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respect its sphere of action ranks parallel to that 

 of the Jockey Club, its tribunal settling all disputes 

 relating to coursing. 



The Duke of Norfolk, during the reign of Queen 

 Elizabeth, drew up a code of laws, and from that 

 time onwards coursing became systematized and 

 recognized as a sport of considerable national im- 

 portance. The conformation of the Greyhound 

 depicts in a remarkable manner the development 

 of the dog for a specific use, viz., great speed and 

 length of stride. These hounds hunt by sense of 

 sight, and obviously possess extensive range of 

 vision. The Deerhound, on the other hand, not only 

 hunts by sense of sight but, when this fails, by scent 

 also. The average weight of the Greyhound is 

 about 70 lbs., but weight ipust not be regarded as 

 of much practical importance. The famous Grey- 

 hound, Coomassie, was only 42 lbs., whilst Miller's 

 Misterton was 63 lbs. To be typical, a Greyhound 

 must excel in two parts of its anatomy, viz., girth 

 of chest and girth of loins. The girth of chest may 

 be said to range from 26 to 31 or 32 inches, and the 

 girth of loin from 18 to 24 inches. The height 

 at the shoulder averages 26 inches, though this is 

 variable. The head should be long and lean, and 

 girth about 15 inches around the occiput, i.e., mid- 

 way between the eyes and ears, and its length from 

 the occipital peak to the nostrils measures from 9 



