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Mr. Musters, he never cared to have more than fifteen 

 or sixteen couple of hounds in the woodlands, as he 

 said they did not run so much from fox to fox. 



He rode about eighteen stone on his Downalong ; 

 and when all the field were pounded one day near 

 Westbury, he got through a great double on him, no 

 one ever knew how, and laughed heartily at them 

 when they killed near Earl Stoke. Dark tan hounds 

 with smutty faces were his fancy ; and he had not 

 only a good deal of the Grafton Bondsman blood, 

 but got the old grey dog himself from The Duke in 

 Tom Rose's time. His stock were generally from 

 23J to 24 inches, grey headed, and rather fond of 

 hare ; but they did not stand over so much ground 

 as the Cryers. Wanton, the dam of Collier by Cryer, 

 was a very fine own sister to the celebrated Beaufort 

 Wellington and Waterloo, and came to Mr. Codring- 

 ton unentered. Bruiser also was one of a draft from 

 the Cheshire, and strained Back through their Bangor 

 and Bruiser to old Gulliver. The Bruisers were 

 generally dark black tans, great drawers, and remark- 

 ably steady ; while Collier was a light, airy style of 

 hound, and both a great hunter and chacer. Mr. Cod- 

 rington's pack were principally by him, when he 

 parted with them in 1826, and let Mr. Foljambe have 

 the pick of the dog-hounds for four hundred guineas ; 

 but they did not prosper at Grove, where old Collier 

 also ended his days. The Beaufort Justice sort was 

 one he much fancied, and hence he borrowed old Jason 

 by New Forest Justice from Badminton. He was 

 big, black-bodied, and of great power, and got his 

 dog-hounds very clever during the short time he lived. 



But ere we get among his descendants .Mr. Nichoiof 

 at Badminton we must pause at the New the New Forest. 

 Forest, that hunting ground of the Justice, who has 

 for half a century or more perpetuated its fame in 

 kennel history. He was a son of Jasper, who was by 

 the Egremont Justice (a very first-class hound), and 



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