My dog and I

THE WHIPPET.

Reading edition

Illustration from My dog and I: Being a concise treatise of the various breeds of dogs, their origins and uses. Written expressly for the novice, containing a comprehensive mode of treatment both in health and sickness, together with the names of some prominent breeders.

W. J. Comstock’s, Providence, R. I.

Mary.

Origin.—On account of it being little else than a small English greyhound, its origin is traced to that breed, by which standard it is judged.

Uses.—Occasionally for coursing rabbits, but chiefly for trials of speed of about 200 yards. The dogs are run in couples, the waving of a handkerchief or other cloth being the incentive to run.

Height.—At shoulders about 18 inches.