Wolf-Hunting in Russia 



The enormous extent and diversified condi- 

 tions of the various localities of this empire 

 would naturally suggest a variety of sport in 

 hunting and shooting, including perhaps some- 

 thing characteristic. In the use of dogs of the 

 chase especially is this suggestion borne out 

 by the facts, and it has been said that in no 

 other country has the systematic working to- 

 gether of fox-hounds and greyhounds been suc- 

 cessfully carried out. 



Unfortunately, this sort of hunting is not 

 now so general as prior to the emancipation of 

 the serfs in 1861. A modest kennel for such 

 sport consists of six to ten fox-hounds and four 

 to six pairs of barzois,* and naturally demands 

 considerable attention. Moreover, to use it 

 requires the presence of at least one man with 

 the fox-hounds and one man for each pair or 

 each three greyhounds. To have a sufficient 

 number of good huntsmen at his service was 



*Barzoi — long-haired greyhound, wolf-hound, Russian greyhound. 

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