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stud purposes, as at a fee of forty guineas 

 his list was quickly filled. After his last 

 defeat in the Waterloo Cup, he retired into 

 private life at Eltham, where he remained 

 till the death of Colonel North, when he 

 was sent back to his old home in Northum- 

 berland, as a gift to Mr. Dent. On liis 

 death. FuUerton was presented to tlie 



Member's Cup, when he easily led and 

 defeated Flag of the Free ; he was then 

 again drawn. Amongst the six dogs that 

 he defeated in the Waterloo Cup was Hop- 

 rend, the winner of the Cup in the previous 

 year. He is a good-looking dog with great 

 muscular development behind. He is by 

 Patelev Bridge out of Forest Fairy, the 



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Natural History Museum, where he may 

 be seen, beautifully mounted by Mr. Ward. 

 The hero of the present time, however, is 

 Su- R. W. Buchanan-Jardine's celebrated 

 puppy Long Span, who ran so brilliantly 

 through the Waterloo Cup in February, 1907. 

 Previously to this he had run only one course 

 in public, and his trainer had experienced 

 great difficulty in getting him fit, owing to 

 the weather in Scotland having been so 

 severe. It is stated that Long Span not 

 having been sold at the Barbican when the 

 litter came under the hammer was after- 

 wards purchased by his present owner for 

 ninety guineas. Long Span was entered at 

 the first Altcar Club meeting, and. being 

 slightly amiss, he was drawn, but at the 

 second meeting he ran one course in the 



former out of Thoughtless Beauty, the 

 latter by Under the Globe, both of whom 

 have been high class performers on the leash. 

 It appears like descending from the 

 sublime to the ridiculous to mention the 

 Greyhound as a show dog, after the many 

 brilliant performances that have been re- 

 corded of him in the leash, but there are 

 many dogs elegant in outline with fine 

 muscular development that are to be seen 

 in the judging ring. Mr. George Raper's 

 Roasting Hot is one of the most prom- 

 inent winners of the day ; he is a fawn and 

 white, as handsome as a peacock and, 

 moreover, is a good dog in the field. On 

 one occasion after competing successfully 

 at the Kennel Club Show at the Crystal 

 Palace, he was taken to a coursing meetmg 



