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RUSSIAN GREYHOUND.—Canis fumiliai 
frequently escape, even though several relays of Greyhounds have been provided to 
take up the running at different parts of the course, as soon as their predecessors are 
fatigued. 
For the ante lope the Greyhound would be no match, and is therefore assisted by the 
falcon, which is trained to settle on the head of the flying animal, and by flapping its 
wings in the poor creature's eyes, to prevent it from following a direct course, and thus to 
make it an easier prey to the Greyhound which is following in the track. Of this curious 
mixture of falconry and hunting the Persian nobles are passionately fond, and peril their 
lives in ravines, and among rocks that would quail the spirit of our boldest foxhunters. 
It is said that the Persian Greyhound is not the safest of allies, for if it should fail 
in its chase, it is reputed to turn its wasting energies upon its master, and to force him, 
Acton like, to seek his safety in flight ; or, more fortunate than his cornuted prototype, 
to rid himself of his dependents by a blow from his ready scimitar. The Persian 
Greyhound is said to be especially addicted to this vice when it is imported into India. 
This animal is rather slender in make, and its ears are “feathered” after the fashion 
of the Blenheim spaniel’s ears. Nevertheless, it is a powerful and bold creature, and can 
hold its own among any assemblage of Dogs of its own weight. 
A MORE UTTER contrast to the above-mentioned animal can hardly be imagined than 
that which is afforded by the ITALIAN GREYHOUND, a little creature whose merit consists 
in its diminutive proportions and its. slender lambs, Hotspur, leaning all breathless on 
