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management of the adult, the young courser may hope also to 

 obtain some little practical insight into the arcana of the breeding 

 stud. I have already said that he has little chance of purchasing 

 a first-rate animal, and the only resource is to set to work and 

 breed one. But to do this requires great care in the selection of 

 the brood bitch, equal or greater care and knowledge in the choice 

 of a good cross for her, and some considerable time, trouble, and 

 expense in rearing their progeny. Much depends upon the 

 nature of the ground where you intend to enter your dogs ; but, 

 as I have already said, I believe there are some breeds which are 

 calculated to run well in all countries, though certainly better in 

 some than in others. Thus ' Mocking-Bird ' ran well at New- 

 market, at Amesbury, at Barton-on-Humber, and at Altcar ; ' Miss 

 Hannah ' also won the Great Western Cup, in Wiltshire, as well as 

 The Purse at Altcar, and by some is considered to have run even 

 better at the latter than the former place ; and ' Riot,' though 

 unfortunately never able to take part in the Waterloo Cup contests, 

 was equally good at Newmarket, Amesbury, and Altcar. The 

 same may be said of ' David,' and latterly the members of the 

 Altcar Club, including more especially the Earl of Sefton, have 

 been quite as successful in the south as in the north. Curiously 

 enough, however, his Lordship's most successful greyhound in the 

 south (' Sapphire ') is descended through her dam from ( King 

 Cob ' and 6 Foremost ; ' indeed, the ' King Cob ' and ' Foremost ' 

 blood seems to acquire fresh laurels in new districts every year. 

 Whether we examine the returns from Scotland or from Altcar, 

 from Wiltshire or Newmarket, an overwhelming proportion of the 



