.  Tliuolhcim
■ly,  iw  jBE  w  iiuiunac«  ta  bnny  dci
nui  'na  iw(  Duly  ilo  Lbe  ffrvjhoaT

■n  Ml  b)-  unj  kiDd  of  fenar,  bui  i
lU  piny,  and  touiy  >  anw  b  won

iBl  upon  10  dKidc  1>r»Ua»Ui>K  i


»m  ODt  ^pmlu;    h«nE»  Ibrf  of


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fioint  to  bt  made.  In  tb«  meanUiiM  the
Itwter  dog  b  beooining  MTAjte ;  and  wbm  be
lies  A  chance  he  cats  hie  own  throet  bjr
)>icUiif  up  hli  here  with  a  nieb— thne
drddlnir  tbe  course  affelnst  hlmeeld  The
Wlltelilre  greyhound  !■•  very  often  e  ■mall,
•tout,  Aud  terricr-llkc  iiog ;  but  ineuj  oi  tbe
beet  old  WUtelilrv  line«d  were  iif  larsor  elie ;
Of.  for  InetiMCi',  llill\-gi»-by-'eui,  who,  ii
iiot  bred  fruui  WlU»lun:  Mmliie,  was  need
entirely  fur  ttiat  cuuiur>',  and  lias  left  Nnne
good  dcsiTCiidaiits  to  curry  on  the  pecolUrly
true  MtyU'  In  which  he  excelled.  Wllisiilre
Marquis  hinuvlf  was  a  small  dog,  and  so
wvro  most  of  his  stock :  but  some  were  of
fiuud  sis(%  aiid  wlK>n  croMud  with  the  New-
iiiurki-t  blood  In  Jiuyolist  and  FIglioldean,
Uicy  sUuwud  good  slzu  aud  |«ce,  together


with  the  lame  tnie  and  close  ronnlng
already  deecrilied.  As  far  as  I  know,  then
are  no  tme  Wiltshire  greyhound  sulitoos,
for  the  breed  has  become  nearly  extinct  as
imblic  perfbnners;  bat  numi<n>U8  crosses
are  oiwn  to  selection,  u  with  the  N'ew-
inartiet  in  Forward,  the  Csar,  Kactotom,
Lablache.  and  Flre-oftlce;  and  with  tbe
LancAshire  also  in  Neville,  thoush  his
WUuiibe  blood  was  that  uf  Mr.  (j^iodlake's
Ciracchus.  who  was  more  calculated  and
Intnidud  lor  Newmarket  than  fttr  AnMSlMrT
or  Aalidown ;  snd  also  with  the  bcotch  in
Lupes  and  K  :ypt.
