BREEDING. 53 



Who knows not Snowball, he whose race renowned 

 Is still victorious on each coursing ground ? 

 Swaffham, Newmarket, and the Roman Camp, 

 Have seen them victors o'er each meaner stamp. 



The direct and collateral descendants of Snowball 

 (through his famous brother, Major, and sister, Sylvia) 

 not one of the trio having ever lost a course were almost 

 equally successful. 



To trace back to Snowball who was, by the way, a 

 pure black dog was, in the early part of the century, 

 considered an all-sufficient pedigree. In later times, King 

 Cob, Canaradzo, Master McG-rath, and others, have occu- 

 pied the same position, and so will it be with present and 

 future great winners; though there is this difference, that 

 there is an ever-increasing number of known good, dogs 

 to select from. 



It does not, however, follow that winners will be equally 

 successful at stud, for although some certainly have been, 

 yet there are many notable failures. 



The opinion entertained by many is that the very high 

 training, and the exceedingly severe and sustained efforts 

 the dogs are called upon to make in coursing, renders 

 them less fitting for stud reduces their prepotency, so that 

 they impart less vigour to their offspring. 



Acting on that belief, many Greyhound breeders prefer 

 collateral breeding that is to say, they would choose as a 

 stud dog the own brother of a great winner in preference 

 to the winner, if the brother was otherwise suitable, and 

 had not been worked at such high pressure. The ques- 

 tion of collateral breeding is a most difficult one to 

 decide upon. For my own part, if the dog was not 



