THE NEWMARKET GREYHOUND, 221 



but it must be evident to every one that a racing greyhound, 

 cceteris paribus, cannot work so closely as a slower animal. If, 

 therefore, the tyro expects to find a flyer which shall be able to 

 compete with a little, slow, close-working dog (or more especially 

 a bitch), in running a bad hare he will find himself disappointed ; 

 that is to say, if the hare is only able to live for a few turns 

 without having strength or heart enough to break away, and 

 thus show to advantage the superior speed of the fast greyhound. 



The greater number of the modern fashionable Newmarket 

 greyhounds are flatsided, but the depth of chest is such as to give 

 plenty of bellows room, and they are, therefore, not deficient in 

 wind ; but they are also narrow in the hips, so that there is usually 

 not sufficient width of bone either in the ribs or hip to give 

 attachment to muscles sufficient to form tha ' back like a beam.' 

 This point is of vast importance, since upon its full development 

 depends the power of springing away again after each turn, which 

 is so essential to success in public running ; for it often happens 

 that a dog which is very fast to his game is unable to get away 

 from his turns, and is, therefore, easily beaten by a dog much 

 slower when both are in full swing. The same quality is seen in 

 the steeple-chase, in which the horse, which has such strength of back 

 as to get away quickly from his fences, has often a vast superiority 

 over another which may be able to beat him as easily over the 

 flat. The head of the Newmarket dog is long and narrow, showing 

 little intelligence, and the ears short, fine, and falling over with an 

 elegant droop ; the neck beautifully long and thin, being really 

 ' like the neck of a drake ; ' shoulders often rather too upright, 



