INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. 15 



In the first edition of this book, the opinion which is expressed 

 in the foregoing paragraph could only be supported by such 

 examples as had appeared in public up to that time. But during 

 the interval which has elapsed since its publication several grey- 

 hounds have lived and died, which confirm my belief still more 

 strongly. Mr. Randell's f Eiot ' is perhaps the most notable 

 example, and her great rival in the south, Mr. Long's ( David,' is 

 another almost equally strong, with whom may be coupled his son 

 ' Patent,' a great winner in every country. Both ' Riot ' and 

 4 David ' were fast enough for ' Altcar,' and though possibly not 

 quite possessed of the flying speed of Mr. Gregson's ( Neville,' or 

 Mr. C. Jardine's * Mocking Bird,' nothing slower would lead them 

 to the hare ; and it is not capable of demonstration that they could 

 have done so, as they never came together. Mr. Baxter's ' Romp- 

 ing Grirl ' might also be adduced as a case in point, but her stout- 

 ness was never so fairly tested on the Downs or at Newmarket or 

 Cardington, though she was a winner in Scotland in the spring, 

 where the trials are often nearly as severe as at the great southern 

 meetings. To these examples might fairly be added Mr. Purser's 

 f Prizeflower,' and her daughter (now Mr. Bland's), ' Pride of the 

 Village,' as well as Mr. Lister's ' Chloe,' winner of the Waterloo 

 and Altcar cups, and also running well at Ashdown in her puppy 

 season, when she went down to Lord Sefton's ' Sapphire 'in the 

 deciding course. This last-named bitch, together with her half- 

 sister ( Sampler,' possessed all the qualities I have adduced in a 

 high state of development ; and though the blue never shone to 

 advantage at Altcar, and her pace was not equal to that of the 



