GROUP I. 

 Dogs that hunt their Game by sight, and kill. 



Including : 



/. Greyhound. 



2. Deerhound. 



3. Irish Wolfhound. 



4. Rough Scotch Grey- 



5. Lurcher. 



6. Whippet or Snap Dog. 

 j. Siberian Wolfhound. 



8. Persian Greyhound. 



hound. 



The whole of this group is included in Cuvier's first 

 division, "characterised by head more or less elongated, 

 parietal bones insensibly approaching each other, and 

 the condyles of the lower jaw placed in a horizontal 

 line with the upper molar teeth." The general form 

 is light and elegant, chest deep, with flank more or less 

 tucked up, long and strong back, and great length from 

 hip bone to hock joint ; the whole appearance giving the 

 impression of great swiftness, which is a distinguishing 

 property of the whole group, although not possessed in 

 an equal degree by each variety. All more or less 

 show the characteristics of the Canes celeres of the 

 ancients, and although not in every case running their 

 game strictly by sight, that is also a leading character- 

 istic of all. 



CHAPTER L THE GREYHOUND. 



BY CORSINCON. 



THE particular variety of Canes venatici grayii of which I propose to 

 treat, and which possesses an inherent right to occupy the highest place 

 in the group of dogs hunting by keenness of sight and fleetness of foot, 

 is the modern British greyhound. I say British, for the time has gone by 

 when we could speak of English, Scotch, or Irish greyhounds in any other 

 than the past tense; and the modern greyhound, the most elegant of the 



