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guineas. At the time I write this, not one of the 

 many bitches that went to him produced a puppy, 

 and so he was put into training again. It may be 

 mentioned as indicative of Fullerton's world- wide 

 reputation, that several of his services were secured 

 by cablegram for American bitches. 



There was another extraordinary dog, or rather 

 bitch, that flourished between the years 1867 1870, 

 by many good judges considered even superior to 

 Lord Lurgan's great dog; but she was not, though 

 her courses were run on a greater variety of ground 

 than were those of either of the " cracks" already 

 mentioned. Both were, it may be said, "bottled" 

 up for the great meetings. But Mr. Blanchard's red 

 or fawn bitch Bab at the Bowster, by Boanerges- 

 Mischief, when brought out she in reality went as 

 well at Altcar as she did at the Scottish National, 

 where she won the Douglas Cup on two occasions. 

 She also ran second for the Waterloo Cup, 1 won the 

 Great Scarisbrick Cup twice, and during the three 

 years she was to the fore won sixty-two courses and 

 lost but five. " Bab " was a neat, handsome animal, 

 weight, 47lb., and though perhaps not quite as 

 speedy as Fullerton and Master McGrath, she 

 was quite their equal in cleverness, and well 

 deserves her place here, for no other greyhound 

 ever won so many courses in public. One cele- 



