The Borzoi i6i 



admit of a modification of the original type of 

 Borzoi. Such a view as the one I have ventilated 

 has nothing to recommend its adoption, and ought 

 not to find favour amongst those who are interested 

 in the future welfare of these hounds. 



Lack of occupation, like loss of functional vigour, 

 has a tendency to assert its power in spite of all that 

 scientific breeding can do towards counterbalancing 

 such occult influences of Nature. 



As in all other hounds required for speed and 

 prolonged exertion, the chest must be deep, i.e., 

 girth well behind the elbows, but the breast ought 

 not to be wide, as the greater the width the more 

 diminished the speed. A wide front affords a larger 

 area of atmospherical resistance, whilst the shoulders 

 have not as much freedom of movement as in a hound 

 with a narrower breast. Remarkable depth of 

 chest is characteristic of the typical Borzoi. The 

 Club, in their Standard of Points, in referring to the 

 chest, says: "Deep and 'somewhat' narrow." 



There is an ambiguity about the word " some- 

 what," as though the framers of the Standard of 

 Points had only a hazy notion as to what should 

 constitute the transverse diameter of the breast, 

 though erroneously referred to as the chest. 



As previously stated by the author, the chest 

 cannot he too deep, or the breast too narrow. 



These qualifications necessitate very long fore- 



