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1895, ^h^^ Mr. W. K. Angelo showed a particularly 

 fine " Irish wolfhound," Goth II., who stood 34 

 inches at the shoulders, and weighed 1341b. at 

 eighteen months old. An extremely handsome hound 

 this, which, on inquiry, I found had the Borzoi 

 Korotai for his grandsire on one side, and besides 

 he included deerhound and Irish wolfhound blood. 

 In addition his grandsire, on his dam's side, was an 

 imported " Siberian wolf dog or sheep dog." This 

 hound, and others of the same strain in Mr. 

 Angelo's kennels, have been and are used success- 

 fully in Scotland for coursing deer. 



Never having been the fortunate possessor of any 

 Irish wolfhounds, and being desirous of obtaining 

 the best information about them as companions, 

 I wrote to a friend who at times had kept two 

 or three of them, and who would gladly give me 

 his opinion. That friend says the Irish wolfhound 

 is very good with children, is the best domestic pet 

 of any big dog, and none more useful in a quiet 

 country place. He never had a case of anyone 

 being bitten by his Irish dogs, though, from their 

 size and appearance, they are a great deterrent 

 to bad characters and the tramping fraternity 

 generally. Some of the strains that contain the 

 Great Dane first cross are not quite of the same 

 disposition as the others, being not nearly so digni- 



