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Although we have not had many specimens in this country,
the variety is one that is worthy of encouragement, it has
good appearance, activity, and strength to recommend it. Some
seventeen years ago there was exhibited at Crystal Palace Show
a remarkably handsome specimen of this variety in M Zambaco's
Domovoy. This was a fine upstanding dog, straight and strong
in limbs, and in contour resembling a Scotch Deerhound, though
shorter in comparison to height. In color he was a cloudy red,
with useful if not very thick coat. He was a winner at many
Continental shows and a descendant from winners. His weight
and measurements are thus recorded:
Weight 83 pounds
Height of shoulder 32,5 inches
Length from nose to set-on of tail 51 inches
Length of tail 26 inches
Girth of chest 35 inches
Girth of loin 21,5 inches
Girth of head 17 inches
Girth of forearm 8 inches
Length of head from occiput to tip of nose 11,5 inches
Girth of muzzle midway between eyes and tip of nose 9
inches
Length of neck from joint to shoulders 11,5 inches
Girth around neck 17 inches
Girth of thigh 19 inches
Length of ear (important as showing purity of breed) 5
inches
Color fawn mixed with black (wolf color)
M Zambaco, the owner of Domovoy, thus describes the
variety; "The Circassian Orloff Wolfhound is the cousin
of the Siberian Borzoi, but it has a few special
characteristics that show it to be a distinct variety. The
coat, instead of being wavy, as in the Northern animal, lies
flat on the body, though it is about 2 inches long. The hind
part of the front legs, the thighs, and the lower part of the
tail are heavily feathered, the coat is longest about the
breast and neck, forming a sort of frill. The legs of the
Circassian dog are proportionally longer than those of the
Siberian , the head is shorter and the forehead not so sloping
back between the ears, the eyes are more open, the color is
dark fawn or black. This hound is faster than the Siberian,
and perhaps more intelligent, though both are suitable as
companions, their aristocratic demeanor and most graceful
attitude make them the richest ornamental hound of the hall
and the drawing room."
As supplementing the information given by M Zambaco, in
respect of the color it may be stated that the Circassian
Wolfhound is always dark. The color preferred is dark tawny or
black, and fawn on back and other upper parts, shading off
into a creamy-fawn, almost white, on belly, lower thighs and
limbs.
By some of its admirers the Circassian Wolfhound is
believed to be the Siberian Wolfhound transporter to the
southern mountaineous regions , and altered in color and minor
characteristics by centuries of climatic influence. This
theory however, is purely conjectural, while the structural
affinity of both Circassian and Siberian hounds with our
Deerhounds and Greyhounds, suggest all of them as variations
merely, and alike descendants of the same parent stock; and
the little light history throws on the subject points to the
Greyhound of the old Celtic tribes as origin of all.
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