rousing 

 the echoes in Piper Hole Gorse, were marking 

 to ground, with old Nominal leading the pack as 

 usual. Tumbling over one another in their eager- 

 ness to get hold of the cub, they jammed 



