This is a dog of the Scotch deerhound type, and much the same in size. The most striking difference is in the colour. The grizzle, almost universal in the deerhound, gives place here to a mixture of colours. The majority of those exhibited at our shows are white, with fawn or yellow markings; but a gentleman who reported a dog show at Moscow for The Country, when there were about fifty exhibited, describes the prevailing colour of the Barsee, as these hounds are called, to have been white and dark grey; and Minski, shown at Burton-on-Trent, is a mixture of light and dark grey and white; but certainly the majority we see here are white and fawn or yellow.

They are scarce in this country, which is to be regretted, as they are strikingly handsome and majestic. The best specimens I have seen are Lady Emily Peel's Czar, by the Duke of Hamilton's Moscow out of the Rev. J. C. Cumming Macdona's Sandringham; and the latter bitch is also a grand one. Czar is a splendid fellow, white and lemon coloured, in build corresponding with our best deerhounds; he has a good deep chest, well sloped shoulders, airy neck, and noble head, with rather full, almost amber-coloured eyes, which show bead-like, surrounded as they are with white. He is altogether a dog of fine proportions and noble appearance, and a first-rate specimen of the breed.

The texture of the coat is finer than in our deerhounds, and, from their colour partly, they have a milder look than their name and work would lead us to expect.

As an ornament and companion they are to be commended, and I hope to see them become more plentiful.