CONTENTS 

 PART IX 



CHAPTER XLIII PAGE 593 



THE HOUND FAMILY: Lieut.-Col. Hamilton Smith's researches Old 

 Egyptian and Assyrian representations Hunting hounds in 

 couples BufFon and the French Matin The origin of the name 

 of greyhound Harrier a general term for scenting hounds 

 Brach and its synonyms The beagle not the gazehound 

 Bloodhounds and limers The St. Huberts and their probable 

 connection with the Bassets. 



CHAPTER XLIV PAGE 603 



THE SCOTCH DEERHOUND: Taylor's description of red deer hunting in 

 the Highlands The Glengarry crosses Size not a requisite in 

 the deerhound Colonel Thayer's Chieftain and Wanda The 

 modern deerhound. 



CHAPTER XLV PAGE 609 



THE IRISH WOLFHOUND: Early illustrations lean to a smooth dog of 

 Great Dane type The Earl of Arundel's hound painted by 

 Rubens Similants to the mastin type painted by Snyders 

 Exaggerations regarding size Richardson's estimate exploded 

 The building up of the present breed and the adopted 

 standard. 



CHAPTER XLVI PAGE 617 



THE GREYHOUND: A product of breeding with a definite object The 

 breed name a very general English term for racing dogs of 

 various countries The small continental greyhounds Grey- 

 hounds Greyhounds in Queen Elizabeth's time Coursing 

 before the adoption of the Duke of Norfolk's rules Lord 

 Orford the promoter of modern coursing Sir Walter Scott's 

 love of the sport The greyhound in America Standard and 

 scale of points. 



CHAPTER XLVII PAGE 627 



THE WHIPPET: A product of the sporting tendencies of Yorkshire and 

 Lancashire workmen Teaching the whippet to race System 

 of handicapping Efforts to advance whippet racing. 



