Editing Irish Wolfhound (section)

===Modern wolfhound===

Captain [[George Augustus Graham]] (1833–1909), of Rednock House, Dursley, [[Gloucestershire]], was responsible for reviving the Irish wolfhound breed. He stated that he could not find the breed "in its original integrity" to work with:

{{blockquote|That we are in possession of the breed in its original integrity is not pretended; at the same time it is confidently believed that there are strains now existing that tracing back, more or less clearly, to the original breed; and it appears to be tolerably certain that our Deerhound is descended from that noble animal, and gives us a fair idea of what he was, though undoubtedly considerably his inferior in size and power.|Captain G. A. Graham<ref>{{cite book|last1=Graham|first1=G. A.|title=The Irish Wolfhound|publisher=Whitmore & Son|year=1885|pages=[https://archive.org/details/irishwolfhoundr00grahgoog/page/n11 1]|url=https://archive.org/details/irishwolfhoundr00grahgoog}}</ref>}}

In Ireland, Graham acquired "Faust" of [[Kilfane]] and "Old Donagh" of Ballytobin, [[County Kilkenny]]; these were the respective progenitors of Graham's breeding program and said to descend from original Irish wolfhound strains.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Various |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Erb7DAAAQBAJ&dq=Old+Donagh+wolfhound&pg=PT41 |title=The Irish Wolfhound - A Complete Anthology of the Dog |date=2016-09-06 |publisher= Read Books|isbn=978-1-4733-5270-4 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":02">{{Cite journal |last=Horter |first=Ria |date=March 2014 |title=Masterminds: Capt. George Augustus Graham and the Irish Wolfhound. |url=https://riahorter.com/index_htm_files/e%20Mastermind%20Capt%20%20GrahamIrish%20Wolfhound.pdf |journal=Masterminds}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Graham |first=George Augustus |title=The Irish Wolfhound |publisher=Case Press |year=2009 |isbn=978-1444647006 |location=United Kingdom |pages=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Graham to the rescue |url=http://www.irishwolfhounds.org/graham.htm |access-date=2023-02-13 |website=www.irishwolfhounds.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Pisano |first=Beverly |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r3ue3qlCFQoC&q=irish+wolfhound+Ballytobin |title=Irish Wolfhounds |date=1996 |publisher=TFH Publications, Incorporated |isbn=978-0-7938-2372-7 |pages=12 |language=en}}</ref> Based on the writings of others, he had concluded that the [[Scottish Deerhound]] and [[Great Dane]] were derived earlier from the wolfhound.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Graham |first1=G. A. |url=https://archive.org/details/irishwolfhoundr00grahgoog |title=The Irish Wolfhound |publisher=Whitmore & Son |year=1885 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/irishwolfhoundr00grahgoog/page/n33 23]}} Do a search on these two breeds, this is the subject of the book.</ref> As a result, said breeds were heavily emphasized in his breeding program.<ref name=":02" /> For an outbreed, a [[Borzoi]] and "Tibetan wolfdog" may also have been included.{{Citation needed|date=July 2023}} It has been suggested{{By whom|date=July 2023}} that the latter was a [[Tibetan Kyi Apso]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hamilton |first1=Ferelith |title=The World Encyclopedia of Dogs |last2=Jones |first2=Arthur F. |publisher=Galahad Books |year=1971 |isbn=978-0883653029 |edition=1st |pages=672}}</ref>

In 1885, Captain Graham founded the Irish Wolfhound Club, and the Breed Standard of Points to establish and agree the ideal to which breeders should aspire.<ref name="Howell" /><ref>Samaha (1991) pp.8-19.</ref> In 1902, the Irish Wolfhound was declared the regimental mascot of the [[Irish Guards]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Regimental mascots - Irish Guards 1902-1910 |url=http://www.irishwolfhounds.org/mascots.htm |access-date=2022-04-20 |website=www.irishwolfhounds.org}}</ref>{{-}}
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File:2 shilling Ireland dog licence stamp.jpg|Nineteenth-century dog-licence stamp
File:WWI Irish recruiting poster LOC cph.3g10979.jpg|Recruitment poster, 1915
File:Irish Guards' Mascot - Leitrim Boy (cropped).jpg|Leitrim Boy, mascot of the Irish Guards, at [[Waterford Barracks]], 1917
File:Mahony Old.jpg|[[The O'Mahony of Kerry]], 1930
File:Wolfhound mascot wb.jpg|Irish Guards, mascot in parade dress
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