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with the aged Hornpipe. The last-named had had a hard 

 time of it, having run an undecided with Banchory, and de- 

 feated Glenlivet, Death or Glory, Sut, and Leader. In the 

 .final, after a stififish course, the hat came off, and at the second 

 go a fresh hare crossed them and they separated ; so that, when 

 at last they were fairly off, the poor old bitch was spun out, 

 and, to add to her misfortunes, the hare favoured Snowflight 

 throughout the course. 



1 883. — Snowflight was within an ace of repeating her victory, 

 but it was snatched from her by Wild Mint, who had the luck 

 of the contest, and who is generally considered the worst 

 greyhound that ever won the trophy. 



In 1884 Mineral Water won, and the runner-up was that 

 good, game but unlucky greyhound Greentick, who made a 

 name for himself that seemed unapproachable until it was 

 rivalled by Herschel as a sire. Here again it was thought that 

 a bad dog had won \ but Mineral Water's subsequent perform- 

 ance in the Gosforth Gold Cup went far to remove that impres- 

 sion, though his defeat in the Waterloo Cup of 1885 was easily 

 brought about in the first ties. Here we had another division 

 when Bit of Fashion and Miss Glendyne were left in for the 

 final. These bitches represented one interest, though owned 

 respectively by Mr. E. Dent and Mr. C. Hibbert. Had they 

 run it off, it would have been, bar accidents, a very one-sided 

 affair, as Miss Glendyne was quite a class above her kennel- 

 companion, though the latter has subsequently been immorta- 

 lised as the dam of FuUerton. 



That Miss Glendyne was a really peerless bitch was proved 

 the next year (1886). In the summer she had the misfortune 

 to break a toe, and as the time approached for her preparation 

 it was found she was constantly falling lame. The late eminent 

 surgeon, Mr. Hutton, however, performed a most successful 

 operation,, and though the bitch was brought to the slips very 

 big and made a slovenly exhibition of herself in her first two 

 courses, she ran herself into condition and wound up with a 

 brilliant victory over the midget, Penelope II., who was even 



