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dog, whose tragic fate has been mourned for centuries, 
and whose monument is still to be seen, never existed. 
The Greyhound was also used in— 
“taking the bucke, the harte, the do we, the foxe, and other 
beastes of semblable kindes ordained for the game of 
hunting. But more or lesse, each one according to the Greyhound, 
measure and proportion of theyr desire, and as might and 
habilitie of theyr bodyes will permit and suffer. For it is a spare and 
bare kinde of dogge (of fleshe but not of bone). Some are of a greater 
sorte, and some of a lesser, some are smooth skynned and some are 
curled, the bigger therefore are appointed to hunt the bigger beasts, 
and the smaller serve to hunt the smaller accordingly.” (Reprint, p. 10.) 
The greyhound was an object of value and esteem, 
not only to the sportsman, but also to men of birth and 
means. According to Mr. Jesse, “ the famous Shane 
O’Neill wrote to Lord Robert Duddeley, in 1562, with 
a present of two horses, two hawks, and two greyhounds, 
requesting his interest with Queen Elizabeth” (vol. ii. 
p. 218). The passion of James I. for sport of all kinds 
rendered a good hunting establishment essential to any 
nobleman or country gentleman who was desirous of 
entertaining the “ British Solomon.” 
At the time of which we write, horse-racing, as now 
practised, was unknown, and all coursing-matches were 
dog to dog, in manner thus described by Mr. Tomlins 
(Shakspere Society Papers, 1844, vol. i.) :— 
“ In the paddock were two harriers. At one end was kept a buck 
educated for the purpose; he was let go from the other and to go 
home as fast as he could ; after a little law given him, the greyhounds 
were slipped, and the dog first in won the prize. 4 Hay I voux ! 5 is dog- 
language to this day with harriers. In the Booh of Sports, or Laws of 
the Paddock , published the end of King James I., are these directions: 
4 No keeper shall slip his greyhound till the warden throws down his 
wardour and cries, Hay! voux ! ’ Is not this,” asks Mr. Tomlin, “ the 
meaning of the passage in Julius Caesar (iii. 1)? — 
4 And Csesar’s spirit, ranging for revenge, 
With Ate by his side, come hot from hell, 
Shall in these confines, with a monarch’s voice, 
Cry 4 Havoc,’ and let slip the dogs of war.’ ” 
