I2 4 COURSING 



CHAPTER VII 



SOME CELEBRATED GREYHOUNDS OF THE PAST 



IN our resume of the Waterloo Cup we touched on the 

 winners in the early contests when the trophy was a thirty- 

 two dog stake ; and among the heroines of those days Cerito 

 is worthy of a niche in the Temple of Fame : she won no 

 fewer than three times viz. as a puppy in 1850, in 1852 and 

 1853. She was by Lingo out of Wanton. The next grey- 

 hound of mark that comes under notice is Senate, for his victory 

 of 1847 was repeated by his son Sackcloth in 1854 ; and here 

 we append a table of Waterloo winners whose progeny have 

 also been successful : 



Senate (1847) begat Sackcloth (1854) 

 Judge (1855) Clive 1 (1859) 



Maid of the Mill (i 860) 



Chloe(i86 3 ) 



Canaradzo (1861) begat King Death (1864) 

 Brigadier (1866) Honeymoon (1875) 

 Bit of Fashion (1885) 2 gave birth to Fullerton (1889-90) 3 



It will be seen that this is a very limited list, and the old 

 adage that ' like begets like ' is not borne out to a remarkable 

 extent ; however, there are many examples of dogs who have 

 run prominently in the Waterloo Cup shining as sires of abso- 

 lute winners j such, for instance, as Fusilier (sire of Muriel), 

 Greentick (sire of Fullerton and Troughend), and Macpherson 

 (sire of Greater Scot and Herschel). 



1 Divided with Selby. 2 Divided with Miss Glendyne. 



3 Fullerton won in 1891 and 1892, and during the next three years the 

 winners were by Herschel, who divided the Cup with Greater Scot. ED. 



