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Jacobite and Forest Queen litter, so well known in 

 Walshes Calendar. The Cardinal was " a fine steady- 

 working dog, a sticker, and. with a great share of 

 pace/^ There was very little affinity in look between 

 him and Picton, who has less length, and ran a few 

 pounds lighter. They had a very strong trial once, 

 when The Cardinal stayed the longest, but did not 

 show such speed. Jacobite their sire was '' a little 

 shabby sort of a dog, who commanded and met his 

 hares at the turn. He had great pace for his size, 

 and, like his sire Bedlamite, he was rather impetuous. 

 He was the best puppy in England ; and then he 

 began to rush and run as wild as a deer.^^ On his 

 dam^s side he inherited the rough-tailed Violence 

 blood, which goes back to Mr. Fox^s Fairy. The 

 sort were very fast, and therefore just suited the Duke 

 of Gordon. 



Two white greyhounds in stone guard Mr. Borron^s 

 avenue. He is of an old Lancashire family, and the 

 blue greyhound on his shield, quartered with the 

 lamb and banner, is inherited from General Brad- 

 dock, who fell on the British side in the War of In- 

 dependence. Coursing has been with him a life- 

 long passion ; at nineteen his name was in the Altcar 

 and Ridgway lists, and more than thirty years ago 

 he brought down greyhounds to Scotland, starting at 

 4 o'clock a.^m. on the mail. His first good stake was 

 won at the Lanarkshire and Renfrewshire Club, then 

 held at Pollok. At Lytham and Altcar he has often 

 carried off a leading stake ; but in the Waterloo Cup, 



