36 DOMESTICATED DOGS. 
When Sir Walter Scott lost his celebrated doy Maida'(which, by the way, 
was by a Pyrenean dog out of a Glengarry deerhound bitch), he was presented 
with a brace of dogs by Glengarry and Cluny’ Macpherson, both. of gigantic 
size. He calls them “wolfhounds,” ‘and says, “There is no occupation . ae 
them, as there is only one wolf near, and that is confined in a menagerie.” 
He was offered a fine Irish greyhound by Miss Edgeworth, who owried some 
of this breed, but declined, having the others. Richardson ‘says—* Though I 
have separited the Irish wolf-dog from the Highland deethound aud the 
Scottish greyhound, I have only done so partly in conformity with general. 
opinion, that I have yet to correct, and partly because these. dogs, though 
originally identical, are now’ unqnestionably distinct in many particulars.” 
' As the rough Scotch greyhound is to the present deerhound, so is the deer- 
hound to what the Irish wolfhound was! 
“It may be of interest to mention here that the last wolf is said to have been 
killed in 1710, but there is no accurate information as to the date. The height 
of the European wolf varies from 28 in. to 30 in., and he is, though of com- 
paratively slight form, an animal of very great power and activity. 
Richardson, being an enthusiast on the subject, and not content with simply 
writing, took measures to recover the breed. With much patience and trouble, 
he hunted up all the strains he could hear of, and bred dogs of gigantic size 
to which the strains now in existence can be distinctly traced. A gentleman 
of position and means in Ireland, deceased some six or eight years, possessed 
a kennel of these dogs, on the breeding of. which he expended both time and 
fortune freely. They were, though not equal to the original dog, very fine 
animals.. It has been ascertained beyond all question: that there are a few 
specimens of the breed still in Ireland and England that have well-founded. 
pretensions to be considered Irish wolfhounds, though falling far short of the 
requisite dimensions ; and, in concluding this paper, the writer would again 
earnestly urge that some decided action may be taken by gentlemen posséss- 
ing both leisure and means to restore to us that most noble of the canine race 
—the Irish wolfhound. 
Repnock, Dursiey. 
: Since the year 1876 a club has been specially formed for the 
sosuacitabion of this breed, under the auspices of Captain Graham, 
and in the present year (1886) a class was made for their ex- 
hibition by the Kennel Club at their summer show—divided, 
as usual, between the two sexes. or these there were eighteen 
entries, but most of the male exhibits resembled the deerhound : 
go closely, both in size and appearance, that they might. just as 
well have appeared in that class. The bitches were generally of. 
larger size than the corresponding sex of the deerhound, which is 
very much smaller than the dog,.and this is probably due to.the 
