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Feet. Roundish, with the toes well sprung, the claws strong, and the pad, or 

 sole, compact and hard. 



Tail. Long, usually fine, and nicely curved. 



Coat and Colour. Coat fine, thick, and close, and colour clear. 



Experience has proved that for breeding purposes a medium- 

 sized bitch is preferable to a large one, so long as she be well bred. 

 Unless she possesses blood, it is useless expecting first-class stock, 

 even though she be mated ever so carefully. The family tree upon 

 both sides must be carefully studied, together with the laws of pre- 

 potency and heredity. Then, and not till then, is a man likely to 



FIG. 32. GREYHOUND MANEY STARLIGHT. 



breed anything good, except by accident. And that nature occasion- 

 ally produces an accidental good sport in animals as well as in 

 vegetables is indisputable. 



The classes of Greyhounds seen at our shows vary very much 

 as to numbers. As a rule they are not well filled, and it is the 

 exception rather than the rule to find any coursing dog of merit 

 entered. Occasionally, however, this does occur, as in the case of 

 Maney Starlight (Fig. 32), a Greyhound that has rendered good 

 account of herself as a courser and as a show-bench winner. As in 

 the case of sporting field dogs, a dog cannot be fitted for both work 

 and ornament at one and the same time. Dr. Salter has frequently 



