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probability of the Russian Wolfhound being taken up 

 in real earnest in England, a few years will doubtless see 

 the development of a recognized, fixed type; and until this 

 is done, the only type to be considered is the dog of power, 

 elegance, and beauty, viewed in the light of the commonly 

 accepted requirements, which are found, in some degree, in 

 all good breeds of dogs. 



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RUSSIAN WOLFHOUND-CZAR. 

 Owned by J. Sperber, 23 Fifth Avenue, Pittsburgh, Penn. 



General features, such as size, build, coat, and color, 

 seem to be about the extent of the requirements of a " spec- 

 imen." In Russian Wolfhounds, therefore, only charac- 

 teristics applicable to all breeds of dogs are of weight in 

 forming an opinion of any particular specimen. Thus for 

 a long coat, on a dog that is at all of Greyhound type, it is 



