96 THE BORZOI, OR RUSSIAN WOLFHOUND 



eradicated. I remember the late Sir Everett Millais 

 telling me that his dogs on one occasion jumped a 

 fence and made sad havoc amongst a flock of goats 

 which was passing. I also knew of a Borzoi and 

 Irish Wolfhound who got at large one night and 

 left behind them in the morning a sad tale of worried 

 sheep. Which was the ringleader no one knew, and 

 it would not be fair to put a black mark against 

 the breed because of these two isolated instances of 

 misdemeanour which have come under my personal 

 notice. In order to keep the Borzoi in good condi- 

 tion he should be brushed and combed daily, and 

 for exhibition purposes there is a great recommenda- 

 tion that he can be shown in a perfectly straight- 

 forward manner without any semblance of faking. 



