THE WATERLOO CUP 31 



very few of the greyhounds which took part in the Cup are 

 likely to be handed down to fame. Still the winner, Texture, 

 was always a sterling bitch, and she went through the stake in 

 good form, showing very fair speed, good working abilities, and 

 a consistent style of running. Nor can it be said that she had 

 a great deal of luck on her side, except that in the final course 

 she had much the best of the handicap with the puppy Falconer, 

 who when he went to slips was runniner his fourth course of 

 the morning. It should be mentioned here that coursing was 

 impossible on the Wednesday (Wednesday is always the first 

 day of running) on account of severe frost. On Wednesday 

 evening the weather changed, the frost quickly gave way, to be 

 followed, however, by a visitation of fog, and thus it happened 

 that the first brace of greyhounds were not slipped until after 

 two o'clock on the Thursday afternoon. The result of this 

 delay was that the first round of the Cup was not completed 

 on the first day of running, and that on the Saturday morning 

 eight dogs were left in the Cup, instead of the usual last day 

 complement of four. As a natural consequence the winner 

 and runner-up were obliged to go to slips three times, and 

 Falconer, in the fifth round, ran an undecided with Follow 

 Faster, so that when sent to slips with Texture for the final, he 

 had taken part in three previous courses. It should also be 

 added that all these four courses we e run off within a space of 

 not more than three hours, and this was a tremendous ordeal 

 for a puppy, especially when it is remembered that the ground 

 was rather heavy and holding — a natural result of the frost 

 earlier in the week. 



Pennegant was led and beaten in the first round by Grey 

 Crow, one of the many useful greyhounds who owed paternity 

 to Herschel and Raven, but Falconer and Free Kick each got 

 through the first round with credit, and Texture showed good 

 form in her defeat of Lady's Fan. Count Stroganoff's bitch 

 led three lengths to the hare ; and though she once lost her 

 position, she was quickly there again, and had won very easily 

 when Lady's Fan killed. In the second round Falconer ran a 



