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■'Rougher," "Roughest," &c., and in modern 

 times, the smooth "British Lion," "Green- 

 wich Time,"il.'\Rifle and Pike," " Anarchy," 

 &c. Mr Wilson had a wonderfully good dog 

 in " King Lear ;" but it was very curious that 

 the prize should fall to him the first time of 

 asking, while Mr Graham, who had many 

 dogs, particularly " British Lion" and "Green- 

 wich Time," capable of winning it, never yet 

 was victorious. 



In breeding, Mr Campbell has had very 

 great luck with his " Old Scotland Yet," who 

 has bred a great many winners— viz., "Cana- 

 radzo," " Cazarina," " Canopy," "Coorooran," 

 " Cialogia," " Coodareena," " Sea Foam," 

 "Sea Pink," &c., by "Beacon." The first 

 iitter she had was by the celebrated " Bed- 

 lamite," all of which turned out of no use, 

 while everything she had by " Beacon " could 

 race — a singular instance of how a judicious 

 crossing of blood tells. " Bedlamite" was a 

 black dog, and although it may be safely 

 asserted that he lined upwards of loo bitches 

 of all colours, red, white, and blue, all his 

 produce were black. When his owner, Mr 

 Brown of Nottingham, reduced his kennel by 

 a sale at Doncaster, several years ago, " Bed- 

 lamite" was bought in at ^500, a bona fide 

 bid of ^480 having been refused for him. 



Mr Campbell has never reached this mark, 

 although we fancy he might very nearly have 

 accomplished it with " Canaradzo," who, 

 since he won the Waterloo Cup, was put to 

 the stud at ten guineas a bitch, and must 

 have yielded a large sum annually to his 

 owner ; and he has produced more wumers 

 than any dog of his day. He was lately sold 

 to a Lancashire courser for ;^i4o, Mr Camp- 

 bell having during the winter also disposed 

 of his nephew " Calabaroona" (by " Cardinal 

 York" out of "Canopy") for ^200 with 

 contingencies. 



Mr CamiDbell's success must not be taken 

 as a rule ; but a farmer, or indeed any person 

 who has go6d accommodation for a brood 

 bitch, by securing one of a good breed, and 

 putting her to a well and fashionably bred 

 sire, might easily make it pay as v/ell as a 

 brood mare, inasmuch as, Avith the same luck 

 attendant upon the one as the other in regard 

 to health, he would be enabled to sell the 

 pups much earlier and at a better price than 

 he would do the foal. 



By Coursing, city men may enjoy the bene- 

 ficial effects of air and exercise ; and agricul- 

 turists, by following Coursing into different 

 districts, will always find something new in 

 their own line. 



