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and Eandell. I could mention many who rear from twenty to fifty 

 every year, and are content with one or two winners out of that 

 number. Now what can these * one or two ' cost ? Even if sent 

 out to walk among friends or tenants, the mere charge for brood 

 bitches and sires must be enormous, and is sufficient to deter any 

 person who has a limited income from embarking in such an 

 extravagant sport. But I believe that this want of success is 

 mainly owing to the extent of the speculation. Greyhounds 

 cannot safely be accumulated in this way, and the very excess of 

 care in trying to get a good choice by having a large stock of 

 puppies to select from, leads to disappointment. My advice, 

 therefore, has been given on the principle of doing a little, but 

 doing that little well ; and on this plan I fancy a good manager, 

 and a real lover of the animal, who will take some trouble him- 

 self, and see that his dogs are in good health, daily or every other 

 day, and that they have proper exercise, may calculate upon 

 success in a much greater proportion than the owner of a large 

 and unmanageable stud. Of course I do not for a moment 

 suppose that he can expect to rear three or four first-rate 

 dogs out of every bitch, but that he may fairly hope to have in 

 each (if the blood is unexceptionable and the parents healthy) 

 three or four greyhounds good enouglj to win a stake or two 

 during the season, with an occasional first-rater among them. 

 And I firmly believe that, by adopting the principles which I have 

 endeavoured to make clear, he will have a better chance of avoid- 

 ing failure than by any other mode ; and the more I see of 

 rearing greyhounds, the more convinced I am of the truth of 

 these opinions. 



