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As our time was up, we departed, regretting that we 

 could not take a few of the Czar's wolfhounds away 

 with us." 



Following the publication of Mr. Lowe's article 

 some correspondence ensued, and Colonel Wellesley 

 forwarded an interesting communication he had 

 received from Prince Obolensky on the subject. 

 His Royal Highness, who has a famous strain of 

 Borzoi of his own, and may be taken as a leading 

 authority on the breed, says : 



*' The dogs that have been catalogued at various 

 shows in England for the last three years are pure 

 Borzoi, and have come originally from the best 

 kennels in Russia. For instance, Krilutt, Pagooba, 

 Sobol, Zloeem, and others were not ordinary working 

 hounds, but dogs that were admired in their native 

 country, both on the show bench and in the field. 

 Pagooba, for example, who is of exceptional size for 

 a bitch, has several times pinned wolves single- 

 handed. 



''The English traveller mentions the size — viz., 

 32in. — of the dogs he saw as tremendous. There 

 are exceptional cases where the Borzoi has stood 

 very near that height. At the dog show in Moscow 

 this year a dog called Pilai measured 3iiin., or 80 

 centimetres ; but the average height is from 28in. to 

 29jin. It often proves to be the case, however, that, 



