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of the Lowe dogs sent to California has also over- 

 topped in breeding quality the Herschel and other 

 later fashions. In fact, it is high praise for the 

 early importations in various parts of the country 

 that they have held their own in competition with 

 the latest. For example, the winner of the Amer- 

 ican Waterloo Cup in 1901, Monsoon, had for a 

 sire Caliph, a dog descended from Mr. Lowe's 

 Lord Neversettle-White Lips cross, and his dam 

 was by Mulcaster's Jim o' the Hill out of the 

 same breeder's Scandal. The winner of the cup 

 in 1902 was by Emin Pasha, and his dam was 

 Fair Helen by Mulcaster's Dover out of his 

 Gilda. The runner-up, Tiburon, was by the 

 Lowe dog. Pretender, and his dam by Mr. Wat- 

 son's old black. Royal Crest, by Greentick. The 

 best dog in the stake was Sacramento Boy, a win- 

 ner of nineteen stakes in California and of over 

 four thousand dollars in money. This dog was by 

 Winged Foot, he by Mulcaster's Jim o' the Hill 

 out of Carmen, also bred by Mulcaster. Since 

 these dogs won against products of the choicest 

 and latest breeding, the only inference is that the 

 dogs brought over by Lowe, Watson, and others 

 fifteen years ago were as well bred and as good 

 as those now existing in the best English ken- 

 nels. 



Coursing lends itself particularly well to bet- 

 ting, but outside of San Francisco the betting 



