SCOTCH DEERHOUND. This is one of the oldest British breeds, is still used for deer-hunting in the Scottish Highlands, and hunts both by sight and scent. In general appearance it strongly resembles the old Irish wolfhound, with a rough haired coat, a bearded snout, and half-pricked ears; but it is sharper, swifter, and more saga cious than the Irish hound. It is a great favor ite wherever it goes. The clubs especially devot ed to it call for dogs from 28 to 30 inches high, or even more, weighing from 85 to 105 pounds, with harsh wiry hair 3 to 4 inches long, straight strong fore legs, and hind legs well bent at the stifle, with great length from hip to hock; a chest deep rather than broad, and a very strong neck, an essential for holding a deer. The ear liest record of the Scotch deerhound is on the sculptured stones in the churchyard of Meigle, in Perthshire, Scotland, which Chalmers attribut ed to the ninth century.
Bonzot OR RUSSIAN WOIXHOUND. This variety, sometimes called `psovie,' is one of the greyhound family adapted to withstand the intense cold of the Asiatic plateaus and to travel over snow. To this end all these hounds, whether from Tibet, Persia, or Russia, have an abundance of warm, silky hair, and large hair-covered feathery feet. The modern specimens, from which the typical show dog is chosen, came from Russia, where the czars have for a long period maintained a large kennel of the best specimens. In that country they are used to kill wolves, and are trained for that purpose. When wolves are sighted the dogs are unleashed. Their great speed enables
them to overtake the wolf, which they strike with their fore shoulder and knock over; as the wolf rises another dog strikes it in like man ner, until the huntsman following on horseback arrives and kills thy wolf with spear or knife. While ferocious in the chase, this great hound is at other times most docile and good-tempered. There are two breeds, the Circassian, or shorter coated, by some considered the better for deep soft snow; the other having a long, silky, flowing coat, reaching sometimes on the body to a length of 5 inches, while on the tail it sometimes grows to be 14 inches long. The height of good speci mens varies in males from 28 to 33 inches. in females from 26 to 30, and they should weigh from 75 to 105 pounds for dogs, and 60 to 80 pounds for bitches. The legs are very flat in the hone, giving them an exceedingly slender look from the front, and the feet are long, with a profusion of soft hair. The hind legs are set somewhat forward, which gives the dog, when standing, the appearance of being slightly hump backed. The chest is deep and not wide, and the sides are flat, wherein this dog differs entirely from the English greyhounds. In color the dogs vary. black and white and tan alternating in well-defined patches.
The `brinjaree' is a variety of the rough or long-haired borzoi, used in the Deccan of India, and said to be the best hunting-dog in the East Indies. It is generally yellow or tan in color.