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   “Smart Brigade" was a greyhound pup owned by Mr Richard Gorman, Charles St. Midleton...”

   

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   The twelfth Cup of Cork was 1928
   And how it came home I am going to relate,
   And tell of a sportsman who was never afraid,
   To walk to the slips with his dog Smart Brigade.

   Now of this great Cup there's a lot to be said,
   'Tis for thirty-two dogs at a fiver a head
   'Tis open to all to send up their best
   There's barring on none from the east or the west
   From the North or the South let them come as they may.
   'Tis as true as its (?) old every dog has his day.
   But when all were assembled and the odds had been laid
   We challenged the field with the bold Smart Brigade

   Now Carbery's Chieftain who came from the west
   Was the first dog to get what we gave to the the rest.
   Stout dog that he is, nor lacking in speed
   But still we got there with three lengths of a lead
   And Quirit (?) was famous last year as a pup -
   This year, to his credit won the Tipperary Cup
   But we were not long when we marked his bill paid
   And he got his receipt from the bold Smart Brigade

   But the fight is not over there's a long way to go,
   And good dogs are standing to make a brave show,
   Ocean Border and Porthos were the pride of the City,

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