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c Scotland Yet ' that we must look for the best instance of a 

 successful runner and brood bitch combined in one. She was in 

 every respect but pace a first-class greyhound, and is the dam of 

 * Canaradzo,' ' Coorooran,' ( Canopy,' ' Cazzarina,' ' Sea Foam,' < Sea 

 Pink,' and ' Ciologa,' besides several other good second-class grey- 

 hounds. These bitches, however, were all, I believe, uninjured 

 by their work, either in honesty or bodily health ; and in this fact 

 will, I believe, be found the secret of their success as brood bitches. 

 Almost all great winners have, in the severe work necessary to 

 the completion of their tasks, learnt a trick or two. Now, we 

 know that the mental as well as the bodily powers are transmitted 

 from parent to offspring, as, for instance, in the pointer and 

 setter, in which breeds it is well known that it is exceedingly 

 difficult to break the puppy-bred from badly-broken sires and 

 dams, especially in the acquired and unnatural accomplishment of 

 ' backing ; ' whilst, on the other hand, the well-bred young pointer 

 stands and backs the first time he goes into the field. So, in the 

 greyhound, we have frequently the grievous disappointment of 

 seeing the sapling 'wait,' and, in fact, show the same signs of foul 

 running as his experienced sire ; but this early display of cunning 

 is seldom seen except in breeds which have been famous for 

 speed, because the fast greyhound finds out by experience that 

 he can safely allow his assistant to knock the hare about for a time, 

 and then he can 'go in and win' when he likes. The slower 

 animal, however, can take no such liberties, and his offspring, 

 therefore, seldom show the tendency so early, if at all. The fact 

 is, that they have no inheritance of vice, and, however slack in 



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