The encyclopaedia of the kennel - a complete manual of the dog, its varieties, physiology, breeding, training, exhibition and management, with articles on the designing of kennels (1913) (14768071025)

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Title: The encyclopaedia of the kennel : a complete manual of the dog, its varieties, physiology, breeding, training, exhibition and management, with articles on the designing of kennels
Year: 1913 (1910s)
Authors: Shaw, Vero Kemball
Subjects: Dogs
Publisher: London : George Routledge of Sons
Contributing Library: Webster Family Library of Veterinary Medicine
Digitizing Sponsor: Tufts University



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sed by greyhounds, and which were onlya degree removed above rabbit coursing meetings so far asreal sport was concerned. Happily, however, the goodsense and sporting feelings of coursing men proved soaverse to this burlesque of the genuine thing that theenclosed meetings were quickly abandoned as being un-profitable, and with their extinction a fine, manly pastimeproductive of good sport and plenty of healthy exercise,took a new lease of life. The popularity of coursing, in fact, is made apparentby the large number of small meetings which take placein every part of the country where hares are to be foundin sufficient numbers to enable them to be held, and theimportant fixtures, such as the Waterloo Cup and theBorder Union gathering, attract as many good greyhoundsas they ever did. It is to be hoped, too, that it will bea long time before coursing ceases to exist as a greatEnglish sport, as it provides an ample fund of healthyrecreation to thousands of people, and undoubtedly is the 56
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