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of King Cob's blood, the cross has done well, and from him are 

 descended in this way ' Motley,' 'Miss Hannah,' and their num- 

 berless sons and daughters, including those two first-class dogs 

 (father and son) ' David ' and ' Patent.' His portrait which 

 accompanies these remarks is a very good one, and shows the 

 exact shape and general character of ' Sam ' remarkably well. 



In the following generation ' Bedlamite ' was unapproachable, 

 eclipsing every Newmarket competitor in the successes of his 

 stock, and indeed being the fashionable stallion of his day, which 

 lasted longer than usual, as he lived to be eleven years old, and 

 got stock to the last. Oddly enough, he had two grandsires of the 

 name of ( King Cob,' one being the celebrated Newmarket dog, and 

 the other a Nottinghamshire-bred one. The litter to which he 

 belonged consisted of himself and five sisters, all first-rate runners 

 and great winners. ( Bedlamite ' ran only at Hornby. Ashdown 

 and Amesbury, running his first and last courses at the first place, 

 where he commenced by winning the Brough Cup (thirty-two 

 dogs) in December 1851, his sister 'Bedlam Bess ' being drawn 

 in his favour. He next won the Craven Stakes at Ashdown, after 

 which he was reserved for the Druid Cup in October 1852, where 

 he beat a lot of first-class dogs, including ' Motley,' ' Raven,' 

 6 Lady Dalton,' ' World's Fair,' and ' Merlin.' In the following 

 month, however, he was for the first and only time doomed to 

 defeat, but by no nameless hero, that first-class greyhound, 

 ( Larriston,' having the honour of this victory. ' Bedlamite,' had 

 not perhaps quite the flying speed of ' Figaro,' having been led by 

 ' Merlin ' at Amesbury, and by c Larriston ' at Hornby Park ; but 



