Galgo Español

The Galgo Español (Spanish galgo) or Spanish greyhound is an ancient breed of dog and a member of the sighthound family. Probably between 800-1400 A.D. Arab and Berber invaders crossed the Mediterranean into Spain and brought their hunting dogs, Saluki and Sloughi, with them.  The Galgo appears not only in hunting books, but also in common Spanish expressions, as well as in Literature. Maybe the most famous reference is the one contained in the opening sentence of "Don Quixote de La Mancha": "En un lugar de la Mancha, de cuyo nombre no quiera acordarme, no ha mucho tiempo que vivia un hidalgo de los de lanza en astillero, adargo antigua, rocin flaco y galgo corrdor"

"In a village of La Mancha, the name of which I have no desire to call to mind, there lived not long since one of those gentlemen that keep a lance in the lance-rack, an old buckler, a lean hack, and a Galgo for coursing"