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her place through missing an attempt to kill. She was soon in 

 possession again, and driving her hare before her two or 

 three times, picked it up when a decisive winner. 



Fortuna Favente, the runner-up, was also by Herschel, out 

 ■of Fair Future, and to Herschel also went first honours in the 

 Plate, won by Mr. Fletcher's Forum (out of Fine Sport), and 

 half the honours in the Purse, divided between Word of 

 Honour, by Herschel out of Watchful Duchess, and Fertile 

 Field, by Townend out of Honey Deer. 



1896. — The Waterloo Cup of 1896 was chiefly remarkable 

 for the fact that at last the coveted trophy was secured by the 

 Messrs. Fawcett, whose kennel had supplied the runners-up in 

 three of the five previous years. The Messrs. Fawcett have 

 during the last few years probably run more greyhounds than 

 any other owner or combination of owners, and as a rule 

 their efforts have been attended with great success. When 

 the two brothers first began to keep greyhounds in partnership, 

 they went to the public market for their dogs ; but almost 

 immediately they began to breed, and having the advantage 

 of good walks in Durham, Northumberland, and elsewhere, 

 they very quickly began to make a big mark in modern 

 coursing. For some years past they have been quite at the 

 top of the tree with their numerous ' double F's,' and it is 

 worthy of mention that as a general rule the greyhounds they 

 run have been bred by themselves, though they have occa- 

 sionally given high prices at the Barbican sales. They have 

 always gone for the big stakes, and have invariably been 

 represented at the most important fixtures, but with regard to 

 the Waterloo Cup their luck was extraordinarily bad, for 

 Faster and Faster ran up to Fullerton in 1891, FitzFife ran up 

 to Fullerton in 1892, and Fortuna Favente ran up to Thought- 

 less Beauty in 1895, Fertile Field also running up to Word of 

 Honour for the Purse in the same year. 



1896, however, saw the long delayed prize won at last, and 

 the victory must have been all the more welcome because 

 Fabulous Fortune proved himself to be far and away the 



