1 82 Hunting the Grisly 



of the cattle country not only use their grey 

 hounds after the jack-rabbit, but also after 

 every other kind of game animal to be found 

 there, the antelope and coyote being especial 

 favorites. Many ranchmen soon grew to own 

 fine packs, coursing being the sport of all 

 sports for the plains. In Texas the wild tur 

 key was frequently an object of the chase, and 

 wherever the locality enabled deer to be fol 

 lowed in the open, as, for instance, in the In 

 dian territory, and in many places in the 

 neighborhood of the large plains rivers, the 

 whitetail was a favorite quarry, the hunters 

 striving to surprise it in the early morning 

 when feeding on the prairie. 



I have myself generally coursed with scratch 

 packs, including perhaps a couple of grey 

 hounds, a wire-haired deer-hound, and two or 

 three long-legged mongrels. However, we 

 generally had at least one very fast and sav 

 age dog a strike dog in each pack, and the 

 others were of assistance in turning the game, 

 sometimes in tiring it, and usually in helping 

 to finish it at the worry. With such packs I 

 have had many a wildly exciting ride over 

 the great grassy plains lying near the Little 

 Missouri and the Knife and Heart Rivers. 

 Usually our proceedings on such a hunt were 



