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end of the stake was reached, there being four of 

 the nine entries that failed to meet their engagement. 

 The judges awarded the prizes as follows : First, 

 Mr. R. H. Wright's Hector II. ; second, Mr. E. 

 Brough's Barnaby ; third, Mr. W. J. Scott's Hebe 

 III. ; the fourth, of course, being withheld. There 

 was little to choose between the first two, for both 

 ran excellent trials, considering the unfavourable 

 surroundings, and afforded ample proof, even to the 

 incredulous, that the bloodhound will hunt a man 

 without even smelling any part of his person or 

 clothes until laid on the track of his footsteps. 



The second stake is of no account whatever, 

 being that already alluded to, where the men acting 

 as quarry had their shoe soles smeared with raw 

 horseflesh. It was, however, thought that three 

 competitors of the five entries would run well, so the 

 time was taken, and Koodoo, who did badly on the 

 " clean boot," now ran a brilliant course at a good 

 pace, going the distance, including a check behind 

 the wood, in five minutes. Hebe III. and Hector 

 II. both began well, but, losing the line at about 

 three-fourths the distance, failed to regain it, and 

 were called up. They were awarded equal seconds, 

 Mr. Knowles's Koodoo taking premier honours. 



So much for the bloodhound trials ; and now, 

 when writing in 1892, they appear to have been 



