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bitch, though a beautiful runner; and Captain Wyndham's 'Whiff,' 

 whose portrait is here produced, may be cited as an instance of a 

 successful runner, contrary to all expectation from her shape, and 

 as being from that criterion perhaps unlikely to produce a litter 

 of winners, which she proved herself to be, having only bred 



'WHIFF.' 



one average greyhound in Sydenham, winner of the Great Western 

 stakes, but soon losing all form. 



As a contrast to ( Whiff' may be adduced her aunt, Mr. Long's 

 6 Cactus,' whose portrait I think exaggerates the really extra- 

 ordinary length of body which she possessed. This bitch was a 

 first-class greyhound in every particular but her feet, and ran well 



