The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-12-05

of the sort Americans have read about, but seldom, if ever, seen. They possess long, fine heads, of straight lines, great
 muscle and bone, depth of chest and thickness of loin, and the general ap- pearance of leetness and strength, with l q coat of marvellous length and thick
 ness.
 There are positive reasons why this old type of the Borzoi had not been seen in this country prior to the impor- tation by Mir. Thomas. The first is that very few of the Borzoi faneiers of Eng
 land or America have ever visited Rus
 ia, while those who have did not go to
 these wonderful kennels, far from the ordinary route of sightseers.
 The first specimen of the breed ever
 seen in this country was benched in the early eighties at the Westminster show by the late Edward Kelly, who had
 been impressed by the beauty and nov city of the breed on visit to Paris,
 while in England the earliest sponsors for the Borzois were the Duchess of
 Newcastle, Colonel Wellesly, the Rev. J. Cummings Macdonna, Lady Emily Peel and Prince Demidoff. The Kraus brothers have been the foremost pro- moters of the breed in this country, but good specimens are owned by
 George J. Gould, William c. Whitney and others, aside from the Thomas ken- mel. In the early days of the breed in England and the United States it suf- fered from false statements that it was cruel treacherous and unreliable, but the bad reputa ation has long since been lived down.
 At the first Brooklyn show, some ten years. to quote the late H. W. Hunt
 irgton. to prove the falseness of the charge of ferocity, one exhibitor put I his little child into the stall of every Borzoi benched. "Childlike," to quote the account, "he pulled their ears,
 thrust his chubby fists into their mouths, walked on their feet, pulled their tails to his hearts content, nnaily
 closing the scene by selecting one beau tiful white bitch as his especial faVorite and falling asleep with his head across her loins. The bitch, from time to time,
 would raise her head, gently lick the
 face of the sweet young sleeper, then
 sleep herself" ,r.t@ s1gE.
 YALE FANCIER'S DISCOVERIES.
 The discoveries of the Yale fancier In
 Russia will be news in Great Britain
 and Germany, as well as to our experts
 in the breed. This is because in 195 the I czar sent a lot from his kennels to one of the great English shows, and, with
 the exception of one, none could com- pare with the specimens bred in Eng | land; and this was also found to be the | case later with Molodetz and Owdalska, presented by the czar to the Prince and Princes of Wales. The real Borzoi Is used in the steppes of Russia for hunt inS the wolves, and it has only been within twenty years that, aside from the field, the breeders of the interior began to pay attention to the preserva- tion of the true type. But for this re- solve the old type would have died out, for the tendency in breeding, as the Yale man puts it, had led to general spoliation'' of the race. The regenera- tion, the faults being still existent In the kennels of the czar and of the St. Petersburg breeders, has been accom- pIished by the grand duke and MT. Bol- dareff. The mode of regeneration was brought about by a direct out-cross lThe native stock was crossed with the
 hounds from the Crimea and Siberia, land the progeny that reverted to the
 iancient type were reserved as the pa
 Trent stock; and after twenty years the
 Igrand duke has recreated the ideal !, lbreed. But even to-day the true type is
 lheld only in the two kennels, those of
 lthe grand duke and Mir. Boldareffff.
 .'I knew that no good dogs had ever
 ibeen sold from either of the two ken } nels," said MT. Thomas, as he stood by
 h.. 1ty,,c . began my negotiations with the grand duke with some trepidation. To my Igreat pleasure, however, was met by
 M Dirnitry Waltzoff, an expert in the breed, who showed me through the ken- ' nels of the grand duke, as fine collec- f tion of dogs of any breed as have ever , lseen, and through his introduction l : met MT. Boldareff. After terminating lmy search for the Borboi my friend and l I travelled extensively through Russia } and to Teheran, in Persia, where we I lwere so fortunate as to arrive on the morning of the shah's birthday and to a witness the festivities. In Russia, al- } though journeying in places often re- 5 garded by Americans as wild and law ], Hess countries, we had a most pleasatn } and perceful journey. To show the } misconceptions that are spread abroad ], regarding Russia, we were in one town l on the very day that the London Times } printed a. telegraphic account of mas sacre there, but in truth the place was 7 as quiet as a country graveyard here in l our own land.''
 DISPLAY DOGS.
 The doges that were shown in Brook , lyn with such success were the white
 and brindle Bistri, from the kennels of , the grand duke, by Almaz, winner of l the gold medal in single and team I classes at Moscow, out of Pitaeha, and f with every sire and grandsire silver ? medal winner at the same show. In the - Boldareff kennels Mir. Thomas bought 1 the silver medal white bitch Sorva, by F Liouzvezny, winner of the great silver s medal, and, in @ team, the gold medal 8 for coursing. In addition to thin pair
 MT. Thomas brought out as gift from = Artem Boldareff the bronze medal bitch I Artanmanka by Koptchick, thrice sil- |, yer medal winner, and considered the - best white dog in Russia.
 l Tt was g. great satisfaction to me to Q secure such fine types" added the col , ft~-, rfSxL lx.e. A.