PRACTICAL GREYHOUND BREEDING 89 



stake ; and those who breed greyhounds on a large scale might 

 do worse than follow the example of M.F.H., in giving a 

 dinner to the walkers and awarding a prize to the best walked 

 puppy. For our own part we rear a few choice puppies, to 

 which we have taken a particular fancy, at home, allowing them 

 to roam about at their own sweet will, and smiling cheerfully 

 when a list of their delinquencies (murdered cats, fowls, ducks, 

 torn clothes, and homesteads laid waste and devastated) is placed 

 before us, putting our hand in our pocket and paying the piper 

 cheerfully, always hoping that some day a good tune may be 

 played whilst we drink from the mythical cup that hails from 

 Altcar, and is called Waterloo. The rest we send out, and 

 fortunately can congratulate ourselves on a long list of safe 

 billets. 



