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Cup is, as a matter of fact, to select out of a pack 

 of sixty-four dogs that one which will in the end 

 be declared victor, and it is assuredly no easy 

 task even to persons who are familiar with the 

 previous performances of the animals. In dog 

 races as in horse races, the favourite sometimes 

 wins — and the Waterloo Cup has been taken 

 more than once by the same animal — the winner 

 on the second occasion starting at pretty short 

 odds. Master McGrath, a dog belonging to the 

 late Lord Lurgan, won the Cup three times, whilst 

 the successes of Fullerton have been recently 

 chronicled. 



It is impossible to tell what may happen to 

 dogs in such a struggle as the Waterloo Cup. 

 Some which have previously shown good form in 

 other coursing matches, even on the same ground, 

 prove worthless while the battle of Waterloo is 

 being fought, going down before, perhaps, a foe 

 of no fame in the very first round. Even the 

 very best greyhound must have good fortune on 

 its side to achieve such a victory ; it must, too, 

 be in the best of health, it must get well away 

 from slips, and be slipped against a lively hare, 

 and then it must do all it knows to beat its 

 opponent. A judge is appointed at all coursing 

 meetings in order to decide which is the best dog 

 in every pair that is slipped. He judges after 

 a given fashion by awarding to the runners the 

 " points " which they make, the dog which makes 

 the greatest number being declared the winner 

 of the course. 



To those who are not " up " in the mysteries ot 

 coursing a brief explanation of the mode of judg- 

 ing may be given. Great powers are invested 



