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Dogs and All about Them
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Robert Leighton
131
The
adult
hound,
like
the
puppy,
should
never
be
kept
on
chain;
a
kennel
with
a
railed-in
run
should
be
provided,
or
a
loose
box
makes
a
capital
place
for
those
kept
out
of
doors,
otherwise
no
different
treatment
is
required
from
that
of
other
large
breeds.
CHAPTER
XVIII
THE
GREYHOUND
The
Greyhound
is
the
oldest
and
most
conservative
of
all
dogs,
and
his
type
has
altered
singularly
little
during
the
seven
thousand
years
in
which
he
is
known
to
have
been
cherished
for
his
speed,
and
kept
by
men
for
running
down
the
gazelle
or
coursing
the
hare.
The
earliest
references
to
him
are
far
back
in
the
primitive
ages,
long
before
he
was
beautifully
depicted
by
Assyrian
artists,
straining
at
the
leash
or
racing
after
his
prey
across
the
desert
sands.
The
Egyptians
loved
him
and
appreciated
him
centuries
before
the
pyramids
were
built.
In
those
days
he
wore
a
feathered
tail,
and
his
ears
were
heavy
with
a
silken
fringe
of
hair.
His
type
was
that
of
the
modern
Arabian
Slughi,
who
is
the
direct
and
unaltered
descendant
of
the
ancient
hound.
The
glorious
King
Solomon
referred
to
him
(Proverbs
xxx.
31)
as
being
one
of
the
four
things
which
"go
well
and
are
comely
in
going--a
lion,
which
is
strongest
among
beasts,
and
turneth
not
away
from
any;
a
Greyhound;
an
he
goat
also;
and
a
king
against
whom
there
is
no
rising
up."
That
the
Greyhound
is
"comely
in
going,"
as
well
as
in
repose,
was
recognised
very
early
by
the
Greeks,
whose
artists
were
fond
of
introducing
this
graceful
animal
as
an
ornament
in
their
decorative
workmanship.
In
their
metal
work,
their
carvings
in
ivory
and
stone,
and
more
particularly
as
parts
in
the
designs
on
their
terra-cotta
oil
bottles,
wine
coolers,
and
other
vases,
the
Greyhound
is
frequently
to
be
seen,
sometimes
following
the
hare,
and
always
in
remarkably
characteristic
attitudes.
Usually
these
Greek
Greyhounds
are
represented
with
prick
ears,
but
occasionally
the
true
rose
ear
is
shown.
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