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months puppy called Kelso which measured 32! 

 Inches in height. This was certainly the best big 

 deerhound I ever saw, for there was no coarseness 

 about him, and he was thoroughly symmetrical, 

 although losing somewhat in character on account 

 of his rather light coloured eyes. He won all the 

 prizes he could win, including one given to the best 

 deerhound in the exhibition. 



The following heights and weights of some of the 

 best deerhounds of the modern standard may be 

 interesting, and all are excellent specimens in every 

 way, and perhaps equal to anything that has yet 

 been seen. Mr. Walter Evan's Fingal II. stands 2g^' 

 inches at shoulder, and weighs Sylb. ; his Earl II., 

 28f inches and 8ilb. ; Duke of Brewood, 30^ 

 inches, weighs 881b. ; and his bitch. Enterprise, 

 stands 29 inches, and weighs 851b., a big weight for 

 a bitch. Mr. W. H. Singer's well-known dog, Swift, 

 is 791b. weight, and 30 inches at the shoulder; and 

 his bitch. She, weighs 721b., and stands 26-^ inches. 



With eyes of sloe, 



And ears not low ; 



With horse's breast, 



And deep in chest ; 



And broad in loin, 



And strong in groin ; 



And nape set far behind the head — 



These were the dogs that Fingal bred. 



