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necessarily of a larger and more ferocious type; but as 

 the larger game became less numerous, the form, size, and 

 disposition of the greyhound was materially changed, 

 until to-day we have several varieties of the same species, 

 different countries having a greyhound best adapted to 

 the purpose for which they are made most useful to their 

 owners. 



The different varieties will be briefly considered, and 

 to prevent confusion a classification will be chosen that 

 will enable anyone to distinguish the variety to which 

 each belongs, and breeders and owners will do well to 

 adhere to this classification. 



We often hear mentioned the deer-hound, the stag- 

 hound, boar-hound, wolf-hound, and these terms can be 

 applied with equal propriety to the Scotch greyhound, 

 the large fox-hound, the Russian greyhound, or even the 

 Great Dane, and endless confusion is the result; and in 

 order to avoid any misunderstanding, I shall arrange 

 them in the following order: 



Scotch } I Persian 



English > Greyhound. -j Russian 

 Grecian ) ( Italian 



We have only included the best-known and well- 

 authenticated varieties, although there maybe other dogs, 

 bearing a resemblance to the greyhound, that are 

 used in hunting game by sight, as the French matin, 

 which, however, resembles the collie quite as closely as 

 the greyhound, and, in fact, is made useful as a herder. 

 Other varieties, as the Irish wolf-hound, so called, might 

 with propriety be included in the list; but they so closely 

 resemble the Scotch greyhound, and are so nearly extinct, 

 that they are hardly worthy of a separate classification. 



As to the origin of the name greyhound, very little has 

 been definitely learned. Some authors claim that the name 

 was derived from Grsecus (Greek hound), while others 



