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for these dogs, is pure white, but this is seldom met 

 with. The usual colour is white, marked with fawn, 

 lemon, red, or grey more or less mixed. Perhaps 

 the prettiest features of all in the Borzoi are its ears, 

 which are very small, fringed with delicate silky hair, 

 and should be pricked with a half fall-over like a 

 good collie's. In his movements he much resembles 

 a wild animal, and has quite the slouching walk 

 and long sling trot which is a characteristic of his 

 born enemy, the wolf. Yet to see a Borzoi trot out 

 with his long swinging action, and then just break 

 into a canter, has always reminded me of a two-year- 

 old cantering down to the post. The muscles on the 

 quarters, thighs, and arms should be well developed, 

 as these dogs are intended, and in fact used, to 

 course the wild wolf. Strong must be the muscles, 

 long the teeth, and indomitable the pluck of the 

 Borzoi, who has to encounter single-handed the wild 

 Wolf in his own haunts. No doubt the Borzoi, on 

 such occasions, remembers the well-known^ fact that 

 the favourite meat of the wolf is dog, and acts 

 accordingly. It is usual, however, to employ two 

 Borzois to course a wolf, and it is only the best 

 specimens that can be trusted to account for one 

 single-handed." 



Perhaps, before going more fully into the Borzoi 

 as a British dog, the following extract from an article 



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