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is generally fine and nicely curved, but some strains 

 carry more hair than others. 



Colours vary — blacks, brindles, reds, fawns, blues, 

 or slates, and these colours mixed with w^hite. One 

 hue is as good as another, though white is con- 

 sidered indicative of a certain amount of weakness — 

 still there have been good dogs almost pure white, 

 Snowball, Scotland Yet, and Canaradzo to wit. 



In disposition the greyhound is, as a rule, kindly 

 and amiable ; dogs in high training are apt to 

 be unreliable, and during exercise may fight and 

 seriously injure each other. 



The following are the points : — 



Value, 



Head and eyes i o 



Neck 15 



Chest and fore quarters 20 

 Loin and back ribs ... 15 



60 



Value. 



Hindquarters 20 



Feet 15 



Tail 5 



Colour o 



40 



Grand total, 100. 



Weights vary, and, as already stated, a competitor 

 at a meeting in 1896 had two puppies running, one 

 of which weighed 721b., the other but 361b., and yet 

 both went fast and approached the end of stakes. 

 The smallest bitch to win the Waterloo Cup was 

 Coomassie, who scaled 441b., and we doubt if a 

 heavier dog than Fullerton, who weighed 661b., ever 



