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a trifle faster than Coodareena. It was a sad sight 

 for Jock and his master, as she lay with the hare 

 beside her, her eyeballs starting out of her head, 

 and her mouth full of grass. There were still a fourth 

 and a fifth litter by Beacon from the old bitch, who 

 never trusted her progeny to wet nurses. The first 

 was a very early one, and out of it nothing, save 

 Mr. Gibson^s Ivy, and Jeannie's Bawbee (sold for 

 £45 at five months), were worth their keep ; and the 

 last pupping scene of all culminated in a heap of five 

 dead ones. The old matron was a perfect wreck, 

 and soon after that she was put away, and buried 

 honourably in the garden ; and a veterinary surgeon 

 in Kilmarnock, stimulated by the account of the 

 Eclipse and Elcho skeletons, begged Mr. Campbell 

 for her bones in vain. 



Canaradzo had not seen a hare for two seasons 

 past ; but he was quite emancipated, to the immense 

 improvement of his temper, from kennel control, and 

 seemed " always watching to get ben,'^ and specially 

 improving his opportunities at meal times. He is a 

 beautiful dog, especially in his ribs and the outline 

 of his back, and with his tail set on so well, A din- 

 ner, but more especially tea and toddy, derive an 

 additional zest, when you have a Waterloo Cup win- 

 ner stretched on the hearth-rug,^ dreaming of Will 

 Warner and the hares. He vv^ent by the name of 

 "Rector^^ but not a soul in the house could tell "the 

 reason why.^^ April 12th, 1858, was his birthday, and 

 his maiden essay was dividing the Biggar St. Leger 



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