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career. It will be noted that his dam, Lady Sarah, was, like 

 Boreas (sire of Brigadier), inbred to King Cob, though in a 

 more distant degree. 



WINNINGS OF MASTER McGRATH 



Measurements of Master McGrath. 

 (Taken from the ' Coursing Calendar,' vol. xxi.) 



Head. — From tip of snout to joining on to neck, 9J in. ; girth of 

 headbetweeneyesandears,l4in. ; girthofsnout,7j^in. ; distance 

 between eyes, 2^ in. 



Neck. — Length from joining on of head to shoulders, 9 in. ; girth 

 round neck, 13I in. 



Back. — From neck to base of tail, 21 in. ; length of tail, 17 in. 



Intermediate points. — Length of loin from junction of last rib to hip- 

 bone, 8 in. ; length from hip-bone to socket of thigh-joint, 5 in. 



Fore leg. — From base of two middle nails to fetlock-joint, 2 in. ; 

 from fetlock-joint to elbow-joint, 12J in. ; from elbow-joint to 

 top of shoulder-blade, \i\ in. ; thickness of fore leg below the 

 elbow, 6 in. 



Hind leg. —From hock to stifle-joint, 9f in. ; from stifle-joint to top 

 of hip-bone, 12 in. ; girth of ham part of thigh, 14 in. ^thickness 

 of second thigh below stifle, 8^. 



Body. — Girth round depth of chest, 26^ in. ; girth round loins, 

 17I in. ; weight, 54 lbs. 



A Study of these particulars by those accustomed to grey- 

 hound measurement will show what a ' big little one ' McGrath 



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