114 THE DOGS OF THE BRITISH ISLANDS. 



fawn, grizzle, and brindled, the latter with a more or less tint of blue. The 

 fawn should have the tips of the ears dark, but some otherwise good fawns 

 are pale throughout. The grizzle generally has a decided tint of blue in it. 

 White is to be avoided either on breast or toes, but it should not disqualify a dog. 

 The coat (value 5) is coarser on the back than elsewhere, and by many good 

 judges it is thought that even on the back it should be intermediate between 

 silk and wool, and not the coarse hair often met with ; and there is no doubt that 

 both kinds of coat are found in some of the best strains. The whole body is clothed 

 with a rough coat sometimes amounting to shagginess, that of the muzzle is longer 

 in proportion than elsewhere, but the moustache should not be wiry, and should 

 stand out in irregular tufts. There should be no approach to feather on the legs 

 as in the setter, but their inside should be hairy. 



12. The tail (value 5) should be long and gently curved, without any twist. 

 It should be thinly clothed with hair only. 



The most successful exhibitor at our shows for the last ten years is Mr. 

 Chaworth Musters, of Kirk Langton, with his two Torunns, father and son. The 

 old dog was of the Monzie strain, and was the sire of several prize winners, including 

 Brenda, Hylda, Meg, Mr. Parkes's Be vis, Hilda and Teeldar, the younger Torunn, 

 and Mr. Fitt's Bruce, all which (except the first two) were from sister to Morni, 

 his chief competitor on the show bench. Next to him comes Mr. J. N". Beasley, 

 of Brampton House, Northampton, with Alder and Countess, both with unknown 

 pedigrees; and third, very nearly approaching them indeed, is Mr. Hickman, of 

 Birmingham, whose Morni alone has taken eight first or champion prizes, whereas 

 Old Torunn stopped short at five. Countess was undoubtedly, in my opinion, the 

 most beautiful deerhound I ever saw, and quite unapproached by either dog or 

 bitch ; Mr. Allen's fawn bitch Hylda (the dam of Morni), who took the second 

 prize to her at Birmingham in 1867, being also a splendid specimen of the breed. 

 The latter was by a dog in Her Majesty's kennels. Bran, whose portrait is 

 retained as showing well all the points of the deerhound, was by Mr. Stewart 

 Hodgson's Oscar, son of a dog belonging to Colonel Lennard, of Wickham-cross, 

 and of the breed of Mr. M'Kenzie, of Applecross, Ross- shire. His dam was Mr. 

 Cole's (Her Majesty's keeper) Hylda, by his Old Kieldar out of Tank ; Old Kieldar 

 by Hector, a dog presented to Her Majesty by Mr. Campbell, of Monzie. 



The measurement of Bran was as follows : From nose to setting on of tail, 

 47 inches; tail, 22 inches; height, 32 inches; length of head, 12 inches; circum- 

 ference of head, 17^ inches; round arm at elbow, 9| inches; girth at chest, 33| 

 inches ; girth at loin, 24 inches ; round thigh, 17^ inches ; round lower thigh 

 hock, 7 inches ; knee, 7 inches. 



