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tance he warmed up to his work, and though the odds were 

 against him, he led Wild Night in the final course, after a 

 grand race between the pair in which each in turn, had shown 

 in advance. From the turn Wild Night came round more 

 smartly than her opponent, and put on a nice sequence before 

 the dog got in again. The latter ^ — who would have done better 

 with a straight-goirig hare — only exchanged points, then Wild 

 Night was there again, scoring very fast, and when she finished 

 the course with a clever kill, she had a large balance in her 

 favour. That she was lucky in meeting a lame dog in the final 

 cannot be disputed ; but her marvellous quickness in scoring 

 more than equalled his extra speed, and she would always beat 

 him except with a very straight-going hare, such as used to be 

 found when the enclosure system was at its zenith. 



Gallant, who won in the previous year, was this time put out 

 in the second round by a Falconer puppy named Peregrine 

 Pickle, who, after winning his first course, had coursed and 

 killed a second hare single-handed. Peregrine Pickle was far 

 too fast for old Gallant, now in his fourth season, but he was 

 picked up so hopelessly lame after winning the course that he 

 had to be drawn. Several competent judges expressed the 

 opinion that Peregrine Pickle was the best greyhound in the 

 stake. Wet Day, the kennel companion and full brother of 

 Wild Night, won three courses, and was then beaten by Lang 

 Syne, Five by Tricks failing to survive the first round, and he 

 had evidently lost his form. The purse was divided between 

 Mr. Russel's Real_ Turk and Mr. John Coke's Cissy Smith, 

 both puppies by Falconer, and the Plate went to Mr. D. 

 Graham's Genitive by Norway, who beat Silver Lace in the 

 final course after an undecided. It should be added that 

 Wild Night was nominated by Mr. Joseph Trevor of Lichfield, 

 a popular Midland courser, who has held a Waterloo nomina- 

 tion for very many years. It was Mr. Trevor's Lady of Lyons 

 (running for the late General Goodlake) who put out Master 

 McGrath as far back as 1870, and though he had never before 

 owned or named the winner, Downpour, who filled his nomi- 

 nation, ran up to FuUerton in 1890. 



