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wolves treated in a similar manner. Judging, 

 however, from what I have been told of such gather- 

 ings, the sport is by no means desirable or of a high 

 class, so need not be further alluded to here. 



It is but natural that with the popularisation of a 

 new variety of dog, some discussion should take place 

 thereon. In the present instance, an attempt was 

 made upon the name of the hound, but as the word 

 Borzoi had obtained general acceptance, was easy 

 to pronounce, and not too long to puzzle even a 

 child, the " raid " failed. It is now adopted by the 

 Kennel Club, by the chief Russian authorities, and no 

 doubt that hound once known as the Russian wolf- 

 hound will now remain the Borzoi to the end of his 

 days. On this matter, Prince Obolensky says : 

 " I am glad to see English sporting papers adopting 

 the Russian name for this breed, for the word itself 

 (Borzoi mas., Borzaizfem .) means ' swift and hot- 

 tempered;' and though poets sometimes apply the 

 expression to a high-spirited steed, it is, with this 

 exception, always applied to greyhounds only; for 

 this reason the English greyhound is called, in 

 Russia, ' Angliskaia Borzaia,' or English Borzoi." 



Some little time before the above was published, 

 Lieutenant G. Tamooski, writing from Merv, proposed 

 the term " Psovi," which means literally " thick 

 coated," as a fit name for the dog as it is known in 



