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The Irish grey-hound is a remarkably fine animal, being four 

 feet in length and stoutly built. His hair is of a pale fawn color, 

 and much rougher than that of the smooth English grey -hound. 



The Scotch grey-hound is still rougher in its coat than its Irish 

 relative, but not so large a dog in make and is chiefly used in 

 coursing the hare. There is only one breed of this animal. 



The Persian grey-hound derives its origin from a source which 

 is hidden in the mists of antiquity. It is chiefly used to cope with 

 that swift and daring animal, the wild ass, the milder antelope, 

 and the more dangerous wild-boars. This dog crossed with the 

 Scotch deer-hound is used by many officers on our frontiers to run 

 down the antelope and black-tailed deer, and where could there 

 be a more magnificent coursing country than the vast plains of 

 the West } 



The Italian grey-hound is a little creature whose merit consists 

 in its diminutive proportions, and slender limbs. It is useless for 

 all purposes of sport. 



Judging points of the grey-hound, as given in the Fancier's 

 Gazette : 



Head long and narrow ; ears pendulous, or partly so, small, 

 and fine in substance ; eyes bright and full of fire ; jaw long and 

 muscular, lean in appearance, with a set of good teeth ; neck long, 

 muscular, with a slight inclination to arch, just sufficient to be per- 

 ceptible to an observer of symmetry, which gives to the head and 

 neck that graceful appearance hardly to be described. No throat- 

 iness or loose skin to appear ; shoulders should be oblique, slanting 

 back, with elbow straight from the shoulder ; fore-arm straight 

 and full of muscle ; lower leg round and strong, with nice moder- 

 ately round foot, slightly in-arched toes ; chest deep, with a pro- 

 portionate width ; back broad, deeply ribbed ; loin wide and full 

 of muscle ; hip full of muscle, and wide where loin and hip are set 

 together, with enormous well developed stifles ; well-bent strong 

 hock ; good round muscular lower leg, with good strong roundish 

 feet ; stern nicely set on, long and tapering, free from feathering ; 

 colors, many. 



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