xiv CONTENTS— C»»ri»«*</ 



— BufFon and the French Matin — The Origin of the Name of 

 Greyhound — Harrier a General Term for Scenting Hounds — 

 Brach and Its Synonyms — ^The Beagle not the Gazehound — 

 Bloodhounds and Limers — ^The St. Huberts and Their Probable 

 Connection with the Bassets. 



CHAPTER XLIV — PAGE 603 



The Scotch Deerhound: Taylor's Description of Red Deer Hunting in 

 the Highlands — The Glengarry Crosses — Size not a Requisite 

 in the Deerhound — Colonel Thayer's Chieftain and Wanda — 

 The Modern Deerhound. 



CHAPTER XLV — PAGE 609 



The Irish Wolfhound: Early Illustrations Lean to a Smooth Dog of 

 Great Dane Type — The Earl of Arundel's Hound Painted by 

 Rubens — Similants to the Mastin Type Painted by Snyders — 

 Exaggerations Regarding Size — Richardson's Estimate Exploded 

 — ^The Building Up of the Present Breed and the Adopted 

 Standard. 



CHAPTER XLVI — PAGE 617 



The Greyhound: A Product of Breeding with a Definite Object — ^The 

 Breed Name a Very General English Term for Racing Dogs of 

 Various Countries — The Small Continental Greyhounds — 

 Greyhounds — Greyhounds in Queen Elizabeth's Time — Cours- 

 ing Before the Adoption of the Duke of Norfolk's Rules — Lord 

 Orford the Promoter of Modern Coursing — Sir Walter Scott's 

 Love of the Sport — The Greyhound in America — Standard 

 and Scale of Points. 



CHAPTER XLVII — PAGE 627 



The Whippet: A Product of the Sporting Tendencies of Yorkshire and 

 Lancashire Workmen — Teaching the Whippet to Race — 

 System of Handicapping — Efforts to Advance Whippet Racing. 



CHAPTER XLVIII — PAGE 629 ' 



The Russian Wolfhound: A Breed Illustrated as a Russian Holind 

 About 1750 — Closely Allied to the Persian and Turkish Grey- 

 hound — Origin of Our Title of Russian Wolfhound — Russian 

 Method of Hunting the Wolf — Descriptive Particulars and 

 Scale of Points. 



