Scarlet. 



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entered ten couple by Layman, from whom Joe 

 Maiden bred a litter in Cheshire, and liked the sort as 

 much as Tom Carter did. Splendour, sire of the 

 Duke of Grafton's Saffron, and Rockwood were also 

 very great with him, the latter more especially, from 

 his recollections of how he brought home the head on 

 that Goadby Gorse day, whose finish Ferneley's pencil 

 has so well preserved. The run was to Preston Wind- 

 mill in the Cottesmore country ; where Rockwood 

 killed him under a gateway; and as, by the rules of fox- 

 hunting, they could not dig, they tied some gorse to a 

 pole, and pushed the fox and Rockwood out together. 



Goosey also thought highly of Rasselas by Clinker, 

 who proved himself one of the best stallion-hounds in 

 the kennel ; and he was nearly as fond of his sister, 

 Ringlet, from whom the Rutland Stormer was de- 

 scended. His daughter. Careful, made some wonder- 

 ful hits in 1839, when she was seven years old; and 

 Mr. Assheton Smith offered Lord Forester 100 

 guineas for her. Clamorous, another of The Cottam 

 his daughters, died a very glorious death Thorns Day. 

 on the Cottam Thorns day. She was very old at the 

 time, and was only taken out for a treat, when their 

 fox ran the line of Needham Hills, and was killed 

 after four hours in Benington Fen. The Duke and 

 Will were the only two left, and they could hardly 

 raise a trot down the last lane, when they thought 

 they heard them grab him in the next field ; but the 

 night was so dark that, after leaving their horses and 

 scrambling through the hedge, they had to feel in their 

 mouths to see if they were correct. Old Clamorous 

 had never worked harder ; but apoplexy came on 

 about an hour after feeding, and she lay at full length 

 dead on the bench next morning. 



Yarborous^h Rally wood, who has vir- ^ ,, , 



11 1 1 -r* t • 1 11 • Rallywood. 



tually made the Belvoir kennel what it 



is, never ran to head, but always got to the end 



of great runs. He was very long and low ; the exact 



