Greyhounds, 3 1 



with quite short tails, apparently an instiince of inheritance of an 

 acquired character. The one example of this breed in the collection 

 is the Champion female ' Fair Weather,' which was born in May, 1898, 

 and died in Auj^ust, 1907 ; her sire being *Sir James,' and her dam, 

 ' Birthday.' She was the most celebrated Sheep-dog of her time, 

 and the winner of a very large number of fii*st and special prizes, 

 cups, championships, etc. The specimen was presented by the 

 breeder and owner, Mrs. Fare Forse, in 190Z. 



p ... The name by which this breed is commonly known 



„ ' in England is corrupted from ' Colly,' which means 



„. _ black-faced, and was originally applied to Highland 



^ °' Sheep instead of to the Dog by which they are 

 tended. Collies of much the same type as the present rough-haired 

 breed were in use in the sixteenth century, and there is little doubt 

 that these Dogs are of a very ancient type. The Rough-coated Collie 

 is represented by ' Roy ' (sire ' Trentham Roy,' dam, ' Portington 

 Lassie '), who was born in October, 1896, and died in February, 1904. 

 The breeder was Mr. A. P. Attawell, and the specimen was presented 

 by Mr. F. Stephenson in 1905. 



fppvh t\ Greyhounds are built essentially for speed, and 

 "^ ' specially characterised by their habit of hunting 



by sight instead of by scent. Coursing existed as a sport in the 

 second century, and the Greyhounds of that period were probably not 

 very unlike the modern breed, although heavier. Greyhounds are 

 represented in Greek and Roman sculptures ; and Greyhound -like 

 Dogs were also known to the ancient Egyptians, by whom they were 

 employed in coui-sing, but whether they hunted by sight or by scent 

 cannot be determined. Some of these ancient Egyptian Hounds 

 resembled modern Greyhounds in general characters, although, 

 apparently with shorter legs, but others were more like Borzois, and 

 one (fig. 17) is identical with the Slughi, or Persian Greyhound. 

 Previously to the time of Queen Elizabeth Greyhounds seem to have 

 been larger and more powerful than the modern breed, showing some 

 approximation to Deerhounds, and being employed for hunting deer 

 as well as hares ; and it was only after they were used exclusively 

 for coursing hares that the modern type was developed. 



The Whippet is a smaller dog, apparently the product of a cross 

 between the Greyhound and a Terrier ; while the Italian Greyhound 

 is a diminutive breed. Nearly allied to the true Greyhound is the 

 hairy Persian Greyhound, which leads on to the Afghan Greyhound, the 

 Borzoi, or Russian Wolfhound, the Scotch Deerhound, and the modern 

 representative of the Irish Wolfhound, some of these breeds hunting 



