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look out. And there are many others, ahnost if not 

 equally good to look at, on the show bench. 



The deerhound, in colour, should be either brindled 

 in various shades, blue, or fawn ; white is detrimental, 

 though a little on the chest or feet does not matter 

 very much. Pure white dogs are occasionally found, 

 but it is not a deerhound colour, any more than it is 

 that of a collie, though Mr. Morton Campbell, jun., 

 of Stracathro, near Brechin, had a white hound 

 of considerable beauty ; it was obtained from the 

 Highlands, and its pedigree is unknown. I prefer 

 the darker shades of colour ; the darker brindles are 

 very attractive, and, in actual w^ork, it is a colour 

 that tones well wath the surrounding rocks and dark 

 heather. The largest and heaviest dogs are not to 

 be recommended, either for work or otherwise, they 

 cut themselves on the rocks, and are not nearly so 

 active and lithe on the rough ground as the lighter 

 and smaller specimens. The dog should not, at any 

 rate, be more than about thirty inches at the 

 shoulder, the bitch from one to two inches less. 

 One or two specimens have been shown, and won 

 prizes too, that measured up to thirty-two inches, 

 and even an inch more, and it is said that Bran, 

 figured in " Dogs of the British Isles," was thirty- 

 three inches ! At the Kennel Club's show in 

 October, 1896, Mr. W. C. Grew show^ed an eighteen 



