My Dear Sir,

Please append your reply to the following.

1. What is the average difference of size between the male and female Deerhound?]

from $\frac{1}{2}$ to 2 inches when full grown

[(This is far too small a disproportion to give—as my other authority shows. G. C.)]²

[2. Is this amount of difference found in the case of Bloodhounds and Mastiffs?]

I have found it so in Bloodhounds of which, I have bred some hundreds.

[3. In litters of puppies (of any kind of dog) what is the proportion of males and females in respect of the numbers born?]

out of upwards of 117 litters, I bred, I find the average in favor of females.

[4. In case of copulation between Deerhound Dog and Bitch (or with other dogs) does the Dog or Bitch ever show any preference for an individual of the opposite sex?]

This I certainly find in almost every instance.³