178 COURSING 



This is a simple and compact scale, and would be convenient 

 for judging a dog roughly ; but each of these items could be 

 subdivided ; for instance, the quarters, for which we have 

 allowed 20 points, could be made up as follows : — 



Rump 3 



Tail 2 



Stifle 3 



Thighs 3 



Second thighs S 



Hocks 4 



Jotal . . 20 



And so on, with regard to the other divisions. 



In the Hunting volume of the Badminton Library the 

 Duke of Beaufort gives a specimen of a good and a bad fox- 

 hound. The latter is of course presented in the guise of such a 

 monstrosity that no master or K.H. would ever have sent him 

 out to walk ; but he serves as an example in every way of 

 what a foxhound should not be. 



Following his Grace's example, we give (p. 17 7) the counter- 

 feit presentments of two greyhounds. One, 'The right sort,' 

 the other, 'The wrong.' The one a model of symmetry 

 and power, the other a nightmare. Observe his ewe neck, his 

 straight shoulder, his tucked-up chest, weak ribs, straight back, 

 long couplings, straight stifles, muscleless thighs, upright hocks, 

 long (and presumably splay) feet ; and you will at a glance 

 perceive what a greyhound should not be. 



