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the owner of a greyhound chafes and frets if 

 his dog is beat, though the stakes he ran for 

 were not, perhaps, in value, one quarter of 

 those for which the horse was beaten. I 

 account for it in this way, in the first place 

 the owner of the horse is aware of the uncertainty 

 of racing, so his mind is prepared for frequent 

 loss ; he is aware a race may be lost from 

 some cause in no way effecting the goodness of 

 his horse. Supposing him a breeder; he well 

 knows that though a mare may throw a colt 

 as good as horse can be, she may produce her 

 next not in figurative term good enough to 

 " run for a man's hat." We cannot get into a 

 strain that are at all on a par with each other ; 

 so his credit as a breeder is not implicated by 

 defeat. Now the thing is different as regards 

 dogs, doubtless they will not all have the same 

 attributes, but they approach much nearer to it 

 than do horses. Major Topham or Lord Rivers 

 piqued themselves on their breed of greyhounds. 



