228 KENNELS AND KENNEL ^lANAGEMENT. 



directly it falls, and the former should be built exteriorly of brick 

 cemented at least a foot from the ground, M^th board partitions 

 between them. A window should be in each, which is capable of 

 being opened, and the ventilation should be secured by the plan 

 introduced b}^ Mr. Muir, whose address is 11, Ducie Street, 

 Exchange, Manchester. This always secures a down- current as 

 well as an up-current, so that there is little or no necessity for 

 having the door open except for cleanliness, but in very windy 

 weather the ventilation on the side of the wind should be closed, 

 or the down-draught will be enough to chdl the greyhounds. As 

 these kennels are to be paved with a non-porous material, the soil 

 is not of much consequence, but the situation should be dry and 

 healthy, and the shade of a large tree is to be obtained if possible. 

 The kennel nianagement of the greyhound consists in little more 

 than the adoj)tion of cleanliness, which should be of the most 

 scrupulous kind, together Mith regular feeding. Water is by some 

 people constantly left for them to get at, but others object to it for 

 dogs in training, and thej'- then only give it with the food. My 

 own opinion is decidedly in favour of the constant supply, as it is 

 impossible to prevent these animals from getting to it when at 

 exercise ; and I am sure that, when they are kept from it in-doors, 

 they take too much while they are out. On the contrary, if it is 

 regularly supplied to them, they take very little, and are quite 

 careless about it at all times. The dressiuj? and manaorement of 

 the feet form a part of the training of the greyhound, and will be 

 treated of under the head of Coursing. 



