THE MODERN GREYHOUND. 19 



displays the mastery of this branch of his business, in 

 which particular a slower dog will often excel an opponent 

 that has the foot of him in the stretches; but with this 

 working power, a facility in making short turns, speed 

 must be combined, or it stands to reason points could not 

 be made, except on a comparatively weak hare. It is, 

 therefore, important that the conformation of the dog 

 should be such as to combine speed with a strength and 

 suppleness that will, as far as possible, enable him to 

 control and guide the velocity with which he is moving, 

 as his quick eye sees the game swerve or turn to one side 

 or another. 



As the death of the hare when it is a kill of merit 

 that is, when accomplished by superior speed and clever- 

 ness, and not by the accident of the foremost dog turning 

 the hare, as it were, into the killer's mouth is a con- 

 sideration in reckoning up the total of good points made, 

 it is important that the dog should be formed to do this, 

 picking up and bearing the hare in his stride, and not 

 stopping to worry her as a terrier would a rat; and here 

 many points come in which should be narrowly scanned 

 and compared in the show ring, but too often are not, 

 and these I will allude to in going over the several 

 points. 



In addition, there are other requirements for which the 

 dog must possess qualities to make him successful in the 

 field and give him a right to a prizfe in the show ring, 

 and which will be noticed in detail. A good idea of a 

 course, with the gallant efforts of pursuer and pursued, is 

 given in the following lines from Ovid, translated by 

 Drydon : 



