34: THE DOG IN HEALTH. 



CLASS II. 



Under Stonehenge's second class, or dogs hunting 

 chiefly by the eye and killing their game for the use of 

 their masters, the principal breeds encouraged in England 

 and America are the smooth English greyhound, the 

 deerhound, the Irish wolfhound, and the Russian wolf- 

 hound or barzoi. 



As the writer has taken great pains to secure the best 

 cuts possible, the reader will find it advantageous to com- 

 pare the necessarily brief descriptions compatible with the 

 plan of this work with the illustrations. Few living 

 specimens are to be seen as good as those represented in 

 these illustrations, all of which are typical, and some of 

 them almost models. 



The English Greyhound. The most perfect form that 

 has ever existed, probably, among domesticated animals 

 for speed. A wonderful combination of strength and 

 grace ! Since this dog is bred almost wholly for one 

 purpose the coursing of rabbits he is an example of 

 extreme specialism in breeding, and, being mostly kept 

 exclusively in kennels and associating little with man as 

 a companion, he is neither very intelligent nor very af- 

 fectionate, as a rule, though capable of a fair develop- 

 ment of both under more favorable circumstances (p. 10). 



The greyhound may be considered as an almost perfect 

 embodiment of those principles set forth in previous pages 

 as constituting the fundamentals for speed. No breed of 

 dogs could be freer from superfluous tissue or " lumber." 

 His form is admirably adapted, even in details, for cleav- 

 ing the air, while his frame is a beautiful model for the 



