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cross, ‘“‘ Hecate,” a white bitch still presenting some slight charac- 
teristics of the bulldog breed, but by an ordinary observer this 
would be scarcely noticed. There is, however, a remarkable want 
of symmetry and true proportion in this bitch, which the portrait 
conveys exactly, : 
She was again put to “Preston,” a very fast dog belonging to 
her owner, and from them the produca was “Hecuba,” a large 
black bitch of good shape, and, as I before remarked, scarcely dis- 
gent ut 
UWELLS. 
“ Hecate,” * Second Cross from the Bulldog. 
tinguishable from the pure greyhound. She was very fast, but 
could not work very cleverly, and her staying powers were very 
limited indeed. 
Mr. Hanley sent her to the celebrated dog “‘ Bedlamite,” expect- 
ing in this fourth cross to have some good runners, but they were 
all remarkably deficient in stoutness, though fast as well as clever. 
One of them is represented at page 243, having run in public as 
“ Hysterics.” 
* From a daguerreotype in the possession of Hugh Hanley, Esq., Ist Life Guards, 
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