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others of her race, was very delicate, which no 

 doubt arose from continued in -breeding. Mr. 

 McDonald's Duke was larger, but equally good 

 in other respects, and for a time these two won 

 first and second at all the shows where they 

 competed ; this was about twenty to twenty-three 

 years ago. 



" Stonehenge " alludes to one dog, Gowan's Billy, 

 the best of his day, about 1857, where grandsire, 

 great grandsire, gg. grandsire, ggg. grandsire, 

 and gggg., were all the same dog. He was a 

 lovely specimen in appearance, but, as would 

 certainly be the case under such circumstances, his 

 stock was delicate in the extreme. 



As a rule, the males of the Italian greyhounds do 

 not approach the females in diminutiveness and 

 elegance of form ; thus the bitches beat the dogs 

 when they meet, which they usually do in the same 

 class, the entry in which is always so meagre as 

 to preclude the possibility of two divisions being 

 made. 



The best classes of Italian greyhounds of recent 

 years have, with slight exceptions been found at the 

 Scottish shows, where Mr. Bruce, Dundee Court, 

 Falkirk, was accustomed to exhibit some beautiful 

 little dogs, which were certainly in advance of any 

 we had this side of the border, his Wee Flower, 



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