I don't understand why an "Italain Grayhound" is called GRAY, when many of them are brown, or black?

Question

actually they can be brown, or black too....

is it the same as whippet?

Answer 1

Why is football called football when you don't use your foot.

soccer should be called football and is in some countries not America.

same thing with GRAY-hound

Answer 2

The name 'greyhound' is a corruption of 'gazehound' - these dogs were bred to hunt by sight, rather than by scent like, for example, bloodhounds.