The Greyhound is a breed of dog and a sighthound. It is an ancient breed historically developed for hunting game by sight and speed, and has later been used in organised coursing and greyhound racing.
Margaret Gorman with her pet Greyhound, "Long Goodie", in April 1925
Illustration of the Greyhound skeleton
The Whippet is a British breed of sighthound. It closely resembles the Greyhound and the smaller Italian Greyhound, and is intermediate between them in size. In the nineteenth century, it was sometime
A brindle Whippet
Misse and Turlu, Two small Greyhounds Belonging to Louis XV, by Jean-Baptiste Oudry
Portrait of the Earl of Northampton by Pompeo Batoni, 1758, featuring a dog that appears to be an early form of Whippet.
Brindle and white Whippet puppy