124 BRITISH DOGS 



possessed of speed, courage, and all the qualities of the Deerhound 

 in their vocation in the Highlands. 



Lochiel's Pirate was one of the finest dogs I ever saw ; he stood 

 about 29in., had good bone, fine symmetry, and a hardish coat of 

 a fair length, and altogether looked what a Deerhound should a 

 combination of speed and power. He was of the dark blue colour, 

 so much prized, and so seldom seen. The Duke of Sutherland 

 exhibited two very fine dogs of this colour at Birmingham in 1869, 

 and a descendant of theirs, in the person of Lord Fitzhardinge's Tom, 

 a powerful dog of like colour, took first at Birmingham in 1880. 

 Another beautiful dog, in shape and symmetry, was Mr. J. Addie's 

 Arran, a well-known dog some thirty years ago. He stood over 

 3oin. at the shoulder, had a wonderfully deep chest, capital loin, 

 strong limbs of the best shape, and was of a dark blue colour, 

 approaching black. His great failing was his want of coat, it being 

 extremely scanty, especially on the head and legs. From the union 

 with Mr. Parkes's Brenda he is the grandsire of that gentleman's 

 Borva and Leona and of my Lord of the Isles, in all of which dogs 

 some of his best qualities can be traced. Wallace, son of Arran, 

 was a well-shaped dog, of but medium height, perhaps not more 

 than 28in. For this reason, and from a deficiency of coat as a 

 puppy, he was not destined to the show-bench, but given away. 

 He afterwards, I am told, developed a splendid coat ; but it was 

 almost by a chance that Mr. H. P. Parkes bred from him, as he 

 was thought not to have sufficient size. The result was, however, 

 that his first litter produced some dogs of the largest size in Lord 

 of the Isles, Mr. Parkes's Duncan, and Mr. Sherman's Haco. 

 Duncan, whose loss Mr. Parkes never ceased to regret, though 

 larger than I care for, was certainly the best-made giant I can call 

 to mind. His owner states that he was 31 gin. in height, girthed 

 35in., and weighed gylb., at thirteen months old, when he was 

 exhibited for the first time. He then caught distemper and died, 

 as so many puppies do. Haco was over 29tn. high at nine months 

 old, when purchased by me for Mr. W. S. Sherman, of Rhode Island, 

 and sent out to America. On his voyage out he was shipwrecked 

 on his 'native' shore of Scotland, off the Mull of Cantyre ; but 

 after being transhipped he arrived safely at his destination, and 

 won first prize at the great New York Show in 1881. 



Wallace's second litter from the same bitch produced Mr. 

 Parkes's Borva and his well-known bitch Leona, the latter one of 

 the best of her time. Borva was a true Deerhound, a wonderfully 

 fast dog and a magnificent fencer, and would have made a perfect 

 dog for work. Owing, however, to his not being an overgrown 

 animal, but only about 28in., he was not so successful as a show 

 dog as he should have been. 



Here we have the case of a moderate-sized dog like Wallace 



