176 Modern Dogs. 



has flourished amazingly, and personally I regret 

 that it has done so to the detriment of the more 

 manly pedestrian exercises, wrestling, and the clever 

 game of knur and spell. 



The points and general description of the whippet 

 are, excepting so far as size is concerned, identical 

 with those of the greyhound as they appear on a 

 preceding page, though occasionally comparatively 

 rough coated or wire-haired whippets are met with. 

 Such, of course, show breeding back to the wire 

 haired terrier, or perhaps * to some cross-bred 

 <( lurcher," a few of which are still kept for poaching 

 purposes in various parts of the country. Need I 

 mention that for rabbit coursing staying power as 

 well as pace is required in a whippet, whilst for 

 racing speed alone is the desideratum. 



