46 COURSING 



season, and no fewer than thirty-five second season grey- 

 hounds; and it may be added that the last (bur left in the 

 Cup and the winner of the Plate were all in their second 

 season. 



Wild Night was drawn against Cissy Smith in the first 

 round, and she would have led a long way had she not 

 stumbled in the run up. As it was, she reached the hare well 

 clear, came nicely round with her, and after a short drive or 

 two put her into a sough, winning in very one-sided fashion. 

 Her second course with Bella Dobson was equally decisive, as 

 she led many lengths and ran straight into her game, thus 

 getting off very lightly in both efforts. In the third round she 

 met Faber Fortunae. Between the pair the issue was very 

 close, and Faber Fortunas would probably have won had he 

 not stumbled and lost his place at a critical point of the course. 

 As it was, he had the lead and the death to his credit, but 

 the bitch outw.orked him at close quarters in the middle of the 

 course, and just pulled through a clever winner, but with no 

 big balance to her credit. In the fourth round Wild Night 

 came against Under the Globe, who had won the Waterloo 

 Plate in the previous year. The pair were a grand match for 

 pace, but Under the Globe just secured the turn, having a 

 slight inside at the finish of the run up, but the bitch came 

 round more quickly than the dog, scored three or four times 

 with great celerity, and finishing with a smart kill, raised the 

 flag in her favour. On the last day of the meeting the four left 

 in were Ryde, Lang Syne, Wild Night and Chock ; and over- 

 night Wild Night was favourite for her course, as also indeed 

 favourite to win outright. Lang Syne beat Ryde for speed 

 with a straight-going hare, and Wild Night very decisively dis- 

 posed of Chock, whom she just led, but beat in hollow fashion 

 when it came to working. She had, in fact, about three-fourths 

 of the course to herself, Chock giving her little assistance 

 during the latter half of the trial. For the final course Lang 

 Syne went to slips very lame. The Duke of Leeds' dog had 

 been more or less lame all through the stake, and in conse- 

 quence he began slowly each time. After going a short dis- 



