Notes and Comments 
won many prizes for his owner, Mr. J. 
Whitbread. This dog was imported from 
Afghanistan. I only know of very few 
living specimens now in this country. The 
Hon. Florence Amhurst possesses a hand- 
some dog; Mr. Whitbread, I believe, still 
owns a female which he had hoped, alas 
in vain! to mate with the dog above 
referred to; there is one in Yorkshire, and 
I possess a pair of imported specimens, and, 
as far as I know, these are the only repre- 
sentatives of what is undeniably a very 
elegant and racy-looking breed, which would 
well be worth the attention of the earnest 
breeder, as well as of those to whom 
a handsome and un- SE 
common variety BO 
appeals as a com- 
panion, pet, or 
ornament to a 
country house.” 
we 
To Mr. Brooke we 
are also in- 
eee debted for 
permission 
to reproduce the 
other two photo- 
graphs on this page. 
Oneis the Owcharka 
or Giant Sheepdog 
of Russia. This is 
a breed almost un- 
known in England 
ROUGH-HAIRED DACHSHUND. 
GIANT 
SHEEP-DOG. 
property 
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PERSIAN GREYHOUND. 
and, it would appear, 
of comparatively rare 
occurrence even in its 
native land. It is a 
huge dog somewhat 
resembling the 
Knelish Bobtail in 
type. The one photo- 
graphed was a 
winning dog formerly 
in the possession of 
Mr. Van Den Abeele, 
of Brussels. It was 
about the size of an 
average St. Bernard, 
but of course far 
more active. The 
last portrait on the 
page is of “ Burggraf 
Hrdmannsheim,” a 
rough-haired Dachs- 
hund and a cele- 
brated winner on the 
Continent; it is the 
of the well-known 
German judge, Captain Ilgner, 
author of 
hund.” 
the work “ Der Dachs- 
In purity of ancient 
lineage the rough-haired variety 
can, doubtless, not compete with 
the smooth, but it is now an 
established variety, and breeds 
true to type. 
