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Domesticated Animals. 



as much by scent as by sight. The Lurcher is probably derived 

 from a cross between the Deerhound and the old Talbot Hound. 



The English Greyhound is represented by ' Fullerton ' (fig. IG), a 

 Dog, born in 1H88, who was winner of the Waterloo Cup in 1889, 

 1890, 1891 and 1892. He was bred by Mr. J. Dent, and sold as a 

 pup for 850 guineas to Col. North. The skin and skeleton were 

 presented by Sir W. J. Ingram, Bart., in 1899, the year in whicli this 

 famous Dog died. ' Fullerton ' is considered to have been the best 



Fig. 16. — English Gkeyhound ' Fullkkton." 



Greyhound ever bred. The breed is also represented by the head 

 and skeleton of 'Champion Fairy,' a female which died in May, 1903. 

 These specimens were presented by Mr. J. J. Holgate, the breeder, 

 in 1903. The collection also includes the skeleton of a so-called 

 Australian Greyhound, this being merely the English breed accli- 

 matised in Australia. The Italian Greyhound is at pi'esent represented 

 only by the skull of 'Cato,' presented by Miss H. M. Mackenzie 

 in 1!)02. Here may be placed the Hairless Dogs, of wliich an 

 English-bred specimen, presented by Mrs. Whitbrejid in 1903, is 

 exhibited. 



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