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Dogs and All about Them
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Robert Leighton
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Breeding
Foxhounds
is
one
of
the
most
fascinating
of
all
the
pleasures
of
animal
culture,
as
the
above
list,
so
full
of
extreme
merit,
can
be
traced
for
nearly
a
hundred
and
thirty
years.
It
cannot
be
said
that
the
prices
paid
for
Foxhounds
in
very
recent
times
have
greatly
exceeded
those
of
the
past.
In
1790
Colonel
Thornton
sold
Merkin
for
four
hogsheads
of
claret,
and
the
seller
to
have
two
couples
of
the
whelps.
Then
in
1808
Mr.
John
Warde
sold
a
pack
of
hounds
to
Lord
Althorpe
for
1,000
guineas,
and
the
same
gentleman
sold
another
pack
for
the
same
sum
a
few
years
later.
In
1838
Lord
Suffield
offered
3,000
guineas
for
Mr.
Lambton's
pack,
and
afterwards
sold
it
to
Sir
Matthew
White
Ridley
for
2,500.
In
1834
Osbaldeston
sold
ten
couples
of
bitches,
all
descendants
of
Furrier,
for
2,000
sovereigns,
or
P100
a
hound--a
record
that
was
almost
eclipsed
at
the
sale
of
Lord
Politmore's
hounds
in
1870,
when
twenty-two
couples
of
dog-hounds
sold
for
3,365
guineas.
Of
late
years
there
has
been
the
sale
of
the
Quorn
for,
it
was
said,
P3,000,
and
the
late
Lord
Willoughby
de
Broke
valued
the
North
Warwickshire
for
the
county
to
purchase
at
P2,500.
In
1903
the
Atherstone
was
valued
by
Mr.
Rawlence,
the
well-known
representative
of
Tattersall's,
at
P3,500,
or
something
like
P50
a
hound,
and
that
has
been
considered
very
cheap.
If,
therefore,
modern
prices
have
not
greatly
exceeded
those
of
the
far
past,
there
has
not
been
any
particular
diminution,
and
there
is
no
doubt
about
it
that
if
certain
packs
could
be
purchased
the
prices
would
far
exceed
anything
ever
reached
before.
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