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And more recent legislation, affording hares a certain 

 close time, during which they are not to be sold, 

 may be the means of reviving some meetings that 

 had already become defunct. 



The greyhound as a '' show dog " is a failure, 

 rather than otherwise. With few exceptions, the 

 best animals in the field have not possessed that 

 beautiful shape and elegance of contour that is 

 attractive in the ring. Master McGrath was as ugly 

 a dog to look at, from this point of view, as could be 

 imagined ; Fullerton is better, but his appearance is 

 by no means taking. Mr. J. H. Salter has had one 

 or two good dogs in the field that could win on the 

 bench, though Mr. T. Ashton's Jenny Jones was, 

 perhaps, the most notable exception to the general 

 rule, she having been so consistent a performer as 

 to be heavily backed for the Waterloo Cup of 1888. 

 This, however, she failed to win, though running 

 into the last four, when she was beaten by 

 Herschel, a dog of great reputation in the field, and, 

 later, at stud. As a bench bitch she was about as 

 good as anything of her day, which has been proved 

 under many good judges. She died in 1894. In 

 December, 1891, Mr. H. T. Clarke, of Abingdon, 

 made what I fancy is a record, for his black dog, 

 Carhampton, then over three years old, won second 

 prize at Birmingham show, and the following week 



