OBEY HOUNDS. 
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be thoroughly cleaned out, and scalded with hot water, every 
second day. Dogs should always have plenty of fresh water 
During the hunting season hounds should have sulphur 
mixed up with their meals once a week, in the proportion 
of three drachms to each. At the end of the season, the 
same quantity of sulphur should be given, with the addition 
of one and a half drachm of antimony. After a hard day’s 
work an entire meal of horse-flesh should be given them, 
and as newly killed as possible ; and when this cannot be 
had, bullocks’ paunches or sheep’s trotters, both of which 
ought to be well boiled. 
GREYHOUNDS 
Should be fed principally on animal food, such as sheep’s 
trotters or neats’ feet, boiled or stewed down, and mixed 
with bread or oatmeal, and given moderately in the morning 
and afternoon, (the dog never being allowed, on any occa¬ 
sion, to eat a great quantity at a time,) or on other hard 
meat, as it will enlarge and strengthen the muscular fibre 
without increasing the cellular tissue and adipose substance, 
which has an invariable tendency to affect their breathing 
The butchers’ meat should be of the best quality. Within a 
few days of a coursing-match, some sportsmen give each dog 
two or three ounces of beefsteak, moderately fried in a little 
brandy, with two or three teaspoonfuls of assafoetida dropped 
into it. This braces their stomachs, and produces other 
stimulating effects. After they have been coursed, they 
should be well brushed all over, a little oil being used in 
the operation. 
The kennels of greyhounds should be kept particularly 
warm and dry, and at the same time they ought to be pro¬ 
perly ventilated. Indeed, pure air is an essential requisite 
to the health and vigour of all animals. 
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