Mary Allen
Mbalame yotchedwa greyhound ndi imodzi mwa nyama zakutchire zothamanga kwambiri padziko lapansi. Galu wakale wosaka adachita bwino kwambiri pa mpikisano wa greyhound, koma mwatsoka, malo obetcha adapha agalu ambiri. Mtundu wamtali, wowonda, ndi wochuluka kuposa kungothamanga. Chifukwa chadekha komanso ochezeka, Briton ndi mnzake wosinthika komanso galu wabwino wabanja.
#1 Greyhound si imodzi mwa nyama zakumtunda zothamanga kwambiri padziko lapansi, komanso imodzi mwa agalu akale kwambiri omwe adakhalapo kale.
Mbiri yake ingayambike kubadwa kwa Khristu asanabadwe. Agalu okongola komanso amphamvu akuwonetsedwa pamiyala, ndalama zachitsulo, miphika, kapena zojambula zaphanga zochokera ku Middle East zomwe zakhala zaka masauzande angapo. Afarao aku Aigupto adawayimitsa ndipo ngakhale mu nthano ya Homer ya Odyssey, Odysseus (800 BC) amadziwika ndi greyhound atamenyana ndi Troy.
#2 Makolo a galu wamtundu, omwe adachokera ku Great Britain, adabwera m'zaka za zana la 4 BC.
BC, limodzi ndi osamukira ku Celtic, kupita ku British Isles. Kumeneko, agalu olemekezedwa kwambiri anasungidwa kwa anthu olemekezeka okha. Mfumu Canute ya ku England inapereka chilango chokhwima kwa munthu wamba aliyense wogwidwa ndi greyhound. Mfumu Howel ya ku Wales inapereka chilango cha imfa chifukwa chopha greyhound m'zaka za zana la 10. Anthu olemekezeka achingelezi anawononga ndalama zambiri komanso nthawi yambiri kuti abereke ng'ombe zochititsa chidwizi. Greyhound ndi imodzi mwa mitundu yochepa ya agalu yomwe yakhala ikuwetedwa mwadongosolo kwa zaka mazana ambiri.
#3 Pamene dongosolo lachingelezi lolemekezeka linasintha kwambiri m'zaka za zana la 16 ndipo olemera omwe sanali olemekezeka adatha kusunga ndi kuswana agalu ofunikira, kuswana kunakulitsidwanso.
Poyambilira kuthamangitsidwa kuthamangitsa masewera amoyo, ma greyhound akhala akugwiritsidwanso ntchito pothamanga agalu kuyambira chapakati pa zaka za m'ma 16. Pamene agalu poyamba ankathamanga kutchire, pambuyo pake anathamanga m’mipikisano yozungulira yomwe inkapatsa oonerera mwayi wotsatira agaluwo pa mpikisano wonsewo. Poyambirira cholinga chake chinali zosangalatsa zotchuka, mpikisano wa greyhound posakhalitsa unakula kukhala bizinesi yothamangitsa mabiliyoni ambiri yokhala ndi kubetcha kowopsa.