316 EMPLOYMENT OF THE DOG IN HUNTING, ETC. 
dog to continue his highest speed for the longest time, and 
guarantees the retention of his spirit and courage, so as. to induce 
-him to exert it. 
Work for training purposes is effected in two ways: the object 
being to get rid of the superfluous fat, which interferes with 
muscular action, and with the free play of the lungs; and also to 
accustom the muscles, ligaments, and tendons to severe and long- 
continued exertions. These two methods are often combined ; 
and indeed, though the one by means of slipping is effectual by 
‘itself, yet the other, or horse-exercise alone, will not develop the 
wind sufficiently, and if it is adopted, it must be aided by slipping 
the dogs as well. Horse-exercise is chiefly confined to countries 
where the courses are very long and severe, and where, also, much 
of the work can be given on turf, so that it is only in down countries 
that it is very available, but there it is almost essential to full 
success in training the greyhound. The amount of this kind of 
exercise which a greyhound of stout blood will take with advan- 
tage is very great, and it is sometimes more than one horse will 
be able to lead; but this is not often the case. Few greyhounds 
will be the better. for more than fifteen miles every other day, 
and this is quite within the compass of a horse’s powers, especially 
when it is considered that not more than two or three miles of 
this distance should be at the gallop. But the great object of 
horse-exercise is not to produce a fast pace so much as to ensure a 
sufficiency of slow work ; for there are few trainers who will walk 
fifteen or sixteen miles a day on foot, and yet in order to keep the 
dogs out for four hours they ought to do so. A certain, amount 
of road-work is essential to the hardening of the feet, ‘but this 
should be commenced two or three months prior to the time of 
‘training, as it cannot be done without time to cause the growth 
of the thick horny matter which covers the sole of the foot. If, 
therefore, horse-exercise is to be adopted, it is better to commence 
it two or three months before the meeting for which the dog is to 
be trained; and after giving him two or three days a week, up 
to within a fortnight of the time, discontinue it, and irooked to 
‘develop the highest degree of wind, by cipae the dog to its 
trainer’s call. A short gallop of a eoupls of miles on turf will be 
nearly as beneficial, but the long dragging road-work, which will 
