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and long thighs, he could get fast to his hare, it is scarcely possible 

 for such a conformation to enable a dog to ' go on,' nor should I 

 expect it with such a tall weak form as he is shown to have 

 possessed. Besides this, his muscular development must have 

 been generally low, since he only weighed 53 ]bs., though stand- 

 ing 26 inches high, whilst ' Mocking Bird,' standing very little, if 

 at all, higher, and a bitch, weighed more than 60 Ibs. I have 

 seen a very fast son of his, of the same shape too, burst himself, 

 and reduce his pace to a canter, in little more than three hundred 

 yards. ' Senate ' and ' Oliver Twist,' when united with ' Emperor,' 

 ' Streamer,' or ' Bachelor ' blood, and more especially when good 

 Newmarket strains have been superimposed, seem to have been 

 useful. To the former class belongs ' Judge,' while in the latter 

 may be included the greater part of Lord Sefton's kennel, ' Eiot,' 

 ' David,' and ' Jacobite,' cum multis aliis. But to e Bugle,' and 

 his sister c Stave,' in combination with ' Streamer,' most of the 

 best Lancashire greyhounds of the present day may be traced; 

 and from this source come ' Beacon ' and ' Blackcloud,' to which 

 dogs I have already alluded. On the other hand, ' Senate ' when 

 put to bitches of strains not remarkable for true running has 

 done no good, and the best running dog thus bred, Mr. Jones's 

 * Junta,' has proved to be a source of great mischief, which not 

 even the care and judgment of Amos Ogden has been able to 

 neutralise. 



THE SCOTCH Greyhound was brought to great perfection by Dr. 

 Brown, ' LoixT Eglinton, Mr. A. Graham, Mr. Sharpe, Sir Jas. 

 Boswell, Mr. Wilson, Mr. Jardine, and Mr. Gibson. It can 



