PRACTICAL GREYHOUND BREEDING 



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In breeding from such a bitch as we have described, when 

 mated with a dog of size and substance, there would be httle 

 fear of the produce being undersized ; but she must not, of 

 course, be weak in bone, rickety, splay-footed, or in any way 

 misshapen. As we said before, size must be the sole supposed 

 objection. 



When this bitch has her litter she will, in all probability, 

 be found a good mother. Big bitches are prone to lie on and 



The nursery 



otherwise injure their whelps. It might be argued that in like 

 manner it is better to breed from an own brother to a great 

 winner than from the dog himself. 



A list of winners would not, at first sight, show this to be 

 the case ; but we think the reason is that the distinguished dog 

 gets more and better chances, and unless an unknown dog, by 

 accident as it were, produces some great winner, he will not, 

 however well bred, be generally patronised by breeders. This 

 is so with thoroughbred stock ; unless a horse is ' fashionable,' 



