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Dogs and All about Them
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Robert Leighton
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CHAPTER
XIX
THE
WHIPPET
For
elegance
of
style,
cleanliness
of
habit,
and
graceful
movement,
few
dogs
can
equal
the
Whippet,
for
which
reason
his
popularity
as
a
companion
has
increased
very
greatly
within
the
past
decade.
No
more
affectionate
creature
is
to
be
found,
yet
he
possesses
considerable
determination
and
pluck,
and
on
occasion
will
defend
himself
in
his
own
way.
Too
fragile
in
his
anatomy
for
fighting,
in
the
ordinary
sense
of
the
word,
when
molested,
he
will
"snap"
at
his
opponent
with
such
celerity
as
to
take
even
the
most
watchful
by
surprise;
while
his
strength
of
jaw,
combined
with
its
comparatively
great
length,
enables
him
to
inflict
severe
punishment
at
the
first
grab.
It
was
probably
owing
to
this
habit,
which
is
common
to
all
Whippets,
that
they
were
originally
known
as
Snap-Dogs.
The
Whippet
existed
as
a
separate
breed
long
before
dog
shows
were
thought
of,
and
at
a
time
when
records
of
pedigrees
were
not
officially
preserved;
but
it
is
very
certain
that
the
Greyhound
had
a
share
in
his
genealogical
history,
for
not
only
should
his
appearance
be
precisely
that
of
a
Greyhound
in
miniature,
but
the
purpose
for
which
he
was
bred
is
very
similar
to
that
for
which
his
larger
prototype
is
still
used,
the
only
difference
being
that
rabbits
were
coursed
by
Whippets,
and
hares
by
Greyhounds.
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