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at a great pace. While the dog of lower grade 

 may be able to run faster, simply as a matter of 

 running, he cannot carry his head and nose with 

 him when under severe exertion. I have seen 

 greyhounds of great speed which did not dare 

 extend themselves, because they had discovered 

 that they could not score except at a moderate 

 gait. On the other hand, a dog like Diana or 

 her sister Melita could " sit down " behind a jack- 

 rabbit and score just as fast as he could make 

 moves — let him do his utmost. 



One day, after the setter. Sport's Boy, had given 

 a not very good account of himself in a public 

 trial, — a case of " rabbit rattles," — I went out 

 into the country with Mr. Askins, his trainer, 

 to give the string of dogs some work. Sport's 

 Boy and another dog were put down in a large 

 field. A ravine, probably a quarter of a mile 

 long, ran through the centre of the field. The 

 other dog, a very good animal, began ranging 

 across the field. Boy started straight for the 

 ravine, running the full length of it at lightning 

 speed and coming down the other side. When 

 halfway down he stopped as if changed to stone, 

 never slackening his speed until he jumped into 

 the point. He hesitated two or three seconds, 

 moved his tail slightly, as a dog usually expresses 

 doubt, and turned around sharply to the right. 

 Without lowering his head or showing the slight- 



