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GUEST,Guest, Big Tim Info on: Master McGrath (14) RE: Info on: Master McGrath 09 Mar 05

I hate to go to the dogs and split hares (!), but I read somewhere that the start is 80 yards. It not very "fair", as the dogs being much faster than the hares, soon close the gap.

This year's WC will be the last legal one, unless the law is changed.(Vote Tory!).

Where did "Rose" in the song come from? She wasn't one of the dogs beaten in the final in any of the Master's winning three years. Official results supplied by National Coursing Club are,

1868
Winner: Master McGrath. Runner-up: Cock Robin.

1869
Winner: Master McGrath. Runner-up: Bab-at-the-Bowster.

1870
Winner: Sea Cove. Runner-up: Bendimere.
(This was the year that the Master fell in the River Alt and got nearly drownded!).

1871
Winner: Master McGrath. Runner-up: Pretender.

So, was "Rose" one of those eliminated in an earlier round? Or, just an invention to symbolise, "England"? Since "Babs" is mentioned in the song, perhaps it was written after the 1869 event?

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