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edition. From some cause or other, however, I have been unable 

 to obtain the photograph of 6 Scotland Yet ' from Mr. Campbell, 

 although I had understood from that gentleman, in answer to my 

 application, that it was at my service. This will account for the 

 omission of this world -renowned brood bitch, and also for the non- 

 substitution of another, as I depended upon the receipt of the 

 photograph till the last moment, when it was no longer possible 

 to replace it by another. The three sires I have selected were 

 without dispute the best of their day, ' Bedlamite ' being univer- 

 sally successful, ' David ' distancing every competitor in the south, 

 and ' Beacon ' in the north of England and Scotland. Of the two 

 bitches, ' Eiot ' stands unrivalled since the time of ' Mocking Bird ' 

 and ' Cerito,' with whom she never came in contact, and cannot 

 therefore be compared. c Chloe,' though not so generally suc- 

 cessful, was the winner of the Waterloo Cup, and over Altcar has 

 proved herself the best bitch since the time of ( Cerito.' These 

 five portraits, all of which are extremely faithfully rendered, may 

 therefore be considered as valuable additions to the previously 

 existing series, and as bringing it down to the present day. 



With these explanations of the nature of the additions to, and 

 alterations in, the present edition of 'The Greyhound,' I lay it 

 before the Coursing public, as a treatise on * The Greyhound in 

 1864,' in the hope that it may be received as favourably as its 

 predecessor. 



STONEHENGE. 



KENSINGTON SQUARE : 

 Oct. 1864. 



