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Sir John Macneil, was a splendid specimen, which 

 again took leading honour two years later. The 

 succeeding show had, for some reason or other, a 

 capital entry, sixteen in the one class, six in the 

 other, and these included several dogs from the 

 Highlands, one of the latter, called Oscar, now 

 beating Alder, who looked old and worn, and was 

 past his best. 



About this period Lord Henry Bentinck took great 

 pride in his deerhounds, and kept a fine kennel of 

 them. Mr. McKenzie, Ross-shire ; Mr. J. Wright, 

 Yeldersby House, Derby; Mr. Menzies, Cherthill ; 

 Mr. Grant, Glenmorriston ; Colonel Campbell of 

 Monzie ; Lord Boswell ; Mr. W. Gordon, Guard- 

 bridge, Fifeshire ; Lord Bredalbane ; the Duke of 

 Sutherland; Mr. Spencer Lucy, and Dr. Hadden, 

 have all at one time or another had good deer- 

 hounds in their kennels, as well as many of the older 

 Scottish families. 



In 1871 we find a Cameron of Lochiel sending 

 to Curzon Hall and taking a first prize with Bruce. 

 Sir St. George Gore was a frequent exhibitor, and in 

 1865 he showed a deerhound that was quite smooth, 

 a big coarse, ugly greyhound in appearance, that of 

 course did not take a prize. Mr. H. C. Musters, 

 Captain Graham, of Durnock, and a few others who 

 admired the fine form of the Scotch dog, were 



