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be noted. This was at the Brigg meeting, in the 

 Elsham Cup. Mr. Blanchard's bitch had a terrific 

 course when running a bye, and after the trial had 

 ended the hare got on to the railway Hne, and here 

 she was run along the hard and rough " permanent 

 way " for at least a mile before puss was killed. 

 Although Bab at the Bowster was much exhausted 

 when taken up, she divided the Cup next day. 

 Some of these Lincolnshire hares w^ere very strong, 

 and, like those of Stranraer, Ridgway, and a few 

 other places, often enough ran their pursuers to a 

 standstill. Very different from those at our 

 '' inclosed meetings " ! 



It will be seen from what has been written that 

 not one of this leash of celebrated greyhounds was 

 of exceptional size. The late Colonel North's dog 

 is the biggest of the lot. It is seldom indeed that 

 the over-sized dog, even one so big as Fullerton, is 

 good ; he may be fast enough, but, as a rule, is 

 awkward and ungainly when next the hare, and 

 cannot turn in such little space as the smaller dog, 

 who nicks in, keeps close on the scut of puss, and 

 wins the course. Still, here, as elsewhere, a good 

 big one will beat an equally good little one, the 

 difficulty being to find a good big one. At the 

 Altcar meeting in November, 1896, Mr. Leonard 

 Pilkington ran two puppies, between which there 



