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shire blood with the Scotch, Newmarket, and Wiltshire strains, 

 seen in the pedigree of his dam, has been the most successful 

 bitch over Altcar since the time of ' Cerito,' having won the 

 Waterloo Cup in 1863, and the Altcar Club Cup twice. 



6 Skyrocket,' though not coming up to ' Judge ' in getting 

 winners, has been very useful, and his daughter ' Sampler,' albeit 

 less lucky than e Chloe ' in winning the Waterloo Cup, has twice 

 narrowly missed that much-coveted prize, and would by many 

 good judges be considered the superior animal of the two. Lord 

 Sefton's dog has also got stouter stock than ' Judge,' some of them 

 being perfect gluttons, as for instance c Sweetbriar ' and c Sapphire.' 

 ' Senate,' bred by the late Earl of Sefton, has left his mark in the 

 kennel of the present lord, and in that of Mr. Jones, whose 

 'Junta' was by him; he was also sire of 'Wanton,' the dam of 

 ' David,' so that his name must not be omitted. Still it is to the 

 union of Mr. Borron's ' Beacon ' with Mr. Campbell's f Scotland 

 Yet,' that we must look for the great run of victories achieved 

 by ' Canaradzo,' ( Coorooran,' ' Sea Foam,' ' Sea Pink,' and 

 ' King Death ; ' and as ( Beacon ' can also claim to be the sire of 

 another Waterloo Cup winner in ' Eoaring Meg,' his fame is not 

 in that instance shared with Mr. Campbell's bitch. I must there- 

 fore offer his portrait as that of the most successful stallion in 

 Lancashire of late years, though only half of Lancashire blood, the 

 remainder being Scotch. 



There can be little doubt that the speed of the old Lancashire 

 greyhound was very great, perhaps even greater than that of our 

 modern dogs ; but if we look at the hind-quarters of ' Blacklock,' 



