320 Modem Dogs. 



Tail. — Long, well feathered, and not gaily carried. 



Height. — At shoulder of dog, from 28 Inches 

 upwards ; of bitches, from 26 inches upwards. 



Faults. — Head, short or thick ; too much stop ; 

 parti-coloured nose ; eyes too wide apart ; heavy 

 ears, heavy shoulders; wide chest; "barrel" ribbed ; 

 dew claws ; elbows turned out, wide behind. 



The colour ought to be white, with blue, grey, or 

 fawn markings of different shades, the latter some- 

 times deep orange coloured, approaching red. Pale 

 brindled marks on the white ground are often found, 

 and are not objectionable, and fawn dogs with or 

 without black muzzles are not unusual. Whole 

 colours are unsatisfactory. The lighter marked 

 animals are the handsomest and the most admired 

 in this country, though, as stated earlier on, one or 

 two heavily coloured dogs of great merit have been 

 shown here. 



One Russian admirer of the breed gives some of 

 the characteristics of the Borzoi as follows : '' The 

 structure of the body of a pure bred Russian Borzoi 

 astonishes everybody by its thinness, elasticity, and 

 form of the bones. The muscles are not hard and 

 cushion-formed, but on touching, nearly elastic and 

 long-stretched, which enable these dogs to reach 

 any other animal at a short distance with a few 

 leaps. They have a soft, silky, and glossy coat, the 



