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probably they hanged a good many, and only 

 produced in public such as were likely to do 

 them credit, and keep up their prestige of never 

 breeding a bad one ; thus one of their breeding 

 from such circumstance alone would command a 

 price surprising to the non-coursing man. But 

 a racing-bred colt would be a somewhat expen- 

 sive victim to hang, so he makes his appearance 



as own brother to , but " no more like 



him than I to Hercules ; " shewing as I have 

 said that in breeding race horses we must not 

 expect the same breeding in any way to ensure 

 the same results ; and to make away with the 

 bad ones that they may not disgrace their 

 parents would be a somewhat expensive practice. 

 The owner of the greyhound can do this, and 

 therefore when he does produce one on whom 

 he feels he can place confidence as not being 

 likely to mortify him by defeat, his chagrin 

 is unbounded if he sees him get "the go by" 

 from an unlikely-looking dog, and worse than 



