Hunting in Many Lands 



"A general impression prevails that the 

 greyhound is a timid animal, lacking heart 

 and courage. This may be true of some few 

 strains of the breed, but, could the reader have 

 ridden several courses with me at meetings of 

 the American Coursing Club which I have 

 judged, and have seen greyhounds, as I have 

 seen them, run until their hind legs refused to 

 propel them further, and then crawl on their 

 breasts after a thoroughly used up jack rabbit 

 but a few feet in advance, the singing and 

 whistling in their throats plainly heard at fifty 

 yards, literally in the last gasp of death, trying 

 to catch their prey, he or she would agree with 

 me in crediting them with both the qualities 

 mentioned." 



In hunting the antelope, it is not an uncom- 

 mon thing to see a greyhound, especially in 

 hot weather, continue the chase until he dies 

 before his master reaches him. An uninjured 

 antelope is capable of giving any greyhound 

 all the work he can stand, and unless the latter 

 is in prime condition his chances are poor in- 

 deed to throttle. A peculiar feature of the 

 greyhound is that he always attacks large 

 game in the throat, head or fore part of the 

 body. I have even seen them leave the line 



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