At 12:30 PM +0000 12/30/04, [email protected] wrote: >King Canute's (r. 1016 - 1035) Forest Laws mention Greyhounds. The >First Crusade was in 1096. I could see Salukis brought back and >added to the breeding stock, but Greyhounds were already present in >England. > >Randwulf
And that peski Xenophone the Younger described the Gauls (Celts) coursing--sure sounds like a greyoid to me. Now earlier greys were much smaller than todays track stars--Even Master Magrath was the size of a *large* whippet today and he ran only 100 years ago... There is a loverly Roman sculpture of two greyoid puppies playing... So *I* think the rather different body type of a grey has been around for longer than post Crusades... But then I also think the Iggy was larger than most today and the Whippet formalized in the 1900's--tho dogs of the current whippet type and size were stealing table scraps back 'in period'. Ta Carol, back from a successful coursing outing with Brain and Kes and just happy that Sprite survived her Lymes--many haven't this year! -- Creative Clutter is Better Than Idle Neatness! ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/PJ_qlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SCA_Coursing/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
