ROUGH SCOTCH GREYHOUND AND DEERHOUND. 35 



are fawn, red, brindled (either red and black mixed, or fawn and 

 blue), grey, and black. The coat is harsh, long, and rough, espec- 

 ially about the jaws, where the hair stands out like that of a 

 Scotch terrier. In speed they are about equal to the smooth grey- 

 hound, but they do not appear to be quite so stout, though of late 

 we have had no opportunities of judging, as a rough greyhound 

 in public is rare in the extreme. Mr. A. Graham, who formerly 

 was celebrated for his breed of these dogs, has now abandoned 

 their use, excepting when largely crossed with the smooth grey- 

 hound, for which purpose they seem well suited, when the former 

 are too small or too delicate for the work they have to do. But as 

 these are now bred of a much more hardy kind than formerly, so 

 that they will stand cold and wet almost as well as the Scotch 

 dog, there is little necessity for resorting to the cross, and it is ac- 

 cordingly abandoned by almost all the breeders of the animal. 

 Nevertheless, some of the best dogs of the present day have a 

 strain of the rough dog in them, but it is gradually dying out as 

 compared with ten or twenty years ago. It is alleged, and I fancy 

 with some truth, that the rough dog runs cunning sooner than the 

 smooth, and hence the cross is objected to ; and certainly many 

 litters of greyhounds bred in this way within the last few years 

 have been remarkable for this objectionable vice. 



The points, or desirable external characteristics of this breed, 

 with the exception of the rough coat, are so similar to those of 

 the smooth greyhound, that the two may be considered together. 



