He was sire of Firetail, Soldier, Corporal, Serjeant, Don Quixote, King Fergus, Nina, Charlemont, Competitor, Gunpowder, Hidalgo, King Hermon, Meteor, Pegasus, Scota, Serpent, Squeak, Stripling, Devi Sing, Eliza, Poor Soldier, Big Ben, Spitfire, Fair Barbara, Adonis, Mercury, Lily of the Valley, Volunteer, Bonnyface, Jupiter, Venus, Antiochus, Dungannon, Maria, Henley, Soujah ul Dowlah, Grimalkin, Dian, Thunderbolt, Lightning, Spinner, Horizon, Miss Hervey, Plutus, Pluto, and Comet; exclusive of a great number of winners, for the list and particulars of which, reference may be made to Weatherby's "Stud Book," and "Racing Calendar."
EARTH
.—A fox beating his pursuers when hunted, and taking refuge under ground, is then said to have earthed, or gone to earth. Some of these earths are situate in old chalk pits, forming such different channels and ramifications amidst the roots of trees in woods and coppices, that it is impossible to dig them out; but where there is the least probability of success, it is never relinquished; upon the established and well-founded principle, that the hounds are always entitled to blood after a GOOD CHASE. A wanton and unnecessary destruction is, however, at no time to be justified, particularly in a country thin of foxes; such unthinking devastation is frequently productive of a blank day at the end of a season.
EARTH-STOPPER
—is an indispensible part of a FOX-HUNTING establishment, whose business is principally performed by night. His department is to visit and stop the strongest earths in the district intended to be hunted on the following day. This is usually effected between the hours of ten at night and four in the morning, by means of bushes, brambles, earth, &c. to furnish which, he is provided with a hand-bill, spade, candle and lanthorn, a hardy rough poney, terriers, and of course a pocket pistol, to recruit the spirits amidst the dreary scenes it is become his occupation to explore. It is also his business to re-open the EARTHS after the sport of the day, that the FOXES may not fall victims to other modes of destruction.
ELDER
—is a tree common in most hedges in the country, bearing a fruit called ELDER-BERRIES, from which people make a very good wine. It is, however, only mentioned here to remind the reader, that the flowers are a very excellent ingredient in fomentations, and sporting gentlemen should never be without them: they should be gathered in the heighth of the bloom, properly dried, and preserved for use.
ELECAMPANE
,—a root formerly in much estimation for its efficacy in coughs and disorders of the breast and lungs; hence the reputation it has attained in pectoral compositions for the use of horses. The great difficulty, however, of procuring any thing like the genuine root in powder from the medical retail shops, must ever prevent any great gratification of expectation, to those who rely too much upon the properties it is said to retain.