The Speedy Greyhound.
A correspondent says that as the result of experiments he has made under careful timing he finds that tne grey hound is the fastest of all four-footed animals. When going at lull gallop it can cover 20 yards a second, or about a mile in a minute and 28 seconds — a speed that comes very near that of the carrier pigeon. There are very few thoroughbred horses that can exceed 19 yards a second. Greyhounds have been known to better that by four yards. Foxhounds have a record of four miles in six and a half minutes, or nearly, 18 yards a second. This speed is to some extent an inherited gift, as wolves can run at the rate of a mile in three minutes. Nansen says that Siberian dogs can travel 45 miles on ice in five hours.
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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXX, Issue 10, 6 March 1902, Page 29
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142The Speedy Greyhound. New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXX, Issue 10, 6 March 1902, Page 29
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