24 THE GREYHOUND. 



too slow, and certain to be " too clever by half." Looking 

 at the whole head, we see by the sloping in of the side 

 walls of the skull how the brain capacity is diminished, 

 and how the elongation and narrowing of head and jaws 

 have almost obliterated the olfactory organs, the internal 

 cavities becoming contracted, and presenting so much less 

 surface that the scenting powers are necessarily limited, 

 although it is a mistake to suppose that they are entirely 

 lost. This is just what we want in the Greyhound; he 

 must run by sight, never using his nose ; he must have 

 the brain developed where it shows courage, not intelli- 

 gence. When a Retriever has to puzzle out a lost bird 

 his nose and his intelligence are both put to the test, and 

 the higher the development the better the dog. And as 

 we find the intellectual faculties highest in those dogs with 

 most brain, so we select our Retrievers thus formed; but 

 as this would be a disadvantage in the Greyhound, which 

 we want to run honest and fair such as Justice Shallow 

 in the " Merry Wives of Windsor " describes : 



He is a good dog and a fair dog ; 



Can there be more said ? he is good and fair 



we select them without this intellectual development, by 

 use of which they would soon study the wiles and shifts 

 of "poor Wat," and, to save their wind and legs, "run 

 cunning " that is, do a " waiting race," the cunning dog 

 allowing his fellow to do the work, whilst he hangs back 

 for the hare to be turned into his mouth. A Greyhound 

 should measure well round the head by the ears, which 

 is a sure indication of the courage that gives dash and 

 persistence to his efforts. 



