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indeed, there is no disguising the fact that his neck was fairly 

 stretched, and at one time his opponent had won the course ; 

 but just failing to kill at the critical moment, the never to-be- 

 denied champion put in some of his finest work and pulled 

 through. The course was one of the most interesting that 

 the Cup contest has produced — which is saying a great deal — 

 and the enthusiasm at the result was unbounded. It is thus 

 technically described : — 



To a good slip Fullerton led nearly three lengths and 

 scored thrice ; but Rhymes shot up as the hare broke away 

 and rapidly put together a sequence of strong points and soon 

 had matters equalised ; he then made a bold attempt to kill 

 and just failed ; this let up Fullerton, who again scored twice, 

 but he was not left in possession long, as his opponent joined 

 in, and the hare taking them over some rough ground, quick 

 exchanges followed ; but at last the crack drew out, and 

 scoring twice, smartly picked up his hare, and won. 



His next victim was the puppy Patrick Blue, who had 

 previously disposed of Great Fly and Burlador in smart 

 fashion before being favoured by a bye through the withdrawal 

 of Pleasant Nancy, who was lame ; and though the white and 

 black actually got his head in front when nearing the hare, he 

 pecked and let up Fullerton, who flew the drain in grand style, 

 and got up quite two lengths to the good. The puppy now 

 crossed behind and managed to score a little one, but the 

 other soon clinched matters by spinning round him, wrenching, 

 and killing brilliantly. 



The following day Fullerton was due to meet Racecourse, 

 a very highly-fancied dog belonging to, and nominated by, 

 Mr. Russel ; but as he (Racecourse) had got away with a fresh 

 hare after [defeating a very smart puppy in Ivan the Great, and 

 had been run to a standstill, odds of 7 to i were laid on the 

 old dog, whilst 2 to i that he won outright was freely betted 

 by his supporters. The former odds were fully justified, for 

 whatever chance Racecourse may have possessed before the 

 mishap alluded to, he now failed to make any impression on 



