Wolf-hound

Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 10: Swastika to Zyrianovsk and Index, p. 709
A black and white photograph of a Borzoi dog. The dog is standing in profile, facing right. It has a very long, shaggy, light-colored coat that covers its entire body, including its legs and tail. The background is dark and out of focus, suggesting an outdoor setting.
Wolf-hound, or Borzoi.
(From a Photograph by Gambier Bolton, F.Z.S.)

Wolf-hound, or BORZOI, a breed of dog first imported in numbers into England from Russia about the year 1885. In shape the borzoi is like a gigantic greyhound, though covered with a soft coat about the length of a deerhound's. In Britain the breed has become very popular owing to the peculiar grace and beauty of the borzoi. Though supposed to be able to attack and kill a wolf, in disposition and appearance the Russian wolf-hound is so excessively gentle that doubts have been cast on his powers. In recent trials with wolves in America the borzoi failed signally to accomplish the purpose for which he is intended.—The Irish wolf-hound was identical in shape and appearance with the Scottish deerhound. Attempts have lately been made to revive the breed, but it is admitted that pure specimens are no longer obtainable.

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