Bound logic
July 3rd 2008 07:24
Greyhounds have long hind legs. They have a distinctive shape - think of a drawn long-bow, ready to release an arrow.
The legs are thin, and deceptively fragile, below the joint. So thin, in fact, that a close friend decided that Scratchy deserved the nickname Spindly. A former close friend, I should say.
The legs are heavily muscled above the joint, and it is not hard to see where their power comes from. A greyhound in full flight seems to settle all its body over those back legs, which then unfurl like a mighty spring, sending the dog forward with a great bound.
You just don't see legs like that very often.
Especially if you're two years old and riding on your father's shoulders. "Look," said the little boy, as Scratchy, Daisy and I passed him in the street today, "kangaroos!"
The legs are thin, and deceptively fragile, below the joint. So thin, in fact, that a close friend decided that Scratchy deserved the nickname Spindly. A former close friend, I should say.
The legs are heavily muscled above the joint, and it is not hard to see where their power comes from. A greyhound in full flight seems to settle all its body over those back legs, which then unfurl like a mighty spring, sending the dog forward with a great bound.
You just don't see legs like that very often.
Especially if you're two years old and riding on your father's shoulders. "Look," said the little boy, as Scratchy, Daisy and I passed him in the street today, "kangaroos!"
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