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dog had done a few years before, fairly spread- 

 eagled all comers, and ultimately divided with his 

 kennel companion Troughend. In 1890 Fullerton 

 won outright; he did likewise in 1891, and being 

 kept back for the following season's Waterloo, not- 

 withstanding an indifferent trial that he had run in 

 public, started once more a warm favourite and 

 •eventually won his fourth great victory. 



But Fullerton's historical career was not yet 

 ended. Placed at stud his list was speedily filled at 

 the unprecedented fee of forty guineas, his world- 

 wide reputation being indicated from the fact that 

 several nominations were received by cablegram 

 from the United States. He failed as a sire, so 

 was again put in training and reserved to appear 

 ■once more on Altcar's plain for the Waterloo Cup in 

 1893. N^ greyhound of his age, which was now six 

 years, by those best able to judge was considered to 

 liave the remotest chance of running through such 

 a stake without defeat. Still Fullerton was so 

 popular with the public that he again started a very 

 great favourite. How he struggled through his first 

 course and was beaten in his second by Mr P. B. 

 Keating's Full Captain — running in the nomination 

 of Captain M'Calmont — is now a matter of history, 

 and so, almost ignominiously, did the great grey- 

 hound close his career on the coursing field. He 



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