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jectionable person, and continue that position so long 

 as he was anywhere near. 



We were talking of the speed of Greyhounds, 

 which has been said to be equal to that of the 

 fleetest horse, and a singular circumstance which oc- 

 curred at Doncaster, in Yorkshire, sometime since, 

 proved that it was not much inferior. A mare canter- 

 ing over the Doncaster course, her competitor having 

 been withdrawn, was joined by a Greyhound bitch, 

 when she had proceeded about a mile, she seemed de- 

 termined to race with the mare, which the jockey on the 

 latter humoured, and gradually increased his pace, un- 

 til at the distance, they put themselves at their full 

 speed. The mare beat her antagonist only by a short 

 head. 



The race horse is perhaps from his superior strength 

 and length of stride, generally able to outrun the Grey- 

 hound on level ground, but the latter would have the 

 pull over him in a hilly country, or over ground at all 

 rough or uneven. 



The Greyhound is said to be deficient in attach- 

 ment to his master and in general intelligence. There 

 is some truth in the imputation, but he has, in fact, 

 far less even than the hound, the opportunity of 

 forming individual attachments and no other exercise 

 of the mind is required of him. than to follow the game 

 which starts up before him and catch it, if he can. If, 

 however, he is closely watched, he will be found to have 

 all the intellect his situation requires. 



In illustration of this, I remember reading in a very 



