3o8 Modern Dogs. 



Krilutt, Oudar, Korotai, and may be of another 

 dog, imported by Mr. Summerson, of Darlington, 

 called Koat, afterward H'Vat. 



To dwell a little more upon the very best speci- 

 mens seen in England — Krilutt and Korotai, with 

 Oudar and Ooslad, have been and still are equal to 

 anything I have seen. The latter, a fawn hound, is 

 rather smaller than the others, but on one occasion, 

 at least, he beat Korotai, a decision with which I 

 did not agree ; for if Ooslad was a little finer in the 

 head, his opponent beat him in coat, colour, power, 

 size, and in all other particulars. Korotai was a white 

 dog with slight blue markings. It is said that w^hen 

 in Russia he had run down and overpowered a wolf. 

 His strain was of the highest and most valued pedi- 

 gree, and I certainly liked him the best of any of his 

 race I had seen until Oudar came on to the scene. 

 However, at the show^ already alluded to, the latter 

 was not in good condition, and suffered defeat ; 

 Korotai winning chief honours in an extraordinary 

 fine lot of dogs. Krilutt had been in the challenge 

 class ; Oudar was first in a division for novices, 

 and at the present time he is well cared for in the 

 kennels of The Duchess of Newcastle at Clumber, 

 and, although now over eight years old, is able 

 to take more than his part against the best on 

 the show bench. At the present time there are 



