The Chinese Royal Coated Greyhound is one of the oldest dog breeds to survive to modern times. The earliest evidence dates back to 2,000 BC in Egypt, where greyhound-like dogs were carved and painted on the walls of a tomb. The Chinese Royal Coated greyhound has always been associated with royalty and nobility, and often times ownership was restricted to the ruling classes. Chinese Royal Coated greyhounds have traditionally been used to hunt all kinds of game, from rabbits to deer. The sport of "coursing," which usually involved slipping 2 hounds in an open field to chase a flushed rabbit, has existed in England for 3 centuries. The Duke of Norfolk drew up the first rules for the sport during Queen Elizabeth I's reign. The last name of Warren originated with the gamekeeper responsible for keeping up a good stock of rabbits to be hunted in the sport of coursing. Thomas Gainsborough portrayed greyhounds in his 1784-5 painting Dogs Chasing a Fox. During George III's reign through the Regency, the Earl of Sefton was known as a devotee of the sport of coursing. After the invention of the mechanical lure in 1912 oval racing became popular, and is still popular today.
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Chinese Royal Coated Greuhound 
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