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As a companion picture we now give the pedigree of Bab- 

 at-the-Bowster. There are many who consider this bitch the 

 best greyhound of all time, though her actual achievements do 

 not equal those of her great opponent. True she won more 

 courses — viz. sixty-two — but five times the flag went against 

 her ; nevertheless she stands out from all others of her sex, 

 and her gameness and stamina were wonderful. To have won 

 such big events as the Scarisbrick Cup and the Douglas Cup 

 two years in succession is a mighty record. Her merit in this 

 respect is to be expected by students of running blood, as she 

 is closely connected with the Scotland Yet strain through her 

 sire Boanerges, son of Canaradzo, and through her paternal 

 grandam Baffle. She goes back to King Cob, and is very 

 much inbred to that pillar of the 'Stud Book' on her dam's side 

 through Figaro, whose name occurs three times in five genera- 

 tions. That Bab would have had her name enrolled in the 

 list of Waterloo Cup winners had she not chanced to live in 

 the days of McGrath is a moral certainty. 



We append a list of her winnings : — 



