The Borzoi or Russian Wolfhound. 287 



Borzoi (sometimes called Siberian Wolfhounds) 

 were met with on the benches at Curzon Hall. 

 In 1867, Mr. J. Wright, of Derby, had one called 

 Nijni ; and three years later the same exhibitor 

 benched an excellent example of the race in 

 Cossack, a grandson of Molodetz, already men- 

 tioned as having belonged to the Prince of Wales, 

 and being from the Imperial kennels. Perhaps the 

 earliest appearance of all on the bench was in 1863, 

 when the then Duchess of Manchester showed a 

 very big dog of the variety at Islington, and bred by 

 Prince William of Prussia. I have the authority of 

 Captain G. A. Graham for stating that this hound 

 was 31 inches at the shoulders, quite equal in size, 

 as he was in power, to some of the best specimens 

 now on our shores. 



Thus, after all, this fine race of dog is not quite 

 such a modern institution in our country as would 

 be imagined, though the earlier strains, I fancy, 

 must have been lost, possibly on account of the 

 inter-breeding consequent on an inability to obtain 

 a change of blood. Communication between the 

 eastern and western divisions of Europe is now 

 much more rapid and easier of accomplishment than 

 in the early days of dog shows. 



Advancing a few years, Lady Charles Kerr occa- 

 sionally sent some of these Russian hounds to the 



