34 THE GREYHOUND. 



The classes of Greyhounds seen at our shows vary very 

 much as to numbers. There are seldom a dozen specimens 

 at the great London shows, although at the time of the 

 summer show at the Crystal Palace Greyhounds are idle, and 

 could be sent in scores if coursers put any value on prizes 

 won in the show ring. This is not the case, however, 

 and the consequence is that competition is very much 

 limited. 



The best classes of Greyhounds are to be met with at 

 provincial shows, in coursing counties, where the local 

 celebrities are shown by their owners ; but at many shows 

 one or more good-looking dogs that have been brought 

 out generally in the North are first run round a few of 

 the summer shows, and then, getting into the hands of 

 regular exhibitors, snap up most of the prizes throughout 

 the country. Some of these prize dogs have been fair 

 performers, and are eminently handsome specimens, and 

 invariably well bred; I give the measurements of a 

 few, which may be compared with those of some Waterloo 

 Cup Winners, for particulars of which latter I am indebted 

 to the "Coursing- Calendar."* The show dogs will have been 

 weighed and measured in a fatter state than the Cup 

 winners, as the weight of the latter represents that which 

 they scaled when trained to run. The Earl of Haddington's 

 Honey wood and Mr. H. G. Miller's Misterton each ran at 

 the weight of 631b., Princess Dagmar 581b., Snowflight 

 47|lb.,, Wild Mint 451b., and Coomassie at 421b., all of 

 these being winners of the Waterloo Cup. In respect to 

 three of them the measurements were as follows : 



* Published at The Field Office, 346, Strand, London. 



