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attention of gentlemen ; but for the welfare of 

 coursing, not of magnitude enough to attract 

 that of professed betters ; this keeps it select. 

 To say it is a strictly gentlemanly pursuit, we 

 have only to recall certain names as staunch 

 patronisers of the leash that places it in this 

 respect in a very high grade among field sports. 

 The Dukes of Queensbury, Norfolk, and Gordon, 

 Earls Orford, Rivers, Chesterfield, and Malmsbury, 

 Sir H. B. Dudley, Major Topham, Capt. Hel- 

 lish, with many others whose names I do not 

 call to mind. Even the fairer part of Creation 

 has joined her name to others of note; Miss 

 Richards, of Compton Beauchamp, will long be 

 remembered as an extensive owner and breeder 

 of greyhounds. It is in fact one of the oldest 

 sports we know of, and existed when foxhunting 

 was unknown. 



•Singular as it may appear the owner of a 

 race horse will see his horse lose a race with 

 perfect equanimity of mind and temper, where 



