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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, who was bred by Mr. Charles 

 Galway, of Waterford, 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. 



Master 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 BroAvnlow House, near Lurgan in 

 December, 1871. So popular were the victories of 

 the great Irish dog with the people generally, that it 

 was said the advent of another Master McGrath 

 Avould do more to suppress sedition in Ireland than 

 any Land Act or Home Rule Bill any Government 

 might offer. This celebrated greyhound was black, 

 with a few white marks on him ; he weighed only 

 541b., and, as already stated, was considered to be 

 actually invincible in the work that he had done. 



