Foxy Royal, JC Rescued Track Greyhound owner: Caroline Deal |
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The first knowledge of the Greyhound comes from the Tomb of Amten, in the Valley of the Nile, regarded by Egyptologists as belonging to the fourth dynasty, which in modern chronology would be between 2900 and 2751 B.C. The carvings in this old tomb show dogs of unmistakable Greyhound type in three separate scenes. |
Photographer: Shot On Site |
The origin of the name "Greyhound" is somewhat open to dispute, and the number of suppositions have been advanced. One is that it is derived from Graius, meaning Grecian, because the dog was in high esteem among the ancient Greeks.
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He is found in England at a very early date. In fact, a manuscript from the ninth century A.D. is illustrated with a picture of Elfric, Duke of Mercia; and beside this old Saxon chieftain stands his huntsman with a brace of Greyhounds.
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No. 31 of the Canute
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The Greyhound came to America long before 1776. Laurel Drew, a historian of the breed, has traced Greyhounds that were brought to this country by Spanish explorers in the early 1500s "to guard, hunt, intimidate and punish their enemies--in this case, the Indians." |
One of the most celebrated of many Greyhound owners in history was General George A. Custer. Custer was especially fond of coursing breeds--Greyhounds and "staghounds"--and traveled with a hound pack that numbered about forty. |
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