i5o COURSING 



Mr. Edward Dent, whose remarkable success as a breeder, 

 trainer, and courser is almost unprecedented, speaks as 

 follows : 



1 have many times stood alone at Altcar, placed where I 

 thought it best to be to pick up my dog, with none near me, but 

 I shall never forget the roar from the crowd when Fullerton drew 

 out for the finest kill I ever saw made in my life, and he also made a 

 point during this course ! which for quickness and sagacity I never 

 saw equalled. The following were remarkably fine performances, 

 and all intensely exciting" : 



Phoebus beating Gay City 

 Gay City beating Greater Scot 

 Greater Scot beating Gay City 

 Miss Glendyne beating Greater Scot 

 beating Penelope II. 



The greatest race I ever saw to the hare was at Haydock, 

 between Greentickand Nolan ; they ran neck and neck for at least 

 300 yards, and the former just shot out for the turn. Nolan never 

 got over it. 



When Princess Dagmar ran her first course at Newmarket, the 

 hare dropped dead inside the Jerusalem Covert, and her opponent 

 (Haford) died half a mile before reaching it. The bitch lay down 

 just outside, but notwithstanding this terrific gruelling, she came 

 out and won two more courses, and in the interval of three months 

 divided at Plumpton and won the Waterloo Cup. When she ran 

 at Newmarket she must have been very well and trained to the 

 hour. 



The longest course ever run in my time was between England 

 Yet and Bishop Juxton, this being the 'decider' for the Uffington 

 Cup at Ashdowr. 



We have already spoken of the course between Master 

 McGrath and Bab-at-the-Bowster in the Waterloo Cup of 1869. 



1 Mr. Dent omits to say which of Fullerton's numerous Waterloo 

 courses he refers to, but we presume it was the final for the Waterloo 

 Cup, 1891. Whatever the great dog lacked in killing power as a puppy, there 

 is no doubt that this weak spot in his performance was quite remedied 

 subsequently ; for during the campaigns of 1890-91 he was handy 

 enough with his teeth and made some remarkably fine kills. 



