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dog scratching at the door. Let in Gipsy." 

 Whereupon Sir Philip, who opened the door and 

 let in the monarch's favourite, took the boldness to 

 say: "Sir, I perceive you love a greyhound better 

 than you do a spaniel? " (C Yes," replied the King, 

 " for they equally love their masters, and yet do not 

 flatter them so much." This unfortunate monarch 

 met his death on the scaffold. 



But let us leave these troublous times, and at 

 once enter upon that epoch in the history of the 

 greyhound when he was used much in the same 

 fashion as he is to-day. In Elizabeth's reign the 

 first rules and regulations as to coursing were drawn 

 up at the instance of the Duke of Norfolk, and they 

 are very similar to those of the present day. That 

 dog which led to the hare, won, if no other points were 

 made ; the hare had to have twelve score yards law ; 

 two wrenches stood for one turn ; a go-bye was 

 equal to two turns. If a dog that led and beat his 

 opponent stood still in the field, and refused to go 

 further, he lost the course ; if, by accident, a dog 

 was run over in his course, the trial was void, and 

 he who did the mischief had to make reparation. 

 There were other regulations likewise, but this 

 short summary will show how closely they approach 

 the rules in force at the present time. 



In 1776, the Earl of Orford established the 



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