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species is a matter for general regret, but such was the fact, and 

 his owner and trainer may well be excused for having run him 

 again when it was discovered that the great dog was of no use 

 as a sire. 



After his last appearance at Altcar, Fullerton was taken 

 back to Short Flatt Tower in Northumberland, where he had 

 always been trained by Mr. Edward Dent ; but his owner, the 

 late Colonel North, wished to have him at home, and so he 

 was removed to Avery Hill, near Eltham in Kent. He had 

 not been long located in his new quarters when he disappeared, 

 and though his loss was noised abroad all over the country, 

 nearly a week elapsed before he was found by a country post- 

 man. The old dog was in a pitiable condition, worn out for 

 want of food, footsore and weary, when he was happily restored 

 to Eltham, and it is on the cards that, after the manner of dogs 

 whose quarters are changed late in life, he had attempted in 

 vain to find his way back to Northumberland. 



It should be mentioned that in spite of his age Fullerton was 

 greatly fancied on the night of the draw, as were Fine Night and 

 FitzFife. This pair met in the second round, but the course 

 between them was unsatisfactory, FitzFife securing the verdict 

 after a very poor trial. Fine Night after showing pace from 

 slips tripped at a drain, and let up FitzFife, who twice slightly 

 moved his hare, and picked her up before Mr. Fletcher's bitch 

 joined issue. In the third round FitzFife fell against Wild 

 Hornet, and in a gruelling course of great seventy the bitch 

 rendered him very little assistance, Messrs. Fawcett's dog 

 winning all the way, though at the expense of a considerable 

 amount of stamina and condition. In the fourth round Fitz- 

 Fife came to slips rather badly cut, from having run a consider- 

 able distance along the road in his last course. He would have 

 been drawn, we believe, had he not been so heavily backed by 

 the public, bearing which fact in mind the Messrs. Fawcett let 

 him take his chance, and accordingly he was beaten by Button 

 Park. The trial was only a short one, and FitzFife made a 

 gallant effort to divert defeat, but his previous bad luck in 



