TRAINING. 



Every Trainer a Law unto Himself Nostrums of Bygone 

 Days Ancient Writers on Training the Greyhound 

 Systematic Training a Modern Institution Summer 

 Work Hardening the Soles : Recipe for Active Training 

 Condition of Dogs to be Trained Physic Emetics 

 Vermifuges before Training Weight Diet Food by 

 Weight Work during Training Foot Work Slipping 

 Test Trials Grooming Value of Friction of the Skin 

 Taking to Meetings Management during Meetings 

 Management during Coursing : Rubbing Down Stimulants. 



IN the training of Greyhounds every man is a law unto 

 himself, and for the most part the differences in methods 

 are prized in inverse ratio to their importance, mere trifles in 

 practice being very often greatly overvalued. The coursers 

 of to-day have inherited much traditional wisdom on the 

 subject of training, but not unmixed with notions which 

 a clearer appreciation of scientific principles shows us to 

 be unwise. No one nowadays would, I presume, think of 

 training a Greyhound on highly-spiced bread soaked in 

 wine, or on beefsteaks fried in brandy; yet these were 

 practices recommended in bygone times. There still clings 

 to the minds of a certain class of trainers opinions or fads 



