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bouglit a dozen mares and stallions at all prices from 

 <£40 to £200 on the spot, for England and the Con- 

 tinent. Among the four or five greatest breeders of 

 Clydesdales are Mr. Samuel Clark of Manswrae, 

 Kilbarchan, and Mr. Peter Crauford of Dumgoyack, 

 Strathblane. The latter had Black Leg, and sold him 

 at £500, the greatest price that was ever given for a 

 Clydesdale stallion in Scotland. 



From Glasgow we started for Capellie near Barr- 

 head, to see Mr. A. Graham. We had a long climb 

 after " The Emperor of Coursers" over the Eereneze 

 range, and found him at last with Curds and Cream, 

 Analough, and General Bragg in the sheets, and the 

 smooth Editor and the rough Tassan in the slips. 

 Both of them strain back to Gilbettfield, who, 

 though rough himself, generally begot them smooth. 

 His own brindle was so peculiar, that, according to 

 the shade imparted to it by his condition, the judge, 

 on deciding for him, shouted "Brindle !" or "Blue /" 

 or " Grey /'^ It is now forty years since Mr. A. Gra- 

 ham began public coursing, and tv»^enty-seven since 

 he became the annual chairman at the Waterloo 

 dinner. Earming has made him indifPerent to 

 greyhound breeding and training, but not to the 

 business of the field. He is still there, as Mr. 

 Nightingale was wont to say of him in old days, 

 " with his eyes always open to make the most of the 

 game, and never wanting at the finish, so that I had 

 always some one to ride home Avith." 



We kept beating away over Capellie heights, with 



