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of a silver medal at Moscow, and quite bore out 

 all the good words that had been said of him. 

 Exquisite in coat and colour — the latter white with 

 light markings of pale fawn — he stood taller than 

 any other dog in his class, and up to this period and 

 for some time after was certainly the best Borzoi I 

 had seen. Since, two or three have appeared that 

 are, I believe, quite his equals. Whether it is worth 

 while mentioning a dog named Zloeem, which, a 

 year later, had been purchased in Russia by an 

 American gentleman, Mr. Paul Hacke, is an open 

 question. However, it was said that Zloeem could 

 lower the colours of Krilutt and all other opponents, 

 and at Brighton and the Crystal Palace was pro- 

 duced for the purpose of doing so. How com- 

 pletely he failed is now a matter of history — a 

 second-rate dog only when at his very best. 

 Since the above dogs flourished many good 

 specimens have appeared, notably H.R.H. the 

 Princess of Wales's Alex, who has been particularly 

 successful on the bench ; Mrs. Coop's Windle 

 Courtier, the Duchess of Newcastle's Velasquez^ 

 Vikra, and Milkha ; Mrs. Kate Sutton's Vera HI., 

 Mrs. Barthropp's Leiba, Mrs. Musgrave's Opromiot, 

 Mrs. Stamp's Najada, and some others, the names 

 of which do not occur to me. 



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