INDEX. 



87 



Newmarket Society, institution of 40 



"Nicking" 56 



Norfolk's, Duke of, code of laws 



of the leash 8 



O. 



CEstrum 57 



Oppian 30 



Ossian's description of a royal 



hunting call 5 



Ovid 12,19,39 



Ovid's description of a course ... 20 



P. 



Parasites, external, on puppies ... 67 

 transmission and reproduc- 

 tion of 59 



Parturition . l 61 



Pedigree 52 



importance of 54 



Penalties incurred during a course 46 



Points of the course 44 



of the course, definition of ... 44 



of the greyhound, summary of 32 



of the greyhound, value of ... 32 



Predetermining the sexes 58 



Pregnancy, treatment during ... 58 



Prevention of worms in pups ... 59 

 Properties : 



back 27 



chest 27 



colour 30 



courage 32 



ears 26 



eye 25 



head 22 



jaws 25 



loins 29 



muzzle 25 



neck 26 



size 31 



tail 30 



teeth 25 



weight 31 



"Properties of a good grehounde," 



the 22 



Puppies, exercise for 64 



food for 64 



frequency of meals for 65 



kennels for 64 



proper consistence of food for 65 



rearing 63 



Puppy troubles : 



distemper 



parasites, external 



teething 



worms . 



... 67 



... 67 



... 66 



, ... 67 



Pups, food for 61 



in the nest 61 



worms in, prevention of ... 59 



Purgatives before training 74 



Qualities, necessary, in a grey- 

 hound 



15 



Bearing, home 63 



puppies 63 



Recipe for hardening the soles 



during training 72 



Eemedies for puppy troubles, 66, 67 



Reproduction of parasites 59 



Restrictions as to keeping grey- 

 hounds 13 



Riding over a greyhound, rule 



as to 45 



Royal Library, picture in 4 



Rubbing down 80 



Run, a long 49 



S. 



Sapling, definition of the term ... 68 



trial stakes 6S 



Saplings, training 69 



weeding out 69 



Scott, Sir Walter 12,15 



Season for breeding 56 



Selecting brood bitch 54 



dog 55 



Service 57 



Sexes, predetermining the 58 



Shakespeare 24 



Show dogs, measurements of ... 35 



Slipping 78 



Sloppy food, mistake of feeding 



puppies on 64 



Snowball, celebrity of 52 



Somerville 16 



Sour food, evils of 65 



Speed of greyhounds, Chaucer on 



the 15 



of greyhounds, Sir W. Scott 



on the 15 



"Sports and Pastimes," Strutt's 4 



Staying power 49 



