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iron ones, lined with felt and wood, but thej were 

 too cold in winter and too hot in summer. 



Three black pensioners. Black Flag, his sister Black 

 Belle, and Bold Enterprise, were in the first one. Old 

 grey-faced Black Flag won the Puppy Stakes at Ly- 

 tham, and was great on every ground. He was a cotem- 

 porary of Black Cloud, Skyrocket, and Beacon, and 

 is by Blue Light out of Wicked Eye, and one of the 

 only litter of hers that ever did any good. Four of 

 them died of distemper, and only Black Flag and 

 Black Belle were left. Bold Enterprise by Beacon 

 out of Judy (sister to Judge) is a lofty sort of dog, 

 and carries his head well up. He was very good for 

 the flats of Lancashire, but, like The Judge blood, 

 failed at a hill. Mr. Borron bought Judy on purpose 

 to put to Beacon, as there was a great deal of the 

 Streamer blood in Judge, and he wanted to unite it 

 again with the Bugle. Bold Enterprise shows his 

 teeth, and is as savage as a tiger. In his running 

 days they dare not keep him with the other dogs, as 

 he was a complete lunatic; and the grave of Ivy, 

 near the flower border, proclaims his latest victim. 

 His victories have been varied ; he once beat Cana- 

 radzo at Southport, and he killed a terrier, although 

 he was muzzled. His sister Bit of Lace was away at 

 Glasgow, and so was Billet Loux, both of them fast, 

 and known at Altcar in their day. Mr. Borron is 

 crossing the blood carefully, and has some saplings 

 by Bloody Heart (brother to Bold Enterprise) out of 

 Black Belle. Thus Black Belle is put to Bloody 



