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puppy, in 1868, caused a great sensation. He was a 

 rather coarse animal in appearance, but he could 

 gallop faster than any dog he ever met, and was 

 extremely " handy" with his teeth, i.e., he usually 

 struck and held his hare after the first wrench or 

 two. Thus he invariably made his courses short, 

 while his subsequent opponents were consequently 

 handicapped by longer trials. This son of Dervock 

 and Lady Sarah ran unchallenged through the Cup 

 that year, and in 1869; in 1870 he was beaten by 

 Lady Lyons (Mr Trevor's, but running in Colonel 

 Goodlake's nomination). The following year he 

 succeeded in leading and beating every dog he 

 came against, and had the honour of winning three 

 Waterloo Cups out of four times trying a feat 

 which everyone thought would never be equalled. 

 McGrath was feted ; he was taken to Windsor and 

 introduced to the Queen, money would not buy him, 

 and he died quietly in his kennels, in Ireland, at 

 Brownlow House, near Lurgan. So popular were the 

 victories of the great Irish dog with the people 

 generally, that it was said that the advent of another 

 Master McGrath would do more to suppress sedition 

 in Ireland than any Land Act a Government might 

 offer. This celebrated greyhound was black, with a 

 few white marks on him ; he weighed only 54lb., 

 and, as already stated, was considered to be actually 



