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Sketches at the Waterloo Cup Meeting, 1890. 'See the conquering hero comes; Fullerton; The man who bags the hares; Ellimans to the rescue; The deciding course@ On Wednesday. Feb. 19, and two days following, the annual meeting of the National Cup was held at Altcar, near Liverpool. The running for the Waterloo Cup was on the ground at the Gore House Carrs. The winner, in an exciting competition, was Colonel North's dog Fullerton, which last year divided this prize with Troughend, his kennel companion. In the final contest, between Fullerton and the bitch Downpour, entered by Mr. J. Trevor nd (Mr. N. Dunn), the running was very close and even, but the victory was decisive. Fullerton's first appearance when a puppy was at Haydock Park in September 1888. On that occasion he ran up to Greengage for the Haydock Derby, in which he beat many others. On December 15, 1888, at Mr. E. Dent's sale at Mr. Rymill s Repository, Barbican, he was sold to Colonel North for 850 guineas, but still he remained under Mr. Dent's charge, and was trained by him for the Waterloo Cup. Our Sketches on the course show Fullerton in all his glory'. From "Illustrated London News", 1890.