British sport past and present . modern namesake courses over the sameground. Lord Orford is said to have crossed the greyhoundof his day with the bulldog, and to have persevered with thissomewhat unpromising experiment to the sixth or seventhgeneration when he confounded his opponents by producingthe ancestor of the modern greyhound. The blood of thelate Lord Orfords Dogs, says Daniel, engrafted into those ofWiltshire and Yorkshire have turned out the best was one of Lord Orfords breed: she ran forty-sevencourses without defeat : her son Claret was a famous dog, andClarets
British sport past and present . modern namesake courses over the sameground. Lord Orford is said to have crossed the greyhoundof his day with the bulldog, and to have persevered with thissomewhat unpromising experiment to the sixth or seventhgeneration when he confounded his opponents by producingthe ancestor of the modern greyhound. The blood of thelate Lord Orfords Dogs, says Daniel, engrafted into those ofWiltshire and Yorkshire have turned out the best was one of Lord Orfords breed: she ran forty-sevencourses without defeat : her son Claret was a famous dog, andClarets son Snowball was supposed to be (taken for every-thing) the best Greyhound that ever was : this, despite thefact that his brother. Major, always beat him. The literature of coursing is curiously scant, having regardto the antiquity of the sport. That is a picturesque account ofit given by Christopher North (1842). Old Kit held organ-ised coursing of small account by comparison with that to beenjoyed on the moors :— 152 Tandem.
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