Continuing from the neck we have the broad, square, beam-like back of good length and great strength; without this the dog could not endure the exhaustive process of the "pumpers" he is submitted to. The chest, too, must be deep and fairly wide. Arrian says, "Broad chests are better than narrow; shoulders wide apart, not tied together, but as loose and free as possible; legs round, straight, and well jointed; sides strong; loins broad, firm, not fleshy, but sinewy; upper flanks loose and supple; hips wide asunder; lower flanks hollow; tail long, fine, and supple: haunches sweeping and fine to the touch." In respect to the chest, it is needless to say how all-important it is that it should be capacious, but we must get capacity from the depth and squareness, not from the bulged-out barrel form, which would produce slow movement and a heavy fronted dog that would soon tire. Take Markham's description in "The Country Farm:" "A long, broad, and square beam, back, with high round fillets; he must be deep, swine sided, with hollow bended ribs and a full brest."

"The Mayster of Game" gives an excellent description: "Her shuldres as a roebuck; the for leggs streght and grete ynow, and nought to hind legges; the feet straught and round as a catte, and great cleas ; the boones and the joyntes of the cheyne grete and hard as the chyne of an hert; the thighs great and squarred as an hare; the houghs streight, and not crompyng as of an oxe." The shoulders should be set on as obliquely as possible, to enable the dog to throw his fore legs well forward in his gallop, the shoulder blades sloping in towards each other as they rise, they should be well clothed with muscle, but not fleshy and coarse, so as to look loaded; the shoulders should not be tied together but have plenty of freedom - this with the strong muscles of the loin enable the dog to turn fast and cleverly; the elbows must be neither turned out nor in; the bone of the leg strong; there must be good length of arm; and the leg below the knee must be short and very strong, and the foot round and cat-like; well sprung knuckles, a firm hard, thick sole, and large strong nails are also essential.

The beam-like back is to give the necessary strength; the deep chest is needed with sufficient width to give plenty of room for the lungs and heart to freely perform their functions; width is needed that the necessary room may be got without making the chest so deep as to be in the way and catch against stones, tussocks, and lumps of turf on rough coarse ground, when the dog is fully stretched in the gallop; the oblique shoulders enable the dog to throw his legs well forward and close together, thus enabling him to cover a lot of ground at each stride, and also, in connection with his long and supple neck, to throw himself through an astonishingly small meuse. The necessity of sufficient bone, big, strong joints, and muscular legs, is apparent where such violent exertion is called for, and the round, cat-like foot, is a necessity of speed. No one would have the wheels of a fast-going gig made as broad in the tyre as that of a four-ton waggon. The soles are required hard and tough, that they may stand the wear and tear of rough ground and stony lanes, if these come in the way; the strong claws give the dog purchase over the ground.

The loins must be strong; a greyhound weak there might be fast for a spurt, but would prove merely flashy, being neither able to endure nor yet good at his turns. When Markham says "short and strong fillets," he means the loin - the term being used in speaking of the horse - not the fleshy part of the thigh, which the term might apply to. The hips must be wide asunder, and the hind legs straight as regards each other, "not crompying as an oxe " - that is, as we now express it, not cow-hocked - but they must be bent or sickle hocked; the thighs with immense and well developed muscle, the same strength of bony and muscular development is needed as in the fore legs, and especially there should be no weakness below the knee. The dog should stand rather wide behind and higher than before; the slight width gives additional propelling force, and the higher hind quarters additional speed and power in racing up hill, as hares invariably do if they can, unless there is temptation of a covert near, a fact quaintly expressed in the "Book of St. Albans":

"Tell me," Maystre, quod the man, "what is the skyll Why the Haare wolde so fayne renme against the hill ? " Quod the Mayster, "For her legges be shorter before Than behind; that is the skyll thore."

In respect to the tail, all agree it should be long and fine. Markham says: "An even growne long rat's tail, round, turning at the lower end leashward, and full set on between the buttocks." The "Mayster of Game" says: "A catte's tayle, making a ring at eend, but not to hie." The tail, no doubt, acts as a rudder, and as such must play an important part in swerving and turning.

Colour in greyhounds should go for little, but many have a prejudice in favour of a special fancy, although experience proves that there are good of all. In the hunting poem by "Gratius," as translated by Wase, we are told to Chuse the greyhound pied with black and white, He runs more swift than thought or winged flight.

Many coursers prefer the pure black or the red; but a short list, taken from the "Coursing Calendar," will show good greyhounds of many different colours: Scotland Yet and her sons, Canaradzo and Calioja, were white; Cerito, fawn and white; Lobelia, brindled and white; Lady Stor-mont, black and white; Master M'Grath, black and white; Beacon, Blue Light, and Sapphire, all blue; High Idea, blue ticked; Bed of Stone, Bab at the Bowster, and Sea Cove, red; Cauld Kail, red ticked; Mocking Bird, Cashier, Black Knight, all black; Landgravine and Elsecar, brindled.

The medium sized dog is by most preferred, and there is a considerable difference both in height and weight between the dog and bitch.

The dog selected for illustration is strongly typical of the Scotch style of greyhound, but without the coarseness which usually belongs to the scions of the north-country breeds. He was a reddish fawn, with splendid back and loin, good shoulders, and muscular quarters, with good legs and feet, and altogether a thoroughly well-shaped dog. He was the property of J. H. Salter, Esq., Tolleshunt D'Arcy, Kelvedon, Essex, but is now dead. The following is his pedigree and performances:

Ban first at Ardrossan, February, 1870, winning Sapling Stake.

Ban at Scottish National, September. 1870, dividing St. Leger (64 dogs) with kennel companion.

Ban at Scottish National, March, 1871, dividing Biggar Stakes (61 dogs) with kennel companion

Ban at Scottish National, September, 1871; won two courses in Douglas Cup (20 dogs).

Ran at Lurgan. October, 1871; won two courses in Brownlow Cup (64 dogs), beating Pretender and Smuggler, beaten by Cataclysm.

Ran at Border Union, November, 1871; won three courses Netherby Cup (64 dogs): beaten, when lame, by Crown Jewel.

Ran at Brigg, January, 1872. Ran second for Elsham Cup (82 dogs); beaten by Leucatheia, when hurt.

Ran at Waterloo, February, 1872; won two courses in Waterloo (64 dogs), beating Chameleon; put out by Magenta.

Ran at Scottish National, March, 1872; divided Biggar Stakes (64 dogs) with kennel companion Avonside.

Glenavon thus divided three 64-dog stakes in two seasons, ran second for a 32, etc. He never ran except at a first-class meeting, and rarely was entered for anything under a 64-dog stake. He was perfectly honest to the end of his career, always going fast and running stoutly. His cleverness was never questioned.

In judging the dog from the engraving, it must be remembered that he is not shown in running condition.

The following measurements of good dogs may be taken as a fair average:

Mr. J. L. Bensted's greyhound Chimney Sweep: Age, 5 years; weight, 661b.; height at shoulder, 26½in.; length from nose to set on of tail, 42iin.; length of tail, 19in.; girth of chest, 29¾in.; girth of loin, 21in.; girth of head, 15in.; girth of forearm, 6¾in.; length of head from occiput to tip of nose, 10½in.; girth of muzzle midway between eyes and tip of nose, 8¾in. We have measured him in working condition. Chimney Sweep won the gold medal in his class at the Paris International Dog Show, 1878. - Mr. J. H. Salter's greyhound dog Snapdragon: Age, 8 years; weight, 721b.; height at shoulder, 27in.; length from nose to set on of tail, 41in.; length of tail, 19in.; girth of chest, 31½in.; girth of loin, 22in.; girth of head, 15in.; girth of forearm, 7in.; length of head from occiput to tip of nose, l0½in.; girth of muzzle midway between eyes and tip of nose, 7¾ in. - Mr. J. H. Salter's greyhound bitch Satanella: Age, 5 years; weight, 57½lb.; height at shoulder, 24½in.; length from nose to set on of tail, 41½in.; length of tail, 18½in.; girth of chest, 30iin.; girth of loin, 21in.; girth of head, 14½in.; girth of forearm, 6½in.; length of head from occiput to tip of nose, 9in.; girth of muzzle midway between eyes and tip of nose, 8in.