152 Modern Dogs. 



canine race which can lay claim to an ancient 

 lineage. 



Although a few years ago, an attempt for a 

 change was made by certain private companies, who 

 gave large prizes, and arranged stakes for which 

 the entry fee was ^50, and of whi:h more later on, 

 they did not shake the popularity of our great 

 coursing meeting, that known as the Waterloo, 

 and run over the flats of Altcar, not far from 

 Liverpool. 



No doubt this Waterloo gathering, which was 

 established in 1836, and has been continued yearly 

 ever since, is the most popular meeting of the 

 kind ever held the chief prize is now valued at 

 ^"500, the stake being made up of an entrance 

 fee of sixty-four subscribers at ^25 each. A 

 portion of the money goes to two minor stakes, 

 the " Plate " and the " Purse," competed for by dogs 

 beaten in the two early rounds of the Cup. It must 

 be stated, however, that during the first year the 

 Waterloo Cup was an eight-dog stake; in 1837 

 sixteen dogs ran, and from 1838 to 1856 thirty- 

 two dogs competed. From the latter date to now 

 the arrangements have been as they are at present. 

 Here, as a rule, the best dogs in England, Ireland, 

 and Scotland compete, and for an owner of grey- 

 hounds to win "the Cup" is an honour as high as 



