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of Coomassie is not absolutely authenticated. With this doubt, 

 which we are not in a position to traverse, we shall not give 

 a tabulated pedigree, but shall reprint the following particu- 

 lars of this ' pocket edition ' from vol. 41 of the ' Coursing 

 Calendar.' Coomassie, a light fawn bitch, by Celebrated out of 

 Queen (whelped March 10, 1875), was bred by Mr. J. Cafley, 

 of Runham, near Yarmouth. The dam of Queen was Cottage 

 Girl by Monarch out of Nell, the property of Mr. Bulwer ; she 

 ran years ago at a local meeting near Yarmouth. Magic was 

 the property of Mr. Pollard, of Burgh St. Peter. The sire of 

 Celebrated was Mr. Allen's f. w. d. Albatross by Tullochgorum 

 (own brother to King Death) out of Cygnet by Brewer out of 

 Glimpse at Glory (an own sister to Gaudy Poll), and through 

 this Coomassie has the same excellent strain of blood as 

 Bed of Stone had. Gilderoy had this strain, as he was by 

 Crossfell out of Gaudy Poll. Queen was by Captain Dod's 

 r.w.d. Lord Derby by May Morning out of Lady Bathilde. 

 The dam of Celebrated was Mr. Cafley's Caribella by Magic 

 out of Regalia, Magic by Joe out of Topsy. 



The measurements of Coomassie, corrected by Mr. J. T. 

 Shaw, Northallerton, are appended. 



Coomassie 



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



head between eyes and eai's, 13 in. ; girth of snout, 7 in. ; distance 



between the eyes, 2 in. 

 Neck. — Length of joining on from head to shoulders 7| in. ; girth 



round neck, 13 in. 

 Back. — From neck to base of tail, 22^ in. ; length of tail, i6J^ in. 

 Hips. — Length of loin from junction of last rib to hipbone, 8J in. ; 



length from hipbone to socket of thigh-joint, "j^ in. 

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



from fetlock-joint to elbow-joint, 10^ in. ; from elbow-joint to 



shoulder-blade, \\\ in. ; thickness of the fore leg before the 



elbow, 6 in. 

 Hind leg. — From hock to stifle-joint, 10 in. ; from stifle to top of 



hipbone, \o\ in. ; girth of ham part of thigh, IS^in. ; thickness 



of second thigh below stifle, 7^ in. 



