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over fifty Borzois at Clumber, of which Velasquez 

 and Velsk, by Korotai — Vikhra, are perhaps the best 

 couple ever bred in this country. Tsaritsa, bred by 

 Count Stroganoff, also deserves special mention, a 

 bitch by many good judges considered the best of 

 her sex ever exhibited. 



Argos (Mr. O. H. Blees's), a black and tan in 

 colour, was also a very nice hound, excepting so far 

 as the colour goes, which is not good. The owner 

 of the last named Borzoi, w^ho is a Russian, has 

 repeatedly been an exhibitor in this country, and 

 at the Kennel Club's show, in 1891, he took first, 

 second, and third prizes in dogs, but was not so 

 successful in bitches, where Mr. F. Lowe won, with a 

 powerful and excellent specimen he had brought with 

 him from Russia, and called Roussalka. She w^ould, 

 no doubt, have been useful here, but, unfortunately, 

 died soon after the show. Colonel Wellesley's 

 bitch, Pagooba, and Mr. R. B. Summerson's dog 

 Koat, afterwards H'Vat, were hounds of high class. 



Of these many excellent specimens, Colonel 

 .Wellesley must have the honour of being first in 

 the field with Krilutt, who made an early appearance 

 — and a most successful one it was — at the Kennel 

 Club show, when held at the Alexandra Palace in 

 1889 — the year of the bloodhound trials. Krilutt 

 had come with a great reputation as the winner 



