Hare coursing
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Hare coursing is the pursuit of hares with greyhounds and other sighthounds, which chase the hare by sight, not by scent.
Sloughi coursing a hare
Coursing the hare, Francis Barlow, 1686
Coursing at Hatfield, an engraving by John Francis Sartorius, depicts Emily Cecil, Marchioness of Salisbury riding side-saddle.
A hare caught by two greyhounds
Greyhound
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The English Greyhound, or simply the Greyhound, is a breed of dog, a sighthound which has been bred for coursing, greyhound racing and hunting. Since the rise in large-scale adoption of retired racing Greyhounds, the breed has seen a resurgence in popularity as a family pet.
Greyhound
A blue female greyhound
Margaret Gorman with her pet Greyhound, "Long Goodie", in April 1925
"Gray-Hound" in a 1658 English woodcut