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efficiency, and I have placed it in the frontispiece as the perfection of 

 the greyhound form in the bitch. Another equally good Wiltshire 

 bitch was of nearly double her size, and also of blood extraneous 

 to Wiltshire itself, though belonging to the same district : I allude 

 to Mr. Long's ' Lizzie,' by ' Billy go by 'em,' a bitch whose running 

 on the downs was equal, if not superior, to her old antagonist 

 ' Mocking Bird,' with whom she stands on an equality in their 

 individual contests, each having once defeated the other. 



LANCASHIRE.* Intended for a totally different country to that 

 of Newmarket or Wiltshire, the Lancashire greyhound has been 

 bred exclusively for the plains of Altcar and Lytham, and those of 

 Lincolnshire and Cheshire. Here it is only necessary that the 

 dog shall be fast to his game ; but he must also be high enough on 

 his legs to see it while running at one hundred yards' distance, 

 and up to his elbows in high stubble, as is often the case at 

 Lytham. Much has, therefore, been sacrificed to size and speed, 

 even more than at Newmarket; and, as the judge is generally 

 unable to follow the course on horseback, the first part is often all 

 that is seen by him, and then when it lasts for more than a mile, 

 as it often does at Lytham and Altcar, the exhibition of stoutness 

 is thrown away. Still I am bound to confess that many Lancashire 

 greyhounds have shown a fair amount of stoutness of late years ; 

 but I cannot help thinking that this quality has been more 

 attended to, since the improvement in drainage has made the 



* The portrait of ( Blacklock ' will be found at page 1, and those of ' Cerito,' 

 ' Dressmaker/ and ' Titania/ at pages 178, 191, and 192, of pure Lancashire 

 blood ; while that of l Riot,' at page 197, is Lancashire combined with New- 

 market blood. 



