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did Belvoir great good, especially as a bitch-getter ; 

 but for handiness there was nothing to beat Sparkler, 

 and one wave from Mr. Foljambe's hand would send 

 him flying over any double. Tom Carter used to 

 doat on his beautiful appearance and fine ribs ; and 

 Lord Henry Bentinck liked nothing better than Con- 

 quest from his Comedy. Bonny Lass was another of 

 his rare granddaughters, and ran very forward in her 

 tenth season with her hearing and eye as good as 

 ever, and not a toe down. She was so resolute, that 

 on one occasion she crowned down on to her fox, as 

 it would have done on to a rabbit's nest, and dug and 

 ate him up, with the exception of the head, pads, and 

 brush. 



Herald hunted five seasons at Grove, Herald and 

 and then went to Lord Ducie's and Comus. 

 several other kennels, till at last Lord Henry Bentinck 

 purchased him in a five-couple lot. He delighted 

 Mr. Foljambe most in a run from Babington Springs 

 up to Bevercoats Park, where the hounds came to a 

 check. There was a halloo at the bottom of the park, 

 and Mr. Foljambe blew them away to a fresh fox. 

 Still Herald would not go ; and Merry saw him 

 waving his stern, and then collar the hunted one, and 

 kill him in a briar-bush. Mr. Foljambe might well 

 say when Will reached him, with the fox on his saddle, 

 that such a kill was worth a king's ransom. Dick Burton 

 put Herald away when he was nine years old, and the 

 operation very nearly proved fatal to himself. The 

 old dog blew the two drops of prussic acid out on to 

 his face, as he rolled over ; and as Dick rubbed it off 

 hastily with his glove, it got slightly smeared on 

 his own lips ; and it was not till after he had re- 

 covered from a species of fainting-fit, which lasted 

 more than two hours, that he bethought himself of the 

 circumstance. 



Comus from Crazy was Herald's best son, and the 

 kennel used him with still greater freedom and success. 



