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Show 4 4i IMuMllnff (lruyhnnnil. jP The right way to bring a greyhound t Into condition Is to walk him steadily f every day from twelvo to fifteen miles. f Ho mnst not bo allowed to potter along '. f tho road In his own ewect way, hut 4 I! ibould bo led by the trainer. Tho ,' reason It that continual oxerclte Is thus 4 given, and tills without tiring the do '.-I When ho comet In from hi walk the ! ) grayhound la brushed and groomed 4- Wheu the grayhound Is at oierclio ho weara a thick "aheet;" thli It ox-' ox-' chnnged forone of thinner quality when ho It at home. Tho walking exerclto nlono Is not sufficient, however. livery liv-ery other day tho graj hound Is gal-. gal-. loped, and thlt Is done In the following manner. A kennel man holds tho dogs, Tho trainer walks away for nearly halt "f" a mile At a given signal the kennel 1 v man releases one of the dogs, who '-.' naturally gallopa toward tho trainer. : When tho dog has gona away about twenty yards another dog It released, and to tho process goes on until all tho dogt aro running toward tho t.-alner at a distance ot about twenty yardt from each other. If the do were allowed al-lowed to run together they would either 1 play or fight with each other, and the leading dog must be a very Rood one at galloping, or the galop will be tpoll-, tpoll-, nl. Kansas city Journal. |