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grey, and five rough black and tan coloured puppies, 

 and in that in which Benedict was produced, there 

 were three red and five rough black and tan in hue. 



" A noted rival of Bachelor's on the show bench 

 was Mr. Graham's Extreme Carelessness (afterwards 

 sold to Mr. Graves, of Liverpool), a bitch that when 

 a puppy was almost black, or rather, nearly every 

 hair was more black than yellow. At four years 

 of age the tips of a few hairs only were black, 

 and two years ago, just before she died, I saw 

 the old bitch in Ireland, looking very fit and 

 well, but of a beautiful yellow-red colour, and 

 entirely free from any black tinge. She was given 

 back to Mr. Graham after she had finished her 

 show career. Extreme Carelessness was cropped, 

 her head rather heavy, and she had a slight slack- 

 ness behind the shoulders, otherwise she was a 

 charming bitch of great character and of good 

 quality. She and Bachelor had many hard struggles 

 for ' specials,' their successes being about equal. 



" Erin, two years after her celebrated litter, again 

 visited Killiney Boy, and threw a bitch, Droleen, 

 who, put to a long-headed dog named Michael, 

 by Pagan II., a grandson of both Killiney Boy 

 and Erin, threw for her owner, Mr. E. A. Wiener, 

 the best dog since Bachelor's days, Brickbat 

 by name, who has had a most successful show 



