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cold than at other times, and aJso because their strange lodgings 

 are seldom so free from draughts as their regular kennels. The 

 clothing Is made In one sheet which covers them from the head 

 to the tail, but when in kennel the head and neck part is turned 

 back over the shoulders. The clothing is necessary to put on 

 when the dogs are carried out to the coursing-field, as they are 

 often kept standing about in the cold for hours. A waterproof 

 cloth Is of great service in wet weather. This clothing can 

 be obtained at almost any saddler's throughout the country. The 

 follomng summary will be useful in giving general directions 

 for training the greyhound. 



1. Give no more physic than just enough to freshen the 

 stomach, unless It Is wanted as a means of reduction. 



2. When used in this way try mild physic before giving 

 stronger. 



3. Give about three quarters of a pound of mutton or horse- 

 flesh daily, mixed with as little bread as will suffice for health. 

 The quantity of bread necessary may be known by the colour 

 of the faeces, which ought to continue of a good gingerbread 

 colour, and which become black, or nearly so, when the flesh is 

 overdone. 



4. Reduce the dog more by Increase of work and reduction of 

 food, than by physic. 



5. Give as much horse or other exercise as the stoutness of the 

 dog will enable him to bear, without overdoing him. 



6. Use plenty of friction. 



7. Feed from one to three o'clock on the day before running. 



