Old time coursing.

[tlewis]

Check out these pictures of almost one hundred years ago. (Some are a bit graphic)

These are from some old glass negatives now owned by Rey McGeehe of the Palouse area of

Eastern Washington and an advocate of functional Borzoi.

http://personal.palouse.net/valeska/staghounds-1.htm

http://personal.palouse.net/valeska/staghounds-2.htm

http://personal.palouse.net/valeska/staghounds-3.htm

http://personal.palouse.net/valeska/old-runnin-dogs.html

http://personal.palouse.net/valeska/old-greyhounds-1.html

http://personal.palouse.net/valeska/old-greyhounds-2.html

It's amazing to me how little these dogs have changed to the present day.

Proves the old adage that form follows function.

 

[Terry Smith]

It's amazing to me how little these dogs have changed to the present day.Proves the old adage that form follows function.

Equally amazing is the condition of most of them! When you consider they didn't have high protien completes, methionine,white E etc. That "Lady Barton" is in fantastic condition. Suppose they got plenty of beef out in the west though.

 

[Strike Whippets]

Brilliant pictures :thumbsup: .......I expect that all of those dogs had a natural diet in those days (caught their own dinner ) which would explain the condition of the dogs