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no fonder of fighting than the deerhound, faithful 

 as the collie, and as handsome and picturesque 

 as either. His naturalisation with us is accom- 

 plished, and I can see no reason whatever why 

 he is any more likely to be eliminated from " Modern 

 Dogs " than the St. Bernard. He will be used here 

 as a purely fancy variety; there are no wolves for 

 him to kill, hares and rabbits are out of his line, and 

 deer must be left for the big foxhound and the High- 

 land deerhound to tackle. 



I have written of the Borzoi as we know him 

 here, and as he will in the future be known, taking 

 no account of the various strains said to be in the 

 Czar's dominions. 



During 1892 a specialist club was formed to look 

 after the interests of the Borzoi in this country, but 

 up to the time of writing this, no description of its 

 favourite dog has been issued by the members. In 

 the absence of such a compilation I think it best 

 to give the description drawn up in 1889 by the 

 " Russian Imperial Society for the encouragement 

 of Sport," and which was first published in the 

 Stock Keeper. This is as follows : 



" Head. Generally lean throughout, with flat 

 narrow skull, leading over a hardly perceptible stop 

 to a long snout. The head, from forehead to end of 

 nose, should be so fine and lean that the shape and 



