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obtained witliout a corrcspouding increase in the diameter in front 

 of those organs, there will be no attendant disadvantage, as the 

 intellectual faculties no doubt reside in the anterior part of the 

 brain. The best average measurement opposite the ear in 

 dogs of full size is about 15 inches, and for bitches, 14 or 14|. 

 The jaw should be very lean, and diminishing suddenly from 

 tlie head, not gradually falling off in one uniform line. The 

 teeth are of great importance, as, unless they are strong and good, 

 the hare cannot be seized and held. They should be white, 

 strong, and regular, showing strength of constitution, as well as 

 being useful in the course. As a rule, the incisor teeth meet 

 each other, but some dogs are underhung like the bulldog, and 

 others the reverse like the pig ; that is to say, one or other set of 

 teeth overlaps those above or below, as the case may be. The 

 former is not of much consequence unless very much marked, 

 when it diminishes the chance of holding the hare ; but the 

 latter is certainly prejudicial, and a " pig-jawed ^' greyhound 

 should never be selected, though I have known one or two good 

 killers with this formation. The eye should be bright and toler- 

 ably full, the colour varying with that of the coat. The ears are 

 generally recommended to be soft and falling, and pricked ears 

 are despised, as being terrier-like, but some good breeds possess 

 them, nevertheless, probably deriving them from the bulldog. I 

 cannot, therefore, lay any great stress upon this point in the 

 formation of the head. 



The NECK also, though compared to that of a drake, is a long 

 way from being as thin, but, nevertheless, it may be said that it 



