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THE NEW BOOK OF THE DOG. 



to the breed in Ireland is Ch. Marquis of 

 Donegal. He is the property of Mr. .Martin, 

 and I believe I am correct in saying that 

 he is an own brother to Dermot Astore. 

 Mr. Martin has had several other high- 

 class specimens, of which Connaught was 

 one of the best. 



Amongst the bitches that have been in- 



most promising young dog in Felixstowe 

 Yirra, a son of Kilcullen and Kitty Astore, 

 with which he was second to Mrs. Shewell's 

 Ch. Cotswold, who is undoubtedly the 

 grandest Irish Wolfhound ever bred, and 

 has so far had an unbeaten record. In 

 height Ch. Cotswold stands 34+ inches. 

 At the same show Miss Clifford, of Rvde, 



MRS. P. shewells CH. COTSWOLD PATRICIA 



BY WOLF TONE PRINCESS PATRICIA OF CONNAUGHT. 



strumental in building up tne breed to its 

 present high state of excellence is Princess 

 Patricia of Connaught, who is by Dermot 

 Astore out of Cheevra, and is the dam 

 of Ch. Cotswold Patricia. She is one of 

 the tallest of her race, her height being 

 33 inches ; another bitch that measures 

 the same number of inches at the shoulder 

 being Dr. Pitts-Tucker's Juno of the Fen, 

 a daughter of Ch. Wargrave, who has had 

 several prizes placed to her credit. 



Mr. Everett, of Felixstowe, is now one 

 of the most successful breeders. He ex- 

 hibited at the last Kennel Club show a 



exhibited a good hound in YVildcroft, 

 another of Dermot Astore's sons, and other 

 supporters of the breed are Lady Kathleen 

 Pilkington, Mr. T. Hamilton Adams, Mr. 

 G. H. Thurston, Mr. Bailey. Mrs. F. Mar- 

 shall, Mr. J. L. T. Dobbin, and Miss Ethel 

 McCheane. 



The following is the description of the 

 variety as drawn up by the Club : — 



1. General Appearance. — The Irish Wolfhound 

 should not be quite so heavy or massive as the 

 Great Dane, but more so than the Deerhound, 

 which in general type he should otherwise resemble. 

 Of great size and commanding appearance, very 



