HORSE AND GREYHOUND.
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Various have been the opinions upon
the difference Of speed between we'll
bred greyhound and race horse, if oppo-
sed to each other. Wishes had been fire.
quently INDUCED by the sporting world,
that some criterion should be adopted by
which the superiority of speed could be
fairly ascertained, when the following cir
cumstance accidentally took place. and af-
forded some information upon what had
been previously considered a matter of
great uncertainty. In the month OF De-
cember. 1900, match was to have been
run over Doncaster race-course for one
hundred guineas, but one OF the horses
having been drawn, a mare started alone,
that By running the ground she might en-
sure the wager; when having run about
one mile in the four, she was accompanied
by greyhound bitch, which joined her
from the side Of the course, and emula-
lively entering into the competition, con-
tinced the race with the mare for the other
three miles. keeping nearly head and head.
and affording an excellent treat to the
field by the energetic exertions of each.-
AT passing the distance post, five to four
was betted in favour of the greyhound -
when parallel with the stand it was even
betting, and any person might have taken
his choice from five to ten; the mare how
ever had the adyantag,. by a head at the
termination of the course.