| Show cheetah described as masterpiece of nature we call the cheetah the hunting leopard but leopard he certainly Is not the leopard Is heavier more truly catlike the cheetah Is lighter in the body and mounted on abnormally long legs the cheetah Is a catlike greyhound no other animal so oddly combines suggestions of such totally unrelated groups as the cats and dogs with a body about four and one half teet feet in length and a tall halt as long the cheetah stands about thirty inches high at the shoulder and with his long forearms and hocks reaching almost down to the foot he be Is built exactly ns man has tried to build the greyhound during hundreds ot of years go 80 far as we know no records exist to tell the speed ot of this wonderful beast beara but hunters agree that for a short dJ distance stance the cheetah Is beyond comparison the fleetest creature that treads the earth it Is a masterpiece ot of nature to the lion the tiger and the leopard it Is what the airplane tUr air plane Is to the ocean liner the swift destroyer to the battleship london lly aly magazine |
