244 Modern Dogs. 



Mr. Russel's Red Rover and Rosary, who were 

 successful at the same gathering, had been included 

 in a London sale, and, not reaching their reserve of 

 thirty pounds, returned to their old kennels, where 

 they soon far more than paid for their keep. 



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 and Colonel North's great dogs ; 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 went in reality 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, won the Great Scaris- 

 brick Cup twice, and during the three years she was 

 to the fore had sixty-two courses to her credit and 

 losing but five. "Bab" was a handsome animal, 

 weight 471b., though perhaps not quite as speedy as 

 Fullerton and Master McGrath, was quite their 

 equal in cleverness, and well deserves her place 

 here, for no other greyhound won so many courses 

 in public. One celebrated performance of hers may 



