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exception of Mr. Thompson's, whose ' Truth ' was remarkable for 

 stoutness, as is perhaps her sister 'Tirzah,' but it is common 

 enough among the local coursers who patronise the north-country 

 meetings. 



SUMMARY. 



SUCH are the chief varieties from which the public greyhound of 

 the present day is descended ; for, as I before remarked, very few 

 are left in their original purity. Since the death of * Judge ' no 

 Lancashire sire of any note has remained, * Skyrocket,' and indeed 

 all of Lord Sef ton's breeding, being more or less crossed with Scotch 

 or Newmarket strains. It is useless therefore to make a selection 

 from these five breeds, as they cannot be said to exist, and the young 

 public courser must now look to individuals, or at all events to 

 particular kennels. Taking public running as a guide, there can 

 be no doubt that ' Bedlamite ' has been the most fortunate in getting 

 winners, and his descendants should therefore be chosen, taking 

 care that his good qualities are not neutralised by crosses with 

 inferior blood. But with the exception of ' Jacobite ' (also dead), 

 none of his sons seem to have done much service at the stud 

 6 Banter,' ' Gipsy Prince,' ' The Wizard, ' Black Adder,' and ' Black 

 Eagle,' having been put to many excellent bitches without getting 

 anything of very superior form. His blood is perpetuated however 

 in the following public stallions, either on the dam's side or on that 

 of the sire's, viz. < Cardinal York,' 'Picton,' < The Wizard,' 



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