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without the power of stooping being sufficiently marked. There 

 is a general air of high breeding and more delicacy of constitution 

 than is always pleasant. These dogs are magnificent in going up 

 to their hare, and have a peculiar style of coming round when she 

 turns, seldom attempting to stop themselves after a rush, which is 

 often wilder than suits their owner's taste, but running as small a 

 circle as they can contrive to turn in, and thus preserving their 

 impetus for the next rush. By this style of running they appear 

 to run out in their turns, but they are able to make magnificent go- 

 byes, and thus often win their courses by a first turn, one or two go- 

 byes and a kill, to equalise which their competitor must make ten 

 or a dozen wrenches and turns. This style of running, however, 

 requires the highest condition, since it is tremendously fatiguing 

 to the dog, and this perhaps induces him sometimes to let his 

 antagonist do a little too much in the middle of the course, by 

 which he cuts his own throat ; but when in prime order, a first- 

 rater of this breed just out of the slips is indeed a noble sight 

 to look upon. 



Until the year 1842, there has been great difficulty in procuring 

 the best Newmarket blood, which was carefully kept to the 

 kennels of Lord Stradbrooke, Mr. Fyson, Captain Daintree, and a 

 select few ; but since the time of ' King Cob ' and e Fantail,' which 

 were then thrown open to the world by Captain Daintree, we 

 have had the following stallions at command, of pure Newmarket 

 blood, viz. ' Foremost,' ( Figaro,' ( David Deans,' ' Mawworm,' 

 ' Maxse,' f Sherwood,' e Brutus,' ' Kentish Fire,' ' Kotzebue,' 

 1 Locomotive,' 'Sam,' 'Field Marshal,' < Esquire ' and < Ex- 

 chequer, 1 ' Miles,' < Mercury,' ' Damson,' and ' Bourdeaux.' I 



