THE IRISH WOLFHOUND 



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that were hung before a dog's fore legs to prevent him from sheep- 

 worrying or being otherwise mischievous. 



Whether the modern Irish Wolfhound is to be regarded in the 

 future as containing sufficient of the blood of the old Wolfdog to be 

 considered but a resuscitation, or whether it is to be judged in the 

 light of a new creation (and we are personally of this opinion), will 

 probably never be satisfactorily determined. One thing, however, 



FIG. 35. THE IRISH WOLFHOUND, AFTER REINAGLE. 



is certain that to Captain Graham, of Rednock, Dursley, belongs 

 the chief credit of either creating or resuscitating the breed. This 

 he began in 1862 with the two hounds Faust and Old Donagh, the 

 latter bred by Mr. Baker, of Ballyrotune Castle, Kilkenny. Other 

 dogs that played an important part in the resuscitation were Young 

 Donagh, Islay, Swaren I., Brenda, Oscar, Wolf, and Torunn. In 

 the process Great Dane, Deerhound, and later Russian Wolfhound 

 blood have commingled with what is supposed to have remained of 

 the original Irish Wolfhound, and the dog as we know it to-day has 



