THE ENGLISH WHIPPET. By E.G. Walsh and Mary Lowe. Second edition.

(1984) 2015 2nd edition reprint. 8vo (158 x 240mm). Ppxiv,296. B/w photographs. Laminated boards.

This is a welcome new reprint of what has become a standard text of the breed. Colonel Ted Walsh and Mary Lowe have a vast store of knowledge on the whippet; Colonel Walsh particularly on working whippets while Mrs Lowe is a leading international judge of the breed. The book covers the history of show, coursing, hunting and racing whippets as well as breeding and care of the breed and details of show champions up to 1989. Chapters include: Origins and ownership; The pure-bred whippet; The show whippet; The coursing whippet; The hunting whippet; The racing whippet; Breeding whippets; Looking after whippets; The show ring, 1962-1989. Appendices include: Index of champions 1962-1989; Record-holding sires prior to 1962, sires of four more champions since 1962; The whippet coursing clubs; Pedigree whippet racing; Iconography; Bibliography.