18 COURSING. 



has to attend to is, how he manages the best hlood that 

 he can now procure at little trouble and moderate out- 

 lay: of course the brief treatment of the subject in a 

 work of this nature, is not intended for such as keep 

 large studs for public running. 



The earlier in the year you breed, the better ; late 

 puppies rarely turn out well. When you put a favourite 

 sort to the dog, it will be a serviceable precaution to 

 have another bitch warded at the same time, which will 

 enable you to rear all your litter without injury to the 

 dam. The advantage from this system is, that you will 

 have trial of all your produce ; when you destroy any, 

 you may destroy the best. This was Lord Orford's 

 system : he never got rid of a puppy till he had expe- 

 rience of his quality. When the whelps are removed, it 

 will serve the mother to give her some gentle medicine ; 

 three purging balls, one every other morning, will be 

 found to set her right sooner than if nature were left to 

 herself. For rearing greyhound puppies, the same 

 general rules apply as with all others, except that being 

 more deHcate they require a greater share of care and 

 attention. Their bitterest foe is distemper, so long con- 

 sidered as beyond all hope from human aid or skill. 

 Modern improvement seems to have, at last, found a 

 remedy for that formidable disease : in the Appendix a 

 recipe is given, as infallible, upon an authority there is 

 every reason to respect. 



The maxim that " the good that is in a horse goes in 

 at the mouth," is equally applicable to stock of all de- 



