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make his home in America. Mr. Lowe located 

 in Lawrence, Kansas, where he still lives. He 

 showed remarkable judgment in the selection of 

 his first breeding stock. The stud dog was Lord 

 Neversettle, a son of Jester. Neversettle was a 

 large dog, white with brindle markings. Of the 

 other sex Mr. Lowe chose White Lips, black-and- 

 white, a daughter of Hotspur, and Partera, a 

 brindle, bred, like Lord Neversettle, from the 

 Ptarmigan-Gallant Foe blood. White Lips be- 

 came the greatest producer that ever has lived or 

 probably ever will live in America. Partera was 

 a good second. Most of the progeny of White 

 Lips were either solid black or black-and-white; 

 those of Partera brindles or reds. For a number 

 of years the Lowe dogs almost made up the his- 

 tory of coursing as far as stated events were con- 

 cerned. They won important stakes from Texas 

 to Dakota and from St. Louis to San Francisco. 

 Perhaps the most noted, if not the best, was 

 Prince Charlie, the black-and-w^iite winner of the 

 International stake of 1893. As Mr. Lowe would 

 phrase it, Charlie was " extremely fast and remark- 

 ably clever." Another great black-and-white son 

 of White Lips was Boomerang, which Mr. Lowe 

 sold to the Bartelses, a family which took the lead 

 in coursing matters in Colorado. The most fa- 

 mous daughter of White Lips was Diana, owned 

 by Mr. Charles A. Robinson of St. Louis when 



