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type to those we see now, and no doubt have a 

 common origin with the ordinary Eastern or Cir- 

 cassian greyhound, occasionally met with in this 

 country. But the latter were usually smaller and less 

 powerful than their Russian relative. According to 

 the " Kennel Club Stud Book" a class for " Russian 

 deerhounds " was provided at the National dog show 

 held at the Crystal Palace in 1871. This was not 

 the case, but a foreign variety class was composed 

 almost entirely of Russian hounds, and one of them, 

 Mr. S. G. Holland's Tom won the first prize. Lady 

 Emily Peel and Mr. Macdona were exhibitors at the 

 same show. 



It will be more than twenty-five years since the 

 Czar of Russia presented the Prince of Wales with 

 a couple of his favourite hounds, Molodetz and 

 Owdalzka. These his Royal Highness exhibited 

 on more than one occasion, and bred from them 

 likewise. Mr. Cumming Macdona had one of the 

 puppies, his Czar being a particularly handsome 

 specimen. Then Mr. Taprell Holland, in 1872, 

 showed an excellent hound in the variety class at 

 Birmingham, for which he obtained a prize. Even 

 before this, specimens of the Borzoi (then called 

 Siberian Wolfhounds) were met with on the 

 benches at Curzon Hall. In 1867, Mr. J. Wright, 

 of Derby, had one called Nijni; and three years 



