1 68 Modern Dogs. 



hound, built on the lines of a Fullerton or of a Bab 

 at the Bowster, but smaller in size. It is kept 

 specially for running races and for coursing rabbits 

 on enclosed grounds arranged for the purpose, and 

 for which it undergoes a course of training suitable 

 to the circumstances. Both coursing and running 

 matches may be considered the popular pastime 

 amongst a very large class in the mining and manu- 

 facturing districts northwards, in the neighbourhood 

 of Newcastle, in Durham, Lancashire, and Yorkshire 

 especially. 



Several attempts have recently been made to 

 extend the popularisation of the whippet, especially 

 so far as its running powers are concerned. The 

 Kennel Club has, for the first time this year (1892), 

 given it an entry in the Stud Book, and classes 

 have been provided for it at several south country 

 shows. The latter had repeatedly appeared in the 

 catalogues at Darlington and elsewhere in the north, 

 but they seldom filled satisfactorily, and as a " bench 

 dog" I need scarcely say the whippet is not likely to 

 be any greater success than the greyhound. The 

 entries made in the Stud Book are few, and most of 

 the dogs there are minus a leading part of their 

 history namely, their pedigrees. 



Without taking any pessimistic view of the ques- 

 tion, I must confess my disbelief in the success of 



