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then began at some private coursing days for half- 

 crown stakes with Dido, and inflamed his ardour 

 considerably by beating Wigan at Kirkconnel. 



This future stud hero was bred at Bank House, 

 near New Cumnock. Mr. Pagan had him as a pre- 

 sent from Mr. Heslop, and not caring for the respon- 

 sibility, and being deeply impressed by the Dido de- 

 feat, he arranged with Mr. Campbell to become his 

 confederate. It was settled that they were to share 

 the expenses and winnings, and that Jock (a Wig- 

 townshire man who used to lead the prize-bulls to 

 the ground, and helps still with the cows), aided by 

 Mr. Ivie Campbell, junior, were to combine their 

 forces, and train the brindled-and-white, who was 

 then in his second season^ and generally ran at 

 63 lbs. He was a sweet-tempered dog, but his two 

 preceptors had rather a tough job getting him fit. 

 When they did, he won the Douglas Cup twice in 

 succession at Biggar. As time went on, Mr. Green- 

 shield^s Veto (by Marquis of Douglases Dux out of 

 Tileside lass) arrived to Wigan, and Mr. Campbell 

 stipulated for two pups as the price of the wooing. 

 They were suckled and sent in due course; the dog 

 puppy turned out a complete idiot, and was handed 

 over to a local Calcraft, and the bitch was neither 

 more nor less than Scotland Yet, that kernel of all 

 Mr. Campbell's fame. Wigan just won £80 a-piece 

 for the confederates, and was sold some time after 

 for " a pony,'^ to a gentleman over the Border. He 

 left another great Scottish pledge behind him in 



