3o6 Modem Dogs. 



Mr. K. Muir, an English resident in Moscow, who 

 brought over with him, during a visit to this country, 

 a couple of excellent hounds, own, or have owned, 

 animals perhaps as good as can be found in any 

 Russian kennel. Their best specimens are much 

 stronger, and more powerful than most of those seen 

 at our earlier shows. Mrs. Wellesley's Krilutt was 

 measured to be 3oin. at the shoulders, and pretty 

 nearly loolb. in weight, and Mr. Muir's Korotai was 

 half an inch taller, and said to be i lolb. in weight. 

 Both were Russian born, and proved their ability to 

 win prizes at St. Petersburg and Moscow, as well 

 as in our own country. Like the rest of their race, 

 they are "thick coated dogs" — the smoother ones 

 are not liked in this country — not so hard in their 

 hair as the English deerhound, but the jacket is 

 closer, and, if not so straight, is perhaps the more 

 weather-resisting of the two. As the Russians 

 themselves say that the two kinds of coat, thick and 

 comparatively smooth, appear in puppies of the same 

 litter, there is no other conclusion to arrive at, that 

 they are one and the same variety. At any rate, 

 they are allowed to be so in this the land of their 

 adoption. 



Considerable interest was taken in the extra- 

 ordinary collection of this hound that appeared at 

 the Agricultural Hall, Islington, in February, 1892. 



