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brood bitch he could find, either in England, Paris, or 

 Brussels. 



In Opromiote, who was recently illustrated in the 

 American Field, we have a totally different type the 

 stilty, chucked-up appearance, the absurdly small head 

 and short neck, the shaggy coat and drooping nose being 

 most marked; and it is simply a matter of taste as to which 

 of these diverse types shall be considered the correct one. 

 Opromiote, being the property of a Russian grand duke, 

 maybe supposed to be the Russian ideal of the "correct 

 thing;" but I fancy that Occidental taste will scarcely 

 approve this selection. This, however, is a matter for 

 future determination. 



The defects commonly objected to in nearly all specimens 

 of the breed are bad carriage of tail, many carrying it 

 in sickle fashion away up in the air most un-characteristic 

 of the Greyhound family; wavy and even shaggy coats, 

 coarseness of coat (it should be the very finest of the fine, 

 so that when the dog is in motion it actually waves in the 

 wind), and of course the bad hocks, quarters, and feet that 

 occasionally occur in any breed. Some Greyhound men in 

 England have cited the unusual length of body as an objec- 

 tion to some specimens, but from all I can gather, this is a 

 tolerably common characteristic of the breed. If not 

 accompanied with extra muscular strength of loin, this 

 extra length is certainly an objection; but in most of 

 the specimens I have seen, this muscular development 

 was so marked a feature that no weakness was the result, 

 while it certainly adds to the elegant appearance of the 

 dog. 



Another decided blemish is the drooping nose; i. e., one 

 not parallel with the general line of head in profile. This 

 fault is conspicuous in the case of Opromiote, and was 

 noticeable in the dog Rival and bitch Zerry, shown at the 

 New York show of 1890. It can not be a characteristic of 

 the breed in general, as the illustrations of Czar and Elsie 

 show fairly level heads, while the dog Ivan Romanoff, the 

 winner at New York in 1890, was much like Elsie in this 



