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though for a time this blood seemed likely to rival that of 

 c Figaro ' and ' Foremost,' it has now nearly died out in the male 

 line ' Colchicum ' (son of e The Cure ' by f Lopez ') being the only 

 sire advertised in England, and ' Murder,' another son of that dog, 

 in Ireland. Mr. Price's e Patent ' is however descended from him on 

 the female side, as also is Mr. Lister's * Chloe,' the former being 

 a great grandson of ' Egypt,' and the latter a grand-daughter of 

 ( Lopez,' which two dogs were sons of ' Vraye Foy.' Add to these 

 the true Lancashire blood of ' Judge ' and ' Skyrocket,' and the 

 combination of Lancashire and Scotland in ' Beacon ' and c Black- 

 cloud,' and the list is nearly exhausted. 



It appears therefore that most of our best, or at all events of 

 our most fashionable, modern sires, are descended from 'King 

 Cob,' either through ' Figaro ' and ( Kentish Fire ' in the male 

 lines, or through ' Sam,' who was a grandson on the female side. 

 Next to these strains come the Scotch lines of 'Waterloo,' 

 ( Monarch ' and * Bowhill,' exhibited in ' Scotland Yet,' ' Beacon ' 

 and ' Blackcloud,' and in the descendants of ' Larriston ' through 

 6 Effort,' < The Brewer ' and ( Woodman.' The success of < Weapon,' 

 chiefly through ( Pugilist,' as shown in ( Belligerent' and ' Emilia,' 

 may also be attributed to the combination of ' Figaro ' and 

 'Waterloo' blood, 'Kuby,' the dam of 'Weapon,' being by 

 6 Moses,' brother to ' Waterloo.' Beyond the variously combined 

 strains of these dogs, it would be scarcely safe for the young 

 courser to go ; in proof of which it may be alleged that for some 

 years past no large stake has been won by a greyhound bred in any 

 other way. ' Judge ' and ' Beacon,' with the aid of 6 Skyrocket ' 



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