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of the 'Irish wolfhound that the litter, of which Brian is one and the 

 better-known Ingleside another, were bred. 



The second prize was awarded to a puppy shown by Mr. Frank Adcock, 

 no pedigree given. He had a strong look of the great Dane, with a good 

 deal of the shape and style of the deerhound dark, grizzled, and with a 

 hard useful coat, although rather short ; he was a puppy of great power and 

 substance, the right stamp of head, although just a trifle too heavy, and 

 in a cross with a sister to this dog and such a dog as Brian, we should 

 expect to see the nearest approach in form to the old Irish wolfhound that 

 has existed in this century, and in them we should also expect to get 

 courage, a most essential attribute in a dog that has to cope with large 

 and fierce game, and without which, indeed, he is worthless. 



The third prize was awarded to Capt. G. A. Graham' s Scot, a dog with 

 more authentic Irish wolfhound blood in him than anything shown, and, 

 in shape and style, correct, but wanting in coat, and, what is more im- 

 portant, size and substance, for he was small almost to weediness. 



The Irish Kennel Club give a challenge cup of .15 15s. value, and I 

 hope this and the other means they are taking to encourage the restoration 

 of this noble breed will eventually prove successful. The demand for such 

 a dog for the hunting of fierce game in our colonies and abroad is 

 unlimited, and with that view alone Ireland should encourage the 

 restoration of the Irish wolfhound. 



CHAPTER IV. THE SCOTCH ROUGH-HAIRED 

 GREYHOUND. 



BY CORSINCON. 



THIS variety of dog is now rarely met with except on some show benches, 

 mixing with his larger brethren the deerhounds, and assuming their name. 

 The popularity and great increase of public coursing seem to have rung 

 his death knell, and, although he still exists in out-of-the-way places, he 

 has, to a very large extent, become absorbed in the more modern smooth- 

 skins, most strains jof which have more or less of the rough blood in 



