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Il start.. 2 year old. Bred from worker to worker, mostly ferreting, lamping mooching dogs, 21" pics have been put up before.

My whippets. Dam and son                  

Hopefully these few old pictures and some of recollections from my early teens (the late 1950’s and early 1960’s) may be of some interest. They’re all old style “rag whippets” and pre date the require

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Let's add a twist and a variable 

Mchull is right on arable land think we can agree especially were stuff is ran alot and wise even uneven sheep fields were there's hardly any grass but then on grass fields were cattle has previously been on n churned it up n since been soacked n then constant wet weather real boggy such as this then hares can struggle with a type that can tie them up quickish on such ground

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19 minutes ago, dodger said:

Let's add a twist and a variable 

Mchull is right on arable land think we can agree especially were stuff is ran alot and wise even uneven sheep fields were there's hardly any grass but then on grass fields were cattle has previously been on n churned it up n since been soacked n then constant wet weather real boggy such as this then hares can struggle with a type that can tie them up quickish on such ground

Thinking 'outside the box' there, nice one, dodge.  👍

Hares still run faster on firm ground, though.  🤓

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8 hours ago, thefensarefarbutistillgo said:

@green lurchers, regardless of wether you think that hares run better on good going, do you think they are harder to catch on bottomless ground ? 

I wouldn’t get out the motor if it was bottomless same watching And punting on horses when it’s bottomless.  Carry on in the bog  it must’ be exhilarating  lol 

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14 minutes ago, green lurchers said:

I wouldn’t get out the motor if it was bottomless same watching And punting on horses when it’s bottomless.  Carry on in the bog  it must’ be exhilarating  lol 

George Michael felt the same way apparently 

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