'I have received from Messrs. Spratt's Patent Ltd. (the well-known firm who first placed dog cakes on the market) a sample bag of a new biscuit food, with an explanatory letter from the firm's sales manager as follows:

"I have frequently seen in your 'Notes' references to the advantages of brown bread as against ordinary biscuit food for dogs. I am sending you a small bag of our "Speedall" as at present manufactured... Prepared originally as a diet for racing Greyhounds, it consists of wholemeal with which is blended a small proportion of cod liver oil. Our claim for the food is that it contains all the elements essential to health and energy except meat, which many owners prefer to purchase themselves. It contains the necessary minerals.

"The great advantage of our new baking system is that the food is so light and porous that it soaks perfectly uniformly and will absorb the juices of raw meat or milk, soup or gravy, as well as water; also it is tasty and acceptable and free from lumps - no crust or crumb."'