48 British Dogs. 



addition to the usual allowance ; and anyone taking his dog off the 

 course before the referee declares "All right," shall forfeit all claim to 

 stakes and bets. 



All disputes to be settled by the referee. 



CHAPTER VII. THE SIBERIAN WOLFHOUND. 



BY CORSINCON. 



THIS is a dog of the Scotch deerhound type, and much the same in size. 

 The most striking difference is in the colour. The grizzle, almost 

 universal in the deerhound, gives place here to a mixture of colours. 

 The majority of those exhibited at our shows are white, with fawn or 

 yellow markings ; but a gentleman who reported a dog show at Moscow 

 for The Country, when there were about fifty exhibited, describes the 

 prevailing colour of the Barsee, as these hounds are called, to have been 

 white and dark grey ; and Minski, shown at Burton-on-Trent, is a 

 mixture of light and dark grey and white ; but certainly the majority we 

 see here are white and fawn or yellow. 



They are scarce in this country, which is to be regretted, as they are 

 strikingly handsome and majestic. The best specimens I have seen are 

 Lady Emily Peel's Czar, by the Duke of Hamilton's Moscow out of 

 the Rev. J. C. Gumming Macdona's Sandringham ; and the latter bitch 

 is also a grand one. Czar is a splendid fellow, white and lemon coloured, 

 in build corresponding with our best deerhounds ; he has a good deep 

 chest, well sloped shoulders, airy neck, and noble head, with rather 

 full, almost amber-coloured eyes, which show bead-like, surrounded as 

 they are with white. He is altogether a dog of fine proportions and noble 

 appearance, and a first-rate specimen of the breed. 



The texture of the coat is finer than in our deerhounds, and, from their 

 colour partly, they have a milder look than their name and work would 

 lead us to expect. 



As an ornament and companion they are to be commended, and I hope 

 to see them become more plentiful. 



