DANISH DOG.—Canis familiaris. 
on account of its spotted hide, receives the rather ignoble title of Plam-Pudding Doe. The 
height of the animal is rather more than two feet. 
Ir ts hardly possible to conceive an animal whichis more entirely formed for speed and 
endurance than a well-bred GREYHOUND. — Its long slender legs, with their whipcord-like 
muscles, denote extreme length of stride and rapidity of movement ; its deep, broad chest, 
affording plenty of space for the play of large lings, shows that it is capable of long- 
continued exertion ; while its sharply pointed nose, snake-like neck, and slender, tapering 
tail, are so formed as to afford the least possible resistance to the air, through which the 
creature passes with such exceeding speed. 
The chief use—if use it can be termed—of the Greyhound, is in coursing the hare, 
and exhibiting in this chase its marvellous swiftness, and its endurance of fatigue. 
In actual speed, the Greyhound far surpasses the hare, so that, if the frightened chase 
were to run in astraight line, she would be soon snapped up by the swifter hounds. But 
the hare is a much smaller and lighter animal than her pursuer, and, being furnished with 
very short forelegs, is enabled to turn at an angle to her course without a check, while 
the heavier and longer imbed Greyhounds are carried far beyond their prey by their own 
impetus, before they can alter their course, and again make after the hare. 
On this principle, the whole of coursing depends ; the hare making short quick turns, 
and the Greyhounds making a large circuit every time that the hare changes her 
line. Two Greyhounds are sent after each hare, and matched against each other, for the 
purpose of trying their comparative strength and speed. Some hares are so crafty and 
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