Not one of our British dogs has had such justice done to him by writers on canine matters as the greyhound. He has always been popular, and, being probably the oldest of his race, no doubt quite deserves all that has been said and written of him. So far back as the second century, Arrian gives us
Origin of the Greyhound - Ancestors of sighthounds first appeared among Middle Eastern nomadic peoples. In a movable camp setting, it was common for dogs to follow the camp, eating from its trash. The presence of these dogs was tolerated because of the guard service they provided. But the
This elegant animal appears to have existed in Britain from a very early period, being mentioned in a very old Welsh proverb, and a law of King Canute having precluded the commonalty from keeping him. Numberless hypotheses have been brought forward relative to the origin of the greyhound, Buffon
